What is it? Rib pain can be pretty painful, but how does it happen and why do you get it so many times? You may have rib pain because you have broken ribs. You get broken ribs because, like I did, you wreck on your bike and your ribs meet your handlebars. It’s...
What is it? First of all, how does a groin strain happen? There are many ways that it can happen. What we see most often in the clinic is a strain from sprinting when pushing too hard, or from when you’re really tired hiking and you start to push through pain...
How does it happen? In today’s blog we are going to talk about pain on the outside of the hip, commonly called hip bursitis. Where does it come from? Frequently we see what I like to call the “mom stance”. Think about a mom holding a small child on her hip....
What is it? Shin splints, what a pain in the shin! How do these happen? First, let’s go over the anatomy. The shin muscle (anterior tibialis) is the muscle that goes in the front of the leg from the foot up to the knee. It helps your foot to move up, so your toe comes...
What is happening? It is helpful to think of the anatomy of the calf in order to understand how it is strained. First, the calf is the muscle between the knee and the foot on the back of the leg. It is that nice meaty part of the lower leg and the strain means that...
Who gets golfer’s elbow? The first question many have about golfers elbow is this: do you have to be playing golf in order to have golfers’ elbow, or medial epicondylitis? Actually, you can get golfer’s elbow from a lot of different activities. Most commonly the...
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