Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy

There are many different causes of foot and ankle pain. Some conditions we see include:

• Achilles tendinopathy

• Plantar fasciopathy

• Peroneal tendinopathy

• Ankle sprain

• Arthritis

Your physiotherapist can assess your foot and ankle to help determine the cause of your symptoms. They will look at your walking, range of movement, muscle strength and control, and balance. They may want to look at other movements such as jumping or hopping depending on your circumstances.

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Ankle & foot pain

Sciatica is a term to describe pain in the leg caused by irritation of a nerve root in the lower back. The most common cause is due to disc related changes, although anything that irritates the nerve root cause be a cause.

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Sciatica

Lower back pain is one of the leading causes of disability and physiotherapy is widely used and recommended for treatment. There can be various causes of acute back pain such as injury, disc prolapse or muscle strain as well as more serious causes which will be screened for.

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Back pain

It can be difficult to determine the exact cause of neck pain but some of the likely causes include muscular or soft tissue, joint strain, arthritis or posture.

Your physiotherapist will assess how well your neck is moving, addressing any stiffness and may also check the surrounding muscles and nerves to determine how best to manage your condition.

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Neck Pain & Stiffness

Tendinopathy or tendonitis are injuries occurring in the tendons. The tendons of many muscles can be affected causing pain and a reduction in strength.

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Tendonitis or tendinopathy

Knee pain is a common complaint and can have many different causes. Some of the conditions that can affect the knee include: patellofemoral pain syndrome, patellar tendinopathy, osteoarthritis, fat pad irritation and injuries to muscles or ligaments.

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Knee pain

You may have pain, weakness or stiffness around the shoulder area which can be caused by a variety of reasons.

Some of these include:

• frozen shoulder or adhesive capsulitis

• shoulder impingement

• rotator cuff tendinopathy

• shoulder arthritis

• shoulder instability

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Shoulder pain or instability

There are several types of arthritis with the main one being osteoarthritis. This is where the cartilage starts to roughen and break down, bony growths caused osteophytes can develop, and you may feel a grating sensation when you move the joint. Osteoarthritis can develop in any joint with the most common areas being the knees, hips, and hands.

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Arthritis

Your physiotherapist will ask about about the nature and mechanism of injury or the event that lead up to the muscle, tendon or ligament sprain.

They will palpate around the area checking for areas of tenderness/discomfort which will help to guide the diagnosis.

They will wish to assess the area checking the surrounding muscles, ligaments and joints.

Muscle, tendon or ligament strains are very common. You may have swelling, bruising and pain around the affected area and depending on the location of the injury it may be difficult to walk or stand.

There are many different causes of a strained muscle or ligament. Most commonly it can occur from an injury, exercise, compensatory pattern, sudden twist or movement, repetitive movement, fall, reduced strength.

Your physiotherapist will work with you to aid you back to full function and provide you with an individualised treatment plan.