by Cassie Sandison | May 29, 2017 | Osteoarthritis, Physiotherapist, Physiotherapy
Osteoarthritis is one of the leading causes of pain and disability. With growing rates of obesity in Australia, a new study has found managing your weight can be the key to stopping your osteoarthritis in it’s tracks. The study published in Radiology [1]...
by Cassie Sandison | May 25, 2017 | Arthritis, Exercise, Physiotherapy
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative condition that mostly affects the hands, spine and joints such as hips, knees and ankles, and usually gets worse over time. It is the predominant condition leading to knee and hip replacement surgery in Australia. Osteoarthritis is a...
by Cassie Sandison | May 25, 2017 | Arthritis, Cortisone, Drugs
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has recently published findings from a study showing injection of corticosteroids or cortisone into the knee of patients with osteoarthritis was not beneficial for pain management and may worsen the degeneration...
by Cassie Sandison | May 21, 2017 | Drugs, Pain Killers, Physiotherapy
Pain got you down? Before you go reaching for the pain killers there’s a few things you need to know… It’s reported that one in ten Aussies are in pain at any given time, and one in five experiencing chronic pain. So it’s not surprising that...
by Cassie Sandison | Apr 26, 2017 | Exercise, Physiotherapy, Pilates
POSTURAL BACK AND NECK PAIN The postures you adopt during our day can impact on whether you experience back or neck pain. Sitting all day at the computer at work and even the posture you laying in during sleeping can all be influenced by the flexibility of your joints...
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