by PROHEALTH | Nov 21, 2022 | Did You Know, Exercise Physiology, Exercises, Health, Injury management
Chronic pain is inherently a multi-factorial experience, influenced by things such as past experiences with pain, how family/friends have described their pain experiences, pain-tolerance, beliefs about the causes and treatment of pain, the list goes on. Naturally the...
by PROHEALTH | Nov 14, 2022 | Did You Know, Exercises, Physio
Cracking, popping and clicking in the knee is a very common occurrence, with studies supporting that the vast majority of people will have some knee crepitus (noisy knees) at some point within their lifetime. The two main determining factors to distinguish whether the...
by PROHEALTH | Nov 7, 2022 | Did You Know, Exercises, Physio
There is a common misconception that exercise may harm osteoarthritic knee joints. This leads to decreased activity levels due to fear and avoidance, which in turn will have negative effects on knee joint health. There is consistent evidence proving otherwise,...
by PROHEALTH | Oct 24, 2022 | Did You Know, Injury management, Physio
Frozen shoulder, also called adhesive capsulitis is a condition affecting the joint capsule of the shoulder. It is characterized by inflammatory changes within the shoulder capsule that lead to pain and stiffness. Frozen shoulder is categorized as either primary or...
by PROHEALTH | Oct 10, 2022 | Did You Know, Exercise Physiology, Physio
A tale of two allied health professions – when it comes to injury rehabilitation or chronic condition treatment/management/prevention, there are two health professions that are frequently mentioned and, to the layman, are commonly confused due to the homophonic...
by PROHEALTH | Sep 19, 2022 | Did You Know, Injury management, Physio
Rotator cuff tears are considered a common finding with advancing age. Just as we get grey hairs or wrinkles, we expect age-related changes to occur internally too, and not all of them will cause pain. Generally small to medium rotator cuff tears will be asymptomatic...
