by Body of Life | Oct 12, 2015 | Exercise, Injury
Lateral epicondylitis, commonly known as tennis elbow, is a painful condition involving the tendons that attach to the bone on the outside (lateral) part of the elbow. The muscle usually involved in this condition, the extensor carpi radialis brevis, helps to move the...
by Body of Life | Oct 11, 2015 | Back pain, Lower Body Pain
One of the most common presentations of pain to our clinic is described as ‘sciatica’. Sciatica is typically pain that radiates through the buttock and down the back of the leg, sometimes into the foot and toes. I would like to distinguish between true sciatica...
by Body of Life | Jul 28, 2015 | Injury
The question of whether to apply Ice or Heat to an injury/condition is a question we get asked in the clinic multiple times per day. The reason there is so much confusion about which to choose for which issue is because there is no cut and dry, fail safe decision that...
by Body of Life | Jul 27, 2015 | Back pain
Do you struggle to comb your luscious locks in the morning? Or how about reaching into the overhead cupboard to grab a snack? Or maybe you struggle to sleep on a particular side at night due to an ache in the shoulder. If this sounds familiar, you may have a rotator...
by Body of Life | Jul 23, 2015 | Back pain, Lower Body Pain
This week is National Pain Week (20th-26th July 2015). The campaign this year is all about ‘Pain….Let’s talk about it’. So, let’s talk about it. Pain exists and affects all of us at some stage in life. For some people however, it becomes a daily reality due to...
