Lower back pain affects nearly 60 % of the population at some stage in their lives. Lower back pain can be caused by many factors including vertebral disc problems, muscular strains, poor muscular balance caused by poor posture, osteo-arthritis (“wear and tear”), stress fractures and nerve irritation (e.g. sciatica), but more commonly involved by facet …
What is hydrotherapy? Hydrotherapy is the use of water to help with treatment and management of a wide variety of conditions. Not only was this form of therapy utilised right back in the days of the ancient Greeks and Romans but is still a very popular treatment today. There are different techniques that come under …
What is BPPV? Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo – BPPV – is the most common vestibular disorder. Vertigo is the false sensation of spinning with altered positions of the head in relation to gravity. BPPV can be very debilitating and impacts on the quality of life of those who are affected. It is associated with reduced …
“You Spin Me Right Round Baby” BPPV – Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo Read More »
Pain is a highly subjective symptom, differing from one person to the next in its implication on lifestyle, affect on function and control of decision making. It may sound obscure, but pain perception itself could be considered a personality trait, and when we look at the pathways of personality and pain, this doesn’t appear so …
What are trigger points? Myofascial pain syndrome is the term given to pain that is caused by one or more symptomatic trigger points in the skeletal muscle. Trigger points as they are commonly referred to, are localised areas of sensitive muscle tissue which can be palpated in the muscle fibres and are often painful on …
What are muscle Trigger Points and how do we treat them? Read More »
Tendon pain is a common condition that we treat and manage at Ellenbrook Physiotherapy, especially during this time of year with the sports that are in season and as people in the community start to train for events such as City to Surf. Over recent years there have been many developments in the research and …
Once a spinal disc has slipped it seems like it is in a biomechanically awkward situation and can’t recover any more than a broken window can reassemble itself. And yet several studies have shown after following dozen of patients for 8 years that a herniated disc can spontaneously resolve itself. A whooping 66% of patients …
At Least Half of Herniated Discs Spontaneously De-herniate Read More »
Text neck is a repetitive strain injury to the neck caused by holding the head in a forward and downward position for extended periods of time. This is exactly the posture we adopt as we stare at our mobile phones. According to research, smartphone users spend an average of two to four hours a day …
As we are getting closer to winter the weather is getting colder, the mornings are darker and the nights come in earlier. It becomes easy to….
