Some of the most common knee injuries occur during high demand sports. Athletes who participate in sports that involve sudden stops or changes in direction, jumping and landing, or direct blows to the knees such as a tackle all increase the risk of causing ligament tension. This can result in sprains, tears or injuries to
Arthritis of the knee can mean everyday normal activities such as walking and climbing stairs become quite painful and difficult. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common type of knee arthritis, usually referred to as a “wear-and-tear” arthritis where the cartilage acting as a cushion in the knee joint gradually wears away and becomes frayed. This
In 2010, the World Health Organisation (WHO) identified osteoarthritis as one of the ten most disabling diseases in developed countries. The estimates from around the world identify that 10% of men and 18% of women over the age of 60 have moderate and severe forms of symptomatic OA. OA also known as “wear and tear”
Maintaining healthy joints is a key ingredient to sustaining and healthy active lifestyle. There are many things that can help us to ensure we keep our joints in good health including regular exercise, avoiding injury or trauma, maintaining a healthy appropriate weight and eating the right types of food. There has been a lot of
Some of the most common injuries for our joints occur in the workplace, in fact statistics from a report produce by Safework Australia in 2016 (Ref: 1) tells us the rate of serious musculoskeletral workplace injury is alarming. The report identified that Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) identified in the report as a range of conditions that
The hip is a ball and socket joint and hip replacement surgery or arthroplasty is a surgical procedure in which the diseased or damaged sections of your natural joint are removed and replaced with a new artificial joint made of metal, plastic or ceramic which is called a “prosthesis”. It is one of the most
Many people complain of joint pain in the colder months and over the years there have been several studies undertaken to try to determine what, if any, correlation there is between the cold weather and pain in the joints/muscles. Different factors have been examined including temperature, humidity, barometric pressure and exposure to sunshine, as well
The first part of this is to understand what the ACL is and the role it plays. ACL stands for “anterior cruciate ligament” and is a tough, fibrous band of tissue and one of two ligaments that connects in the middle of the knee and stabilises the thigh bone (femur) and the shin bone (tibia).
Hamstring injuries are a muscle strain or tear that are a common and painful sporting injury prevalent among footballers, sprinters, basketballers, soccer players, tennis players and other sports people whose activities require a mix of speed, power and agility. These injuries occur most often at the middle area at the rear of the thigh and
What is it, how to try to prevent it, how do we fix it A torn meniscus is one of the most prevalent of all knee injuries and surgical treatment for meniscal tears are among the most commonly performed surgical procedures by orthopaedic specialists worldwide. Footballers and other athletes are particularly susceptible to meniscus tears
