Dry Needling - What’s going on and is it useful? Let’s talk about dry needling! You might be surprised to hear that each week we have a handful of clients here at the clinic who actually look forward to coming in for a session of treating muscular pain via repeated poking with needles to their most tender...
We are all unique and special right? Well yes! Of course we are! There is a lot about each and every human being that differentiates them from everyone else. Our physical makeup contains a good number of these unique qualities. A fingerprint is the quintessential unique physical identifier. The pattern of the...
Foam rolling – Is it useful? Foam rolling is a technique with which, at the time of writing this (it’s 2020), almost anyone interested in reading this physiotherapy blog would be familiar. Foam rolling involves the use of your body weight over a foam (or at least a foam covered) cylinder to mash your tissues...
What’s the deal with my pinky side wrist pain? There are lots of different ways that wrist function can go sideways, but if you’ve ever experienced ulnar sided wrist pain that onset from a sporting injury.... Well, woweee… you know what a unique doozy of a pain it can be! What is it? The ulnar fovea...
As you would probably intuitively guess, many sports have typical patterns of injury. For example, distance runners commonly complain of plantar fascia, achilles tendon and hamstring strains, while basketball players tend toward patellar tendinopathy (jumpers knee) and lateral ankle sprains. For athletes in...