What Is The Physio Treatment & Self Management Tendonitis vs Tendinosis What Is A Tendon? A tendon is a dense and strong connective tissue that connects our muscles to our bone, it transmits force from muscles to the bone resulting in movement. The Difference Between Tendonitis & Tendinosis? Now that we have outlined what a […]
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Exercises Before Playing Sport
Dynamic Stretching When putting a program together that includes the 5 best exercises that you can do before playing competitive sport; here are some things that need to be taken into consideration. 1) The type of sport 2) Where it’s played 3) The position that you spend most of your time in. If you have […]
Keeping Up With The 2020 AFL: Common Injuries We See On TV
Here at Core Physio Gawler Place we take the AFL competition very seriously and with the upcoming decision regarding where the grand final will be held, we reached out to some of our Physios to see what they think some of the most common injuries sustained by AFL Athletes are. So, what was the number […]
What is Patello-Femoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS) & How Is It Treated?
Patello Femoral Pain Syndrome PFPS is a common cause of knee pain. It can be pain arising from the patello-femoral joint surfaces (the joint formed by the knee cap and the thigh bone ‘Femur’) or the adjacent soft tissues. Pain can be felt in all aspects of the knee in PFPS. It can arise from […]