Why Have I Developed Shoulder Arthritis?
Shoulder osteoarthritis is a painful condition which can affect any of the joints making up the shoulder girdle. Eventually it results in the wearing away of the cartilage in the joint.
Why Has My Rotator Cuff Torn and What Can I Do About It?
Rotator cuff injuries are extremely common. Nearly three quarters (roughly 70%) of all visits to the doctor by UK patient with shoulder pain are due to rotator cuff problems. Your rotator cuff is a group of muscles and tendons around your shoulder joint. Their role is to stabilise the shoulder and keep the ball at…
Preventing Golf Injuries
Golf is the fifth largest participant sport in England, according to England Golf’s biannual club membership report, last published in 2018. The report stated that more than two million people are playing golf at least twice a month. The average number of members per golf club has risen to 484 compared to 460 in 2016.…
Preventing Common Tennis Injuries
Tennis is one of our favourite summer sports and it’s not hard to see why. The fast-paced, exciting game, played on grass, clay or other hard courts, requires physical fitness and great hand-eye co-ordination. Players need to be fast and have good technique and physical endurance to run, position, swing and hit the ball throughout…
The Importance of Rehab Following Injury
It can sometimes be hard to convince patients that rehabilitation after shoulder or elbow injury is a critical part of their treatment. However, without it you can be left with stiffness, loss of movement or weakness, which may become permanent.
Common Tennis Injuries (And Why You Need a Diagnosis)
Tennis is synonymous with summer for many of us. It is a high impact, fast-paced sport that is fun to play and great for fitness. Along with golf, it is one of the first sports to be permitted following the virus pandemic lockdown. For this reason, right now many people will be taking up the…
Why is my Elbow Stiff?
Stiffness in your elbow – sometimes called a contracture – means that you have lost some of the motion in the joint. This loss of ability to fully bend or straighten your arm could have a number of different causes. If you injure your elbow you may develop tightness in the soft tissues (muscles, tendonsand…
Why Does My Shoulder Hurt?
The shoulder is a ball and socket joint. The top of the arm bone, which is shaped like a ball, fits inside the socket in the shoulder blade and is held in place by tendons and ligaments, which form a capsule around the joint to help to support its movement. The rotator cuff is a…
Welcome!
Thames Shoulder and Elbow is an upper limb orthopaedic practice focused of delivering the highest level of orthopaedic care. As our name would suggest, we are specialists in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation for elbow and shoulder conditions, which also encompasses the upper arm, forearm and wrist. Led by orthopaedic consultant Mr Edward Ibrahim, Thames…
