The shoulder is the most mobile joint in your body. It’s a complex joint with many tendons, ligaments and muscles working together like a well-oiled engine. If one small part fails to work properly it can have kno…
Many of us remember being told to sit or stand up straight by a parent or teacher when we were children. It transpires that our parents were right to insist on good posture as it actually has health benefits, from decr…
It is believed that up to 80% of us will suffer from back pain at some point in our life (mayoclinic.org). The experts at Ballsbridge Physiotherapy Clinic have many years’ experience dealing with the effects of such pa…
Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylalgia) does affect tennis players, but it can also affect anyone who overuses the muscles that extend the wrist. These muscles come from the outside of the elbow and go into the hand. Tenni…
Iliotibial band (ITB) syndrome is a common cause of pain on the outside of the knee. This knee pain occurs frequently in runners. The ITB is an extension of the tensor fascia lata muscle of the hip and it runs along the …
Sarah Brady, physiotherapist at Ballsbridge Physiotherapy, is to display her research findings at the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists (ISCP) Annual Conference. The ISCP conference takes place in Killarney nex…
