Is your pelvis out of alignment? Facts about the pelvic joints This month’s newsletter is by our Senior Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist Rob Waller. Rob has a special interest in spinal pain and has been author on multiple peer-reviewed publications on spinal pain. He also teaches at Curtin University, including in how to manage spinal pain, and...
WHAT IS COGNITIVE FUNCTIONAL THERAPY (CFT)? CFT provides a patient centered targeted approach to management of LBP based on a thorough examination. This classification based management approach for LBP considers many domains including: lower back movement and postures, psychological factors, social factors, workplace factors, comorbidities (e.g. diabetes, obesity), pain processing mechanisms: influenced by genetics and...
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears have always been considered devastating injuries for athletes given the amount of time and input involved in the 12-month rehabilitation process. However, there is growing high-quality evidence to support non-surgical management for ACL tears, this can lead to earlier return to sport and earlier resolution of symptoms without increasing...
Shoulder Pain There has recently been a high amount of attention drawn to the efficacy of common treatments for shoulder pain within the media, health care professionals and the scientific literature. In this month’s newsletter, Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist Mike Callan will dive into sub-acromial decompression (SAD) surgery and cortisone injections, summarising the latest evidence. He will...
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common condition that affects the joints of the body. It is characterised by changes in the joint structures, for example a reduction in cartilage. These changes occur because of complex mechanisms, including inflammatory processes, biomechanics and even genetics. Knee OA in particular affects many Australians – many of us know...
Adolescent Low Back Pain Low back pain is the leading cause of years lived with disability in the world. While rare below 10 years of age, LBP emerges during adolescence and prevalence rates increase until plateauing in early adulthood. The Perth based Raine Cohort Study identified at 14 years, 30% of girls and 26% of boys...
We all get it. Most of us have had an injury that has settled at some point, but for some pain hangs around longer than we would expect. Why does this occur? And when it does, what can be done? In this article, Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist Mike Callan will talk about pain; how it works,...
This month’s newsletter will be focusing on lateral hip pain, which is often referred to as trochanteric bursitis. Recent evidence suggests that the primary cause of pain may actually be a result of gluteal tendinopathy, rather than from inflammation of the bursa, which may actually be a secondary finding to tendinopathy*. Tendinopathy involves changes...
Frozen shoulder is a condition involving considerable pain and loss of movement in the shoulder joint. Historically, this has been a difficult condition to treat due to a lack of evidence showing the best course of treatment. Left alone, the natural history of frozen shoulder generally takes 12-42 months with the average being 30...
Rotator cuff related shoulder pain (RCRSP) assessment and management, a recently published article by Jeremy Lewis, a leading shoulder pain researcher. RSRSP is related to shoulder pain and dysfunction typically during shoulder elevation and outward rotation. Shoulder pain is common and associated with high levels of morbidity. While there is a range of influences that can...
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