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It’s a familiar scene for many parents: a child who was running around happily all afternoon wakes up at night complaining that their legs ache. If this sounds familiar, your child may be experiencing what’s commonly known as “growing pains.” Despite the name, these aches aren’t actually caused by growth — but they’re very real, and understanding them can help you support your child with confidence.
While most concussions will resolve within 3 months, some of these will go on to develop complex presentations such as post concussive syndrome (Langer et al., 2021) and, if subject to repeated concussions, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (Mavroudis et al, 2023). These potential long- term effects of concussion and repetitive head impacts are areas of ongoing public health interest and concern among healthcare professionals, athletes, and the public (Patricios et al., 2023).
Hamstring strains are caused by rapid contraction or violent stretch of the hamstring muscle group. This results in varying degrees of damage to fibres of one or more of the three hamstring muscles. Injuries are common in sports that are dynamic in nature e.g. soccer, AFL, rugby league.
Dry needling is a treatment for pain and appear to work by reducing sensitivity in the nervous system (Fernandez-de-Las-Penas 2019). Dry needling has been shown to be more effective than other treatments in reducing pain for some conditions (Vier 2019). Dry needling is minimally invasive, safe and inexpensive (Stoychev 2020).
Hamstring strains are caused by rapid contraction or violent stretch of the hamstring muscle group. This results in varying degrees of damage to fibres of one or more of the three hamstring muscles. Injuries are common in sports that are dynamic in nature e.g. soccer, AFL, rugby league.
Hamstring strains are caused by rapid contraction or violent stretch of the hamstring muscle group. This results in varying degrees of damage to fibres of one or more of the three hamstring muscles. Injuries are common in sports that are dynamic in nature e.g. soccer, AFL, rugby league.
Hamstring strains are caused by rapid contraction or violent stretch of the hamstring muscle group. This results in varying degrees of damage to fibres of one or more of the three hamstring muscles. Injuries are common in sports that are dynamic in nature e.g. soccer, AFL, rugby league.
Severs Disease(Calcaneal Apophysitis) With kids returning to school and sports in the coming weeks, it means a change in lifestyle, activity and footwear. It is this time of the year that we see a lot of foot, ankle and heel pain in children. One of the common sources of foot pain is a condition known…
TENNIS ELBOW (Lateral Epicondylitis) With many of us currently glued to our television screens watching the Australian Open, we thought it a good time to highlight the condition commonly known as “Tennis Elbow”. Lateral Epicondylitis or as it is more commonly known ?Tennis Elbow? is often the result of repetitive, overuse and twisting of the…

































