Posts Tagged ‘tendinopathy’
Getting to the bottom of buttock pain – Part 2
In this blog on causes of buttock pain, we’ll turn our attention to soft-tissue and nerve sources of nociception in presentations of buttock pain. We’ll also cover other sources of buttock pain not to be overlooked. In last month’s blog we explored lumbar, SIJ and hip joint related buttock pain. If you missed the first…
Read MoreThings that go ‘click’ in the hip
While ‘clicky hips’ are often associated with acetabular dysplasia in infants, there are many things that go ‘click’ in the adult hip. Most of these are innocuous, but sometimes they are painful or of concern to the owner of the noisy hip. Sources of snapping or clicking in the hip may include: the psoas or…
Read MoreDevelopment of a successful program for painful gluteal tendinopathy
In my clinical practice I noticed that we were treating many with lateral hip pain, most commonly post-menopausal women. These patients reported pain levels and impacts on their lives as marked as those with hip osteoarthritis. Their sleep and physical activity levels were substantially affected and together with the psychological distress caused by more severe…
Read MoreTendinopathy – Does corticosteroid injection aid or hinder our rehabilitation process?
When physiotherapy treatment for tendinopathy fails, have you ever thought ‘Where did I go wrong?’ Assuming you have applied contemporary evidence informed protocols that incorporate load management and appropriate exercise therapy (e.g. avoiding compressive loading for insertional tendinopathies), there are a number of factors that may influence your success, including patient beliefs and compliance, systemic…
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