Does the Supraspinatus initiate shoulder abduction?
25 April 2021
“I have torn my Rotator cuff so I won’t be able to lift up my arm.” I remember many years ago at university, being taught
“I have torn my Rotator cuff so I won’t be able to lift up my arm.” I remember many years ago at university, being taught
“Tennis elbow! What can help me!” Tennis elbow is extremely common and people try many different things to help it to go away but does
“You’re pulling my leg, right?” Yes, today we are going to talk about mechanical traction, which is more pulling your back than your leg, really.
“I woke up with a bad neck, so I must have slept funny and injured my neck!” I hear this all the time and another
“You want to stick a needle into my Tennis elbow!” Ouch! Yes, some of the treatments for tennis elbow include sticking a needle into the
“Can you just stick some of that fancy tape on my neck, I see athletes with it on all the time?” This is kinesiology tape
“I’ve had a knee replacement and the physio is only doing exercise with me. Is the right?” It is very common for exercise only approaches
“Oh, I don’t follow the research guidelines because everybody is different and experience is more important than evidence!” So, that sounds like an interesting statement
Sounds bad, doesn’t it? But so many people come to me and say “My Sacroiliac joint keeps popping out!” Does it really? In today’s article,
The stronger the pain killer the better the pain relief, right? This sounds logical doesn’t it but is it true? Here we will examine the
“I have plantar fasciitis, so I need to rest it and stretch it”. I hear this a lot but is this the worst thing you
“I’m just gliding this joint in this direction with this technique to loosen it up”. When I was at university, this is what I was
“I have shoulder impingement because there isn’t enough space between the bones.” This is called the sub-acromial space and it has long been touted as
“I’m in agony! I need morphine!” We tend to think of pain relief as being something we get from medication and morphine is right up
“It’s not broken it’s just a crack in the bone!” This is interesting because the words we tell our patients have different connotations in spite
“Physio and Massage can’t help me I have an arthritic hip!” Here we will look at the revised clinical practice guidelines that reviewed the recent
I have an arthritic knee so there is nothing I can do, right? This is a common misconception, I treat patients all the time with
I have pain in the sole of my foot and the physio just gave me exercises! Is this correct? We discussed this broad problem in
Now I hear this a lot and the trouble with this statement is the connotation. The word ‘just’ is implying a negative. Is this wrong?
What is Fibromyalgia? Put simply, Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain syndrome that affects multiple parts of the body for no apparent reason, but it isn’t
“I have a bad neck because I’m on my phone all day!” So, in a previous video, I highlighted some research showing that there was
“My physio says I need to get stronger but it’s not a muscle problem.” This is where people get confused, strength is how strong and
“I need rehabilitation but I’m not getting any!” Firstly, what is rehabilitation? Rehab is a set of interventions needed when a person is experiencing limitations
“I can’t exercise because my hip arthritis won’t let me.” I hear this from time to time and this may be true. I often argue
Put simply this is Physio done via either telephone or video over the internet. Skype and facetime are examples of this.
Contrary to popular belief online physiotherapy can be very effective and it can help the same injuries that face to face physio can help. I have helped many people with injuries such as disc prolapses, tennis elbow, neck pain and much more).
