Also known as Lateral Epicondylitis, can be a very painful condition due to overuse of the forearm muscle that extends your wrist. Repetitive stress of this muscle that is attached by a tendon to the bony part of the outside elbow will cause inflammation and injury. The pain can so bad that even holding a [...]
This large tendon that runs down the back of your calf and ankle and attaches to the back of your heel can get really inflamed and sore. Tight calf muscles or a sudden increase in activity like running and jumping repetitively over time can cause pain and injury.
Also called Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome. Always involving the muscle attached to your shinbone called the Anterior Tibialis. Overuse of this muscle causes stress to the fascial attachment to the shinbone resulting in pain and inflammation. Runners, sprinters, track and field athletes usually complain of this pain.
Calcium deposits can develop in the tendons of the shoulder either because of overuse injury, trauma or simply aging. A common area for the calcium to deposit are in the tendons of the shoulder muscles known as the rotator cuff. Shockwave therapy is effective in breaking up the calcium to smaller pieces of which the [...]
Also known as Medial Epicondylitis, this very painful elbow condition is usually caused by overstraining the inside forearm muscles repetitively by gripping and lifting something heavy. The tendons that attach the inside bony part of the elbow gets really inflamed and painful.
A thin but strong fascial tissue at the bottom of your feet called the Plantar Fascia can get injured and damage from too much overuse and pressure. Common causes of pain to the heel and arch area are tight calf muscles, obesity, high arches, new and repetitive activity like running. Aging also causes the fascia [...]
The pain and inflammation to the patella tendon is also called “Runners knee” or “Jumper’s Knee”. Even going up and downstairs causes pain to this area just below the knee cap. Repetitive overloading of this tendon either through sports and/or a tight quadriceps muscle (front thigh muscle) is a common cause. This injury improves rapidly [...]
Trigger points are focal areas of muscle and fascia that are in a constant state contraction, pain and spasm. They appear to be caused by repetitive trauma and overuse of specific activity to a certain muscle. The muscle of your shoulder called the trapezius is a very common area and is usually a result of [...]