Injuries, Pains & Conditions Treated

As physiotherapists, we can help treat and prevent a large range of problems and conditions due to various causes:

  • Sport injuries,
  • Work related injuries (Work Conditioning Programmes),
  • Injuries due to motor vehicle accidents (e.g. whiplash),
  • Adolescent injuries (e.g. growth plate irritations),
  • Overuse injuries,
  • Post-surgical orthopaedic rehabilitation (e.g. hip replacement, knee reconstruction, shoulder rotator cuff repair),
  • Neck, shoulder and back pain,
  • Headaches and neurological disorders (e.g. strokes),
  • Degeneration of joints and osteoarthritic complaints,
  • Musculoskeletal screening assessments,
  • Fractures (e.g. fibreglass casting, bracing or walking boots).

As sports physiotherapists, we treat an extremely diverse range of sports injuries, including:

  • Shoulder injuries,
  • Elbow and forearm injuries,
  • Wrist, hand and finger injuries,
  • Spinal injuries,
  • Hip joint and groin injuries,
  • Thigh, knee and lower leg injuries,
  • Foot and ankle injuries.

Shoulder Injuries

  • Dislocation and sprains
  • Rehabilitation following fractures to clavicle, scapula or upper humerus
  • Unstable shoulder joint
  • Throwing injuries – muscle tendon strains or tears of shoulder and upper arm
  • Bursitis (subacromial)
  • Impingement syndrome
  • Rotator cuff tears
  • Nerve injuries.

Elbow / Forearm Injuries

  • “Tennis Elbow”
  • “Thrower’s or Golfer’s Elbow”
  • Nerve entrapments
  • Factures or Dislocations.

Wrist, Hand and Finger Injuries

  • Fractures and Dislocations
  • Nerve entrapments
  • Strains / sprains to muscles, tendons or ligaments.

Spinal Injuries

  • Injuries to the neck, thoracic and lumbar spine, including fractures, disc bulges, muscle strains and ligament sprains
  • Scoliosis
  • Nerve impingements.

Hip Joint and Groin Injuries

  • Pain in the hip joint and groin
  • Inflammation or rupture of adductor, ilio-psoas, upper quadriceps or abdominal muscles.
  • Bursitis of the hip.
  • Osteitis Pubis.
  • Hip joint dislocation.
  • Hernia.
  • Stress fractures / fractures to the neck of the femur.
  • Hip complaints in children and adolescents.
    • Perthes Disease
    • Slipped Femoral Capital Epiphysis
    • Hip joint inflammation (synovitis)
  • Pain in knee and or / hip joints
  • Lameness in children or adolescents - prompt medical advise should be sought

Thigh Injuries

  • Muscle strains and tears including those to the quadriceps, hamstrings and adductors
  • Haematomas as a result of collisions or impact.

Knee Injuries

  • Ligament and meniscal (cartilage) tears
  • Patellofemoral pain
  • Patella dislocation / fracture
  • Osteochondritis dissecans
  • Inflammation of muscle and tendon attachments around the patella
  • Bursitis
  • Baker’s Cyst
  • Osgood-Schlatter’s Disease
  • Sinding-Larson-Johansson Disease.

Lower Leg Injuries

  • Fractures
  • Muscle tears
  • Compartment Syndrome
  • Tenoperiostitis (shin splints)
  • Achilles tendon pain, swelling or rupture.

Foot and Ankle Injuries

  • Fractures
  • Tendon / ligament tears
  • Anterior / posterior ankle impingement
  • Plantar Fasciitis / heel spurs
  • Severs Disease
  • Heel fat pad inflammation.