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Radial Tunnel Syndrome: Assessment and Management

November 21, 2013 by The Sports Physiotherapist 4 Comments

Radial Tunnel Syndrome: Assessment and Management

Radial tunnel syndrome is rare, it is challenging to differentially diagnose and can be a monster to manage. If you have a recalcitrant case of tennis elbow then this post will interest you! This article discusses the best available evidence for assessment and management of radial tunnel syndrome.

Filed Under: Assessment, Blog, Condition Review, Diagnosis, Elbow, Exercise Prescription, Manual Technique, Modalities, Prevention, Sports Physiotherapy, Treatment Tagged With: Elbow, Sports Physical Therapy, Sports Physiotherapy

Snapping Scapula Syndrome (Scapulothoracic Bursitis): Assessment and Management

August 7, 2013 by The Sports Physiotherapist Leave a Comment

Snapping Scapula Syndrome (Scapulothoracic Bursitis): Assessment and Management

Have you ever heard of snapping scapula syndrome? If you answered no, I would not be too surprised. Whilst this condition is more common than you may think, it seems to be underappreciated within the physiotherapy. Thus, this article will discuss snapping scapula syndrome including what it is, why it occurs and what you need to do to fix it!

Filed Under: Assessment, Blog, Condition Review, Diagnosis, Exercise Prescription, Injection, Manual Technique, Modalities, Prevention, Rehabilitation, Shoulder, Sports Physiotherapy, Treatment Tagged With: assessment, Diagnosis, Exercise, Sports Physiotherapy Interest, Treatment

Manual Therapy for Inversion Ankle Sprains

July 4, 2013 by The Sports Physiotherapist Leave a Comment

Manual Therapy for Inversion Ankle Sprains

Ankle sprains are very common in the practice of sports physiotherapy. However, unfortunately many patients go on to have long term problems. This has lead to the development of many proposed treatments and rehabilitation programs. This article will discuss new research into the use of manual therapy techniques combined with exercises for the rehabilitation of inversion ankle sprains.

Filed Under: Article Review, Blog, Exercise Prescription, Foot and Ankle, Manual Technique, Treatment Tagged With: Ankle, Exercise, Manual Therapy, Sports Physiotherapy, Treatment

Joint Line Fullness for Diagnosing Meniscal Pathology

January 18, 2012 by The Sports Physiotherapist 1 Comment

In the world of sports physiotherapy the assessment and diagnosis of knee pathology is a daily event. As we are all well aware, an accurate diagnosis is achieved only via a skilled subjective and objective examination. Thus, sports physiotherapists will regularly rely on the results of special orthopaedic or clinical tests to make a diagnosis. This is well covered ground on this site, as we regularly the discuss the diagnostic accuracy of clinical tests for common conditions. However, there is always new research regarding the accuracy of existing techniques and the development of new ones. This leads to new research on the use of joint line fullness to assist in the diagnosis of meniscal tears. This article will discuss the technique and its potential clinical utility.

Filed Under: Article Review, Assessment, Blog, Diagnosis, Knee, Manual Technique, Rehabilitation, Sports Physiotherapy Tagged With: assessment, Diagnosis, Knee, Sports injuries

Juvenile Osteochondritis Dissecans Of the Knee: Assessment and Management

December 21, 2011 by The Sports Physiotherapist 2 Comments

Juvenile Osteochondritis Dissecans Of the Knee: Assessment and Management

In the sports physiotherapy world we are frequently called upon to assess and treat athletes of all ages. As you might expect, this may range from young children through to nonagenarian Master’s athletes. Sports physiotherapists would know when dealing with young athletes missing a career-ending (yes, career) diagnosis can be unforgivable. One such diagnosis is juvenile osteochondritis dissecans of the knee, a condition that commonly affects athletic children, and one that if left unchecked could jeopardise the integrity of their knee. Thus, accurate and timely diagnosis followed by appropriate management is essential when dealing with juvenile osteochondritis dissecans…..

Filed Under: Assessment, Blog, Condition Review, Diagnosis, Exercise Prescription, Injection, Knee, Manual Technique, Modalities, Rehabilitation, Sports Physiotherapy, Treatment Tagged With: Knee, Overuse Injury, Sports injuries, Sports Physical Therapy, Sports Physiotherapist Blog

Lumbar Spine Mobilisation For Hamstring Strains

December 1, 2011 by The Sports Physiotherapist 5 Comments

As sports physiotherapists we regularly assess and treat hamstring strains, sometimes on a daily basis! Hawkins et al. (2001) showed that hamstring injuries accounted for approximately 12% of football injuries, and thus are extremely common. Given their frequency, hamstring injuries have been discussed commonly on this site. However, to date, we have not paid much attention to the often recommended intervention of spinal manual therapy and its role in the evidence based management of hamstring strains….

Filed Under: Article Review, Blog, Hip, Manual Technique, Spine, Sports Physiotherapy, Treatment Tagged With: Hamstring, Manual Therapy, Muscle Injury, Sports Physiotherapy, Stretches, Treatment

Treatment of Scapular Dyskinesis

November 7, 2011 by The Sports Physiotherapist 2 Comments

As I suggested in the previous post: assessment of scapular dyskinesis; sports physiotherapists regularly assess and rehabilitate shoulder dysfunctions and pathologies. As a sports physiotherapists it is important to evaluate the contributing factors to shoulder pathology. A common contributor, seen in 68-100% of shoulder injuries, is scapular dyskinesis. If you treat shoulders, ‘treating the scapula’ is absolutely paramount … ignore it at your own peril. This article will discuss some treatment options for scapular dyskinesis

Filed Under: Blog, Condition Review, Exercise Prescription, Manual Technique, Rehabilitation, Shoulder, Sports Physiotherapy, Treatment Tagged With: Exercise, Shoulder, Sports Physiotherapy, Stretches, Treatment, video

TSP007: Preventing Groin Injuries with Jeff Boyle

October 1, 2011 by The Sports Physiotherapist 17 Comments

In this episode of the podcast I interview Jeff Boyle. Dr Jeffrey Boyle is the Principal Physiotherapist at the Fremantle Dockers Football Club. Jeff is a Specialist Sports Physiotherapist (as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists in 2009) as well as a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist. Additionally Jeff is an Adjunct Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Western Australia. In the interview we discuss…

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Radial Tunnel Syndrome: Assessment and Management

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