Running Does Not Harm Your Joints or Increase Arthritis Risk
Running and arthritis We get asked this all the time at Wandsworth Physiotherapy and Osteopathy. For years, a pervasive myth has circulated in fitness circles that running is bad for your back, hips and knees and can lead to an increased risk of arthritis. However, recent research challenges this notion, providing evidence that not only […]
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 […]
 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 […]
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
What is infra-patella fat pad impingement?
What is the infra-patella fat pad? infra-patella fat pad impingement: The infra-patella fat pad (sometimes known as Hoffaâs fat pad) is inferior to the patella and deep to the patella tendon. Itâs intracapsular and attached to the joint line and menisci. The superior lateral fat pad is often impinged at the lateral joint line. The […]
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.
NEW – Running injuries to the knee â ITBS update
ITB syndrome is the most common cause of lateral knee pain in runners. Itâs often a sharp pain that comes on at a predictable point of a run…
Steroid injections for shoulder bursitis
Ultrasound guided injections for shoulder bursitis in Wandsworth Steroid injections for shoulder pain are common. Shoulder complaints are the third most common reason for musculoskeletal GP appointments in the UK. Anywhere from 1.5% to 3% of adults present to their GP with shoulder pain at some point in their life. Women tend to report shoulder […]
New Year’s fitness goals?
And with the New Year upon us itâs prime time to set you sights on a new achievement.
Treatment for runnerâs knee
What is runner’s knee? Treatment for runnerâs knee: Runnerâs knee, more scientifically called patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is a condition which affects the cartilage on the underside of the knee cap and the structures which support it, as it moves up and down over the groove on the thigh bone when you bend and straighten […]