Our Active Solutions Physiotherapists based in Floreat, Perth, WA are able to assess your injury if it occurred on the sporting field or at home in day-to-day life and use hands-on sports physiotherapy get you back to full fitness ASAP.
Tendinopathy
We now know that there is no inflammatory component with painful tendons, rather it is the increase or decrease in your activity that changes the structure and integrity of the tendon.
- Achilles and footplantar pain - pain and hobbling when you walk first thing in the morning or on standing after a period of sitting.
- Patellartendon – jumpers knee, knee pain with jumping, prolonged sitting, walking on stairs, squatting.
- Proximal Hamstring – sit bone pain with prolonged sitting, lunging, bending down, walking/running up hills.
- Gluteal – hip pain at night with disturbed sleep, pain when standing after a period of sitting and restrictions with walking/standing.
- Biceps or supraspinatus – Shoulder tip pain with lifting, carrying, overhead movements.
- Wristmuscles – elbow pain with lifting, gripping, typing.
- De Quervains – particularly common with a new baby; wrist pain with lifting, carrying, using car seats, feeding.
Joint sprain
Ligaments that hold the joint in position can be damaged from sporting collisions, mis-steps or falls. Usually, there will be localised bruising, bleeding, swelling, redness and heat for the first few days. Ligaments have nerve fibres within them that tell the brain about balance, which if not properly rehabilitated is the reason why ligament sprains reoccur and the joint just doesn’t feel right.
Muscle strain
Muscle fibres can tear with sudden explosive movements, over-striding or trauma. Usually, there is bruising which can track down the limb, and local swelling. If not properly strengthened, then it can always remain a vulnerable muscle that gets re-injured very easily.
