So as summer has arrived and we think about picking up that tennis racket or golf clubs for the first time since last summer then the prevalence of shoulder pain occurring starts the increase. One of the most common causes of shoulder pain with these types of sports is shoulder impingement which is a loose term to describe structures that have become compromised during overhead sports and activities. Some of these tissues are tendons which as a group are called your rotator cuff muscles … [Read more...]
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Pain in the back on the thigh.
One of the causes of pain in the back of the thigh are hamstring strains. Acute, moderate/severe strains are common amongst runners especially sprinters and footballers while they are putting in shorts sprint bursts with a change of direction. They make up about 12% of injuries with football. We have two hamstrings on the outside and two on the inside and they are very active as the leg is swinging through during the gait cycle to help decelerate the foot as its just about to make contact … [Read more...]
