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Take Charge Of Your Lower Back Pain From Weightlifting

by Senior Physiotherapist Bernard Sim 

It is important to take note of the lower back ache you are experiencing and distinguish between post-exercise muscle soreness and pain that might signal an injury. 

As certain weightlifting exercises (e.g. deadlifts and back-squats) do subject the lumbar spine and the legs to significant stress, it can be quite normal for your lower back and even leg muscles (e.g. quadriceps, hamstrings, and glutes) to feel some degree of soreness post exercising.

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Know Your Nerve Pain

What happens when you feel pins and needles, abnormal sensations, or shooting pain? How often should it occur or should it even be occurring in the first place? When should you be worried about nerve pain?

Well, fret not! In this article, we’ll discuss the difference between nerve impingement and neurodynamic sensitivity.

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Posture And Pain: Debunking A Myth

“Sit up right, pull your shoulders back, don’t slouch, or else we will develop bad posture!”

We hear it all the time. It’s been drilled into us since we were young, but, how much of it is the truth? Many patients come in with concerns about their posture and how it’s causing their neck and back pain. In this article, we’ll shine a light on the most common misconception pertaining to posture and pain.

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Is Your Shoulder Just Stiff, Or Is It Frozen?

In the beginning, you’ll feel pain at the front or side of the shoulder which can be a sudden or a gradual onset. Depending on the intensity of your pain, it can often cause difficulty in sleeping or wake you up in the middle of the night. Overtime, you start noticing that you are losing freedom of movement in the shoulder. This is when it hits you that the shoulder problem is serious, and you should seek consultation with a healthcare professional.

In this article, we have a chat with Senior Physio, Anson Wong and Dr Ang from Centurion Orthopaedic Centre to discuss all things Frozen Shoulder. You can find Dr Ang at https://www.coc.sg/

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By In Touch Physiotherapy Achilles • Exercise • Injury prevention • Muscles • Neck • Physiotherapist • Physiotherapy tips • Sports injuries • tendon 0 Comments

All You Need To Know About Tennis Elbow!

Did you know that Tennis Elbow affects over 50% of tennis players? Research suggests that the best way to treat tennis elbow is with physiotherapy under a progressive and controlled loading exercise programme that is catered specifically for your needs. These types of programme causes the tendon to undergo gradual loading movements, which helps to stimulate the healing process by changing the tendon tissue structure, eventually leading to repair.

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Get Rid Of Neck Stiffness!

If you have sought treatment for neck pain or stiffness, your upper trapezius muscle has probably been massaged, released, or needled. You were also likely told that the upper trapezius muscle is very tight, overactive, or “knotted”.

Unfortunately, this muscle has been misunderstood for a very long time. Many people blame upper trapezius tightness as the cause of neck pain and try to massage, stretch or reduce the muscle activation session after session. They may also look for exercises that favour the middle or lower trapezius while reducing the upper trapezius activation.

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