by Wandsworth Physiotherapy | Jan 3, 2023 | Podiatry, Sports Injury
How to rehab the foot muscles The foot is a complex structure with 26 bones, 33 joints and over 100 muscles, tendons, ligaments, which together provide mobility and stability around the ankle by working in different planes of movement. Despite being such a complex...
by Wandsworth Physiotherapy | Dec 14, 2022 | Physiotherapy, Sports Injury
Why do I have a pain in the buttock? Buttock pain can be such a pain, accurately diagnosing it and treating it can also be challenging as there are various things that can be causing the pain. These include: Referred pain from the lower back Sacroiliac joint pain...
by Wandsworth Physiotherapy | Nov 17, 2022 | Sports Injury
What are the most common skiing and snowboarding injuries? Snow sports are great fun, but they come with a risk of injury. Injury prevention is the best approach for any sport, and this is the case for skiing as well, but it’s much less common to prepare adequately...
by Wandsworth Physiotherapy | Oct 2, 2022 | Physiotherapy, Sports Injury
The role of shockwave therapy in tendon pain What is shockwave therapy? Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT), also known as shockwave was first used in clinical settings in the 1980s for the management of various urologic conditions. Its early success led to it...
by Wandsworth Physiotherapy | Sep 29, 2022 | Sports Injury
How do we grade muscle injuries? There are numerous systems in use to describe muscle and tendon injury. Many of these systems comment on the anatomy, structure and size of the tissue injury. The most widely understood and used muscle injuries classification system is...
