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TENDINOPATHY: WHAT IS IT?, COMMON PRESENTATIONS AND THE ROLE OF MYOTHERAPY

Tendinopathy is a term used to describe pathology of a tendon.  This pathology can arise for various reasons with a common belief being that inflammation was a major cause of pain and dysfunction. This lead to the use of a term you may be familiar with, tendinitis, which has commonly been used to describe pain […]

HEADACHES… THE CAUSES & THE ROLE OF MYOTHERAPY IN BEATING THEM!!

Headaches are one of the most prevalent, painful conditions that can affect the body with the number of people seeking treatment increasing at a regular rate. This comes as no surprise as I’m sure most people reading this would have suffered with a headache at some stage in their lifetime. The cause of headaches can […]

WORKPLACE POSTURE AND THE EFFECTS ON YOUR BODY

If you sit at a desk and/or at a computer for most of the working day  you are part of the majority, with a Safe Work Australia study reporting 81% of surveyed Australian workers are exposed to sitting as part of their work [1]. Whilst sitting doesn’t seem like a ‘high risk’ activity, the same study […]

CLINICAL MYOTHERAPY…WHAT IS IT??

Clinical Myotherapy is a branch of manual medicine focusing on the evidence-based assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction. This pain and dysfunction may arise from a muscular (contracture, overuse, post-trauma), neuropathic (nervous system), or articular (joint pain) origin.