Article by John Miller How Do You Know If Your Hip Pain Is Serious? Traumatic injuries to your hip, such as a fall, can fracture your hip, and these often need urgent surgery to fix the fracture or replace the hip Joint. Seek urgent medical help if: A fall or other injury triggered the hip pain. Your joint looks deformed or is bleeding. You can't move your leg or hip, and you can't put any weight on your hip. You heard a popping...
Article by Zoe Russell Do Tendons Ever Fully Heal? Tendon injury is painful and debilitating, and the injury can exist along a spectrum of pain and dysfunction in a normal tendon, to pain and dysfunction in the presence of structural tendon change (known as partial thickness tears), and even complete tear (known as rupture) of the tendon. One question Physiotherapists often get asked is “do tendons ever fully heal?” Put simply:- Having a ‘healed tendon’ means that you can use the tendon to...
Article by Zoe Russell What is a Labral Tear of the Hip? A labral tear is an injury to the labrum of the hip. The labrum is a cartilaginous structure that covers the socket of the ball and socket hip joint. The labrum functions to allow the femoral head to move freely in the socket and a negative pressure seal to maintain the joint integrity throughout the movement of the hip. Labral tears occur for 3 reasons: Injury Structural Changes Degenerative Issues Injury Relates...
Article by Matthew Batch How Do You Fix Gluteal Tendinopathy? The management of gluteal tendinopathy aims to address the factors that led the condition to develop in the first place. Tendinopathy refers to irritation of a tendon that occurs when it is repeatedly placed under loads beyond what it is accustomed to and in a manner that does not allow it to recover and adapt between each bout of loading. This leads the tendon to change its structure to become thicker to tolerate...
Article by Zoe Russell Hip Clicking? Why? The Dynamics of Hip Motion The hip joint boasts a remarkable range of movement, enabling us to perform a variety of actions from bending to running and twisting. Occasionally, you might notice a 'click' during these movements. Let's explore the reasons behind this phenomenon. Normal Vs. Abnormal Hip Clicks While a clicking hip can be a benign part of joint motion, persistent and painful clicks warrant a professional assessment by a physiotherapist. It's crucial to differentiate...
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