Understanding Tendinopathy in Runners: A Comprehensive Overview

Tendinopathy in Runners: Tendinopathy is a common affliction among runners, often characterised by pain, stiffness, and reduced performance. Tendon pain in runners can be attributed to various factors, each associated with specific stages on the tendinopathy continuum. Tenosynovitis, acute reactive tendinopathy, and chronic overload tendinopathy are three key components. Tenosynovitis: This refers to inflammation of […]

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 […]

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.

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

NEW: Running injuries update – Achilles pain

The most common lower limb running injury other than knee pain is Achilles tendon pain. Achilles tendon problems tend to affect runners more than the average population and as training volume for a marathon ramps up.

Running injuries update – Achilles pain

Achilles tendon pain The most common running injury to affect the lower limb other than knee pain is Achilles tendon pain. Achilles tendon problems do tend to affect runners more than the average population and as the training for the marathon ramps up Achilles tendon problems can become more frequent. There are 2 types of […]

Refer yourself quickly to physiotherapy

Expert physiotherapist in Wandsworth I’m going to put myself out on a limb here and say that most sports injuries can be treated quite quickly when they are diagnosed and managed in the acute stage. That means within the first few days post injury. Let’s quickly examine a few examples here. A muscle strain can […]