Contusions

Contusions

Contusions or Cork injuries, are a type of bruise formed as a result of direct trauma or related blows by a blunt object to a certain body part. When this happens, the muscle fibres, small blood vessels, and connective tissue (soft tissue structures) are crushed and...
Sprains and Strains

Sprains and Strains

Sprains and strains are terms we commonly use, often interchangeably, as part of our vocabulary but do what really are they? Is there a difference? Sprains and Strains are terms used to describe the overstretching or tearing of soft tissue. The term sprain is used for...
Shin splints

Shin splints

Shin splints is the general term attributed to pain on our shins. This can be directly on the shin bone itself or either pain on the inside of the shin (medial shin splints also known as Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome) or pain on the outside of the shin (lateral shin...