Shoulder Overuse Injuries
Understanding Shoulder Overuse Injuries: A Comprehensive Guide Shoulder overuse injuries are common, especially among athletes and individuals who frequently engage in repetitive activities. Whether you're a swimmer, tennis player, or someone who works in a job...
Tennis Elbow
Understanding Tennis Elbow: What It Is and How Physiotherapy Can Help Do you have a painful elbow that makes it difficult to twist or grip objects? Have you been told you have tennis elbow, even if you’ve never played tennis? At Pretto Physiotherapy , we’re here to...
Frozen Shoulder
Frozen shoulder, clinically known as Adhesive Capsulitis, presents a perplexing challenge for many individuals. It manifests as pain, stiffness, and a gradual loss of motion in the shoulder joint, often hindering everyday activities and causing considerable...
Ankle Sprain
Ankle sprains are one of the most common injuries encountered, affecting people of all ages and activity levels. Whether you’re an athlete pushing your limits on the field or someone who enjoys a casual stroll in the park, a sudden twist or turn can result in an...
Comrades – The Final Countdown
Building up to Comrades, the last few weeks of preparation are extremely important. It’s at this point where tapering down on weekly mileage and intensity comes into play and focusing on recovery is a must. Over doing it just before race day can be a big mistake...
Concussion
Are you a student or a concerned parent observing rugby matches or practices and worrying about the frequency of injuries? It’s perfectly normal to be aware of the risks involved, especially considering the prevalence of concussions, which can have serious...
Knee Injuries
The knee joint is the largest and one of the most complex joints in the human body. It is also a joint that is used for almost every activity from standing up to walking to changing direction while running with the ball on the field. The knee joint is a marvel of...
Nerve Injuries
Nerve Injuries: The nervous system consists of both the central nervous system & the peripheral nervous system. The central nervous system consists of the brain & the spinal cord. The peripheral nervous system is everything that lies outside of the brain...
Chronic Pain
What is chronic pain? To understand chronic pain, we need to understand what acute pain is. Acute pain is a protective reaction from the body that occurs in response to perceived danger which may or may not be in the presence of tissue damage. When there is tissue...
Puberty, Growth and Early Sport Specialization
Puberty is made up of a sequence of stages that affect skeletal, muscular and hormonal parts of the body. Puberty is defined as a phase of change and maturation of the body. The different stages are challenging and confusing due to the physical and emotional...
Growth Plates
Growth plates are defined as the area of new bone growth which is made up of cartilage at the end of our long bones. There are 2 growth plates per long bone, at each end of bones such as the femur, tibia, fibula, radius and ulnar, which are found in our arms and...
PRICE vs MEAT for Injuries
PRICE vs MEAT On a daily basis unexpected injuries are sometimes unavoidable and can range from mild to severe. These injuries can happen to a trained athlete, runner or sportsman, or simply rolling our ankles on a piece of uneven ground in our regular daily...
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