Back pain is often insidious, i.e. no obvious cause such as an injury. This can be due to a slow process of sensitisation occurring sometimes over weeks or months. This is frequently a complaint of th e...
I would say that we are all potential patients and how will we respond if the tables are turned? A great insight into the experience was written by Sacks (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Leg-Stand-Oliver-Sack s...
A cough increases the pressure in the trunk. This extra pressure will impact upon tissue that has become sensitive to mechanical loading, for example the disc. The affected tissue will then send 'dang er...
Elbow pain and injury can stem from direct trauma or overuse (i.e. using the elbow joint), from gripping action that uses muscles originating about the elbow (e.g. tennis) and pain can be referred or evolve...
Often a persisting problem, lateral epicondylalgia or tennis elbow similar to other on-going pains requires a wide-lens approach to incorporate changes that occur throughout the nervous system includi ng...
RSD, now known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) has no gold standard diagnostic procedure and relies on the knowledge and experience of the examiner, whether they be a medic or a physiotherapi st...
Back pain is extremely common, often at the base of the spine. It is important to understand your pain including the fact that it is your brain that creates the experience of pain as a protective meas ure...