by Jo Turner | Jul 20, 2017 | Common Conditions
This is a common condition, often referred to by clinicians as Patellofemoral pain or anterior knee pain. You may feel pain around the front, or behind the kneecap (patella). Sometimes you might hear or feel a grating sensation from the kneecap. Often the pain occurs...
by Jo Turner | Jul 18, 2017 | Common Conditions
The term ‘Frozen Shoulder’ is a term often used to describe a painful and stiff shoulder. Historically this has led to other painful shoulder conditions, such as sub-acromial pain syndrome and calcific tendonitis being wrongly termed a ‘frozen shoulder’. A true frozen...
by Jo Turner | Jul 15, 2017 | Common Conditions
The hip joint is a ball and socket synovial joint. It is important for walking, running and jumping. It bears our body’s weight and the force of strong muscles in order to keep the joint both flexible and stable. The hip joint is made up of the ball of the femur...
by Jo Turner | Jul 12, 2017 | Common Conditions
According to the NHS website, Insomnia is difficulty getting to sleep or staying asleep for long enough to feel refreshed the next morning. Sleep is a wonderful thing that we take for granted, that is until we can’t sleep. If Insomnia starts to take over our life then...
by Jo Turner | Jul 8, 2017 | Common Conditions
What is it? Pain over the greater trochanteric region (the bony part at the side of the hip region) traditionally used to be diagnosed as trochanteric bursitis, but due to more information from radiological studies the bursa is often not found to be the primary issue....