Sports Injury Focus #1 – Tennis Elbow **Picture credits to Oliver Sjostrom; https://ollivves.com/** Tennis elbow is also known as lateral epicondylitis. Epicondylitis means ‘inflammation of the epicondyle’ – this is essentially what is happening in tennis elbow. The inflammation of the lateral epicondyle (the “outside” side of the elbow) region leads to pain [...]
Cervicogenic headache Headaches can be caused from many variables. One common subtype of headache is known as the cervicogenic headache. Cervicogenic headaches are headaches that are derived from the musculoskeletal systems of our neck. This means that the headache is coming from our neck: whether it be from tight muscles, stiff joints, inflamed intervertebral [...]
Acute low back pain focus #1 - Bulging disc Have you ever felt your low back become extremely sore after a ‘twinge’ while doing something relatively simple? A possible and common cause for this is a bulging disc. Disc problems tend to build up over time without any symptoms – then when they [...]
