BRINGING SCIENCE TO TREATMENT
in Email Newsletters, Hip injuries
Running is a series of leaps off from one foot to the other. At no time are both feet on the ground. Therefore, running requires solid stability in dynamic unilateral stance. Elite runners run so fast that their unilateral stance time is mere moments. When the foot remains so briefly on the ground, their structural... MORE
in Email Newsletters, Hip injuries, Sports psychology
“When can I return to sport (RTS)?” is the first question on any athlete’s mind after an injury. Those with femoral acetabular impingement (FAI) are no different. When the femoral head and neck misalign with the acetabulum, the resulting pressure impinges the labrum or rim around the acetabulum. Persistent impingement, usually classified as a CAM or Pincer... MORE
in Email Newsletters, Hip injuries
How did the assumption that running causes osteoarthritis get started? Perhaps from the thought that the when the foot hits the ground at a faster rate than walking, the body experiences greater forces at the joints. Maybe it came from the fact that when people first started running recreationally they found it difficult and... MORE
in Anatomy, Diagnose & Treat, Hip injuries, Overuse injuries
Patrick Gillham investigates the cause of stress fractures in runners, focusing on sacral stress fractures, which are less common and trickier to diagnose and treat. Anna Bonniface completes the London Marathon just months before being halted in her tracks at the Toronto Marathon due to a stress fracture. Stress fractures occur in a broad spectrum... MORE
in Diagnose & Treat, Hip injuries, Leg injuries, Musculoskeletal injuries
Michael Lancaster discusses potential diagnoses in cases presenting with rear thigh pain, and how to sleuth out the cause. Posterior thigh pain provides a great challenge to sports physiotherapists around the world, with the most common cause being hamstring strains(1). However, there are a number of structures that cause pain both locally or referred. Identification of... MORE
in Diagnose & Treat, Hip injuries
While hip pain is a common complaint among athletes, the diagnosis of ischia-femoral impingement’ (IFI) in cases of posterior pain is rare. Chris Mallac explains the pathoanatomy of IFI, the typical signs and symptoms, and how it is diagnosed and treated. Athletes often complain about pain in the posterior hip that sometimes radiates down the back... MORE
in Anatomy, Diagnose & Treat, Hip injuries, Improve, Musculoskeletal injuries
Groin strain is behind only fracture and joint reconstruction in terms of lost time from sport due to injury. Andrew Hamilton investigates at the risk factors for groin injury in sport and what the research says about injury prevention... MORE
in Anatomy, Diagnose & Treat, Hip injuries, Musculoskeletal injuries
Adam Smith looks at what the recent says about the diagnosis and treatment of pelvic and hip stress fractures in athletes MORE
in Anatomy, Diagnose & Treat, Hip injuries, Overuse injuries
Alicia Filley examines the role of biomechanics in medial tibial stress syndrome... MORE
in Anatomy, Diagnose & Treat, Hip injuries, Improve, Musculoskeletal injuries, Power development
Chris Mallac looks at the gluteus medius – and the most common dysfunctions and how they’re best rehabilitated… MORE
