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Musculoskeletal injuries are on the rise due to varying risk factors including poor work practices, poor overall health habits, poor rest and recovery and poor fitness and dehydration. In the general, musculoskeletal complaints commonly occur within 33 % of the population. Acute musculoskeletal injuries, such as sprains, strains, tendinopathy, and stress fractures, are a range […]

Sue Fuller-Good  Why talk about the female athlete? This patient population has special needs and as health care professionals we need to recognize these special needs and be empathetic towards them and educated about them. We need to be exquisitely aware of the risks and problems these needs produce. What are the risks female athletes

Tanya Bell-Jenje Rotator Cuff Related Shoulder Pain (RCRSP) is an umbrella term for a wide variety of previously described shoulder pathologies such as subacromial impingement, rotator cuff tendinopathy, posterior impingement, biceps tendinopathy and bursal pathology. A common presentation is pain and/or weakness in the region of the shoulder, usually the mid-deltoid region, with the worst

Lorraine Jacobs Post-viral fatigue has become very real for many people recovering from Covid-19, and many have not been able to return to their previous levels of activity. Often fatigue is triggered by the simplest of daily activities, and when they push hard to finish a task. Afterwards they may be exhausted and take hours

Kim Ballantine  Over the past decade, there has been an increase in awareness of the psychological challenges faced by those in helping professions such as physiotherapy: High patient numbers, long hours, increased stress levels, and ultimately burnout and compassion fatigue. Compassion fatigue, described as the cost of caring’ for others in emotional and physical pain,

Dane O’Connor Now that we understand how to grade, classify, and diagnose muscle injuries (PART 1) – our rehabilitation has become that much easier. When it comes to sports injuries, muscle strains are the most common type to reoccur in athletes and sedentary individuals. This begs the question… Why is that so? Surely if this

Dane O’Connor Over the last few years in my physiotherapy career, mainly in the field of sports and orthopedics, I have come across many challenges when it comes to diagnosing and classifying muscle injuries as I am sure most of the other healthcare professionals out there have. This challenge has resulted in many difficulties with

Dane O’Connor Mobility and stretching is somewhat a FAD and has kind of come into ‘fashion’ these days. Every gym or fitness centre you walk in to has a designated stretching or mobility area with all sorts of fancy equipment such as stretching belts, foam rollers and elastic bands etc. But is it really effective?

Briony Gildenhuys  Pain, and chronic pain in particular, negatively affects significant numbers of South Africans with recent research showing that one in five South Africans of all ages have chronic pain (Kamerman et al, 2020) These patients can feel like a challenge to treat as they present with multiple contributing factors to their pain which