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Ultrasound guided steroid injections

There are a number of injections we can perform at Wandsworth physiotherapy, including steroid injections into joints, tendon sheaths, and bursa. We use either Depo-medrone or Kenalog, and these are usually combined with a local anaesthetic. We use 1% lidocaine, which is a shorter acting anaesthetic that can last two or three hours, or we […]

March 28, 2023

Optimum Nutrition for Optimum Health in 2023

The team at Wandsworth Physiotherapy are here to help you achieve your holistic health goals. As the first two months of the year draw to a close, how are your health goals going? Here at Wandsworth Physiotherapy we offer a range of services, including nutrition, deep tissue massage and 1:1 yoga. This month we throw […]

February 17, 2023

Marathon training season. Prevent a training injury…

Marathon training 2023 Marathon season is upon us once again, and we have lots of marathons and half marathons coming up this spring so I thought I would send out this email to help you identify the most common running injuries that you might suffer from during your training and what you can do if […]

January 27, 2023

 IMPORTANCE OF FOOT INTRINSICS STRENGTHENING FOR RUNNERS

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 structure, it is often ignored and forgotten in a sports injury […]

January 3, 2023

Deep gluteal pain syndrome

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   It’s quite common for joints that are aggravated […]

December 14, 2022

Snow sports injuries

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 for your ski trip and injury rates […]

November 17, 2022

Shockwave Therapy in Wandsworth

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 being used to improve fracture healing due to its ability to improve bone […]

October 2, 2022

Muscle injury classification

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.
September 29, 2022

Common forefoot conditions

The forefoot is classified as the metatarsals and the toes as well as the joint, nerves and other soft tissues or that area. There are numerous conditions that can affect the forefoot, however the most common are first MTP arthritis, Morton’s neuroma and Frieberg’s disease
September 29, 2022

The most common ankle injuries

Perhaps one of the most common sports injuries, and also in the non-sporting population from a twist or fall is ankle ligament sprains...
September 29, 2022

Rotator cuff calcific tendinitis

Calcific tendonitis, as the term suggests, describes the deposition of calcium into the body of a tendon which can then cause an inflammatory reaction that causes pain and dysfunction.
September 29, 2022

Patella tendon pain

What is patella tendinopathy? The most common cause of patella tendon pain is patella tendinopathy, also known as jumper’s knee. The patella tendon is a large strong tendon that runs from the patella (kneecap) to the shin bone and helps to transmit large forces through the thigh when we run and jump. A healthy patella […]

September 20, 2022

Management of calf strains

The calf is often injured in sports and there are various pathologies that can present as a calf injury. People will typically feel a tightness in the back of the calf or even sometimes the more severe pain or sudden pop
September 19, 2022

The management of patello-femoral pain

Patello-femoral pain in an umbrella term that encompasses multiple pathology such as cartilage lesion, patella bone marrow oedema and progression of synovitis.
September 19, 2022

What is infa-patella fat pad impingement?

What is the infra-patella fat pad? The infra-patella fat pad (sometimes known as Hoffa’s fat pad) is inferior to the patella and deep to the patella tendon. It’s intracapsular and attached to the joint line and menisci. The superior lateral fat pad is often impinged at the lateral joint line. The exact role is not […]

September 19, 2022

Common wrist and hand problems

How to manage De Quervain’s, carpal tunnel syndrome, CMC OA and trigger finger Before we discuss the common problems that affect the wrist and hand, let’s first discover the anatomy. The wrist joint is made up of the joints between the radius, ulna and carpal bones. It is surrounded by a joint capsule and many […]

September 19, 2022

Treatment for hamstring injuries

The hamstring anatomy is complex with a large amount of anatomical variability. It is characterised by overlapping tendons and structural interrelations between the individual hamstring muscles.
September 18, 2022

NEW – Running injuries to the knee – ITBS update

ITB syndrome is the most common cause of lateral knee pain in runners. It’s often a sharp pain that comes on at a predictable point of a run...
September 18, 2022
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