The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and tendons that surround the shoulder joint, keeping the head of your upper arm bone (humerus) firmly within the shallow socket of the shoulder. 30% of people will experience shoulder pain in their lives. A rotator cuff injury can cause a dull ache in the shoulder which can radiate down to the arm. The pain can be sharp on certain movements and is often worsens when you try to sleep on the involved side. A rotator cuff injury can make it difficult and painful to do everyday tasks, such as brushing your hair and getting dressed
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A total knee replacement is usually done for severe arthritis and primarily used to eradicate the pain involved. In most cases you will regain the full range of movement that you had pre-operatively and sometimes a little more.
Here are some tips when having a total knee replacement.
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SP is a 44 Lady who had a L4-5 disc protrusion. She had occasional low back pain on/off but nothing that stopped her from doing her normal activities. When on holidays last year and bending down she had a sudden increase in low back pain which caused it to be very difficult to move. She had an MRI which showed a L4-5 disc protrusion.
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LW is a 20 year old footballer who had a traumatic football injury where he was tackled and landed awkwardly onto his left knee. He was sent to A&E where an X-ray revealed he had an avulsion fracture of the head of fibula. He had an MRI following this and this showed he had ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and lateral collateral ligament (LCL) as well as sustaining ruptures to his biceps femoris tendon (part of hamstrings) and popliteus tendon.
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Here are 5 great ideas for delicious vegetarian dishes recommended by our own Mike Dunn, including curries, hotpots and Italian dishes. These recipes are all from Hello fresh. Good to eat and really healthy too!
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All of our staff at AquaPhysio spent an evening learning aquatic resistance training techniques using our new Aqua Strength equipment.
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