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The thoracic spine is the segment of a human’s spine in between the cervical (neck) and lumbar spine (lower back). There are 12 thoracic vertebrae normally which each have an attached rib, this forms the rib cage for our internal organs (heart and lungs). There is much mystery surrounding the first rib and its relationship […]

Lateral epicondyalgia or more simply known as “tennis elbow” can be a debilitating, nuisance of a condition. Acute tennis elbow is an injury to the musculotendinous region of the muscles that extend the wrist and fingers. The site of pain is typically the lateral epicondyle, a bony bump you can feel on the outside of […]

Have you had back pain at some point in your life? The answer, most likely is yes. Back pain is common with about 80% of people experiencing back pain within their lifetime. However, it is rarely due to serious cause. For 10-30% of people, back pain can be very distressing, interfering with activities of daily […]

As Townsville is a large fitness orientated city, plenty of runners, sports people, military personnel and gym enthusiasts may have come in contact with the condition known as compartment syndrome. Compartment syndrome, also referred to as chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS) is defined as increased pressure within a closed fibro-osseous space, causing reduced blood flow […]

When it comes to discussing a person’s running athletic performance a common term that can get thrown around is the person’s VO2 max. If you have not heard the term it stands for maximal oxygen consumption, expressed as either L/min or mL/(kg.min). The former being an absolute measure where the latter takes into consideration a persons […]

Medial tibial stress syndrome or more commonly named as shin splits is a common lament for runners, it is best described as a pain along the inside area along the “shin” or tibia, in the early stages pain occurs during the beginning of the activity and goes away during activity, as this conditions worsens it […]

Patella Femoral Pain Syndrome, sometimes called runners knee, is pain located around the front of the knee, including the cartilage and soft tissues surrounding patella. Tenderness is often associated with activities such as Running, squatting, kneeling, stair-climbing (especially on descent) and swimming breaststroke. Also it can become “stiff” with driving or sitting down for prolong […]

Osteoporosis is a bone disease which is characterized by low bone mass and a change in the structure leading to a significant risk of fractures. This loss of bone mineral density is bone activity that favours the osteoclast cell activity (degradation of calcium and collagen) over the osteoblast cell activity (bone building). Risk factors are […]

Osgood-schlatter syndrome is the technical term to define knee pain in adolescences that is associated with growth spurts. It is in fact the most common cause of knee pain in adolesecents, being more common in the athletic population. Osgood-schlatter is inflammation of the boney point where the patella tendon inserts onto the top frontal point […]