Your Guide to an AC Joint Injury
Here at Physio Performance Drogheda, we treat a lot of shoulder injuries on a daily basis. One source of shoulder pain we see most commonly is an AC joint sprain. The acromioclavicular joint is where the acromion of your scapula meets the clavicle bone on the front of...
Frozen Shoulder: How to ”Let it go”
Are you suffering with a frozen shoulder and not sure where to start? We can help! One of the most common shoulder injuries seen among patients here in the Physio Performance clinic is a frozen shoulder. Presentation/Causes Frozen shoulder, or medically known,...
Rotator Cuff Surgery: Road to Recovery
Are you wondering what to expect after Rotator Cuff surgery? Take a read below… Here at Physio Performance Drogheda, Rotator Cuff surgery is one of the main surgeries we deal with here in our clinic on a weekly basis. Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Subscapularis...
Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy Simplified!
One of the most common shoulder injuries seen among patients here in the Physio Performance clinic is Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy. Anatomy The rotator cuff consists of 4 small muscles, all stemming from the shoulder blade, and all attaching in some way to the head of...
Trochanteric Bursitis: Hips Don’t Lie!
Do you have ongoing pain in the side of your hip? Here at Physio Performance Drogheda, we treat a large number patients on a weekly basis whom suffer from pain in the side of the hip. A common cause of hip pain is Trochanteric Bursitis or Hip Bursitis. Trochanteric...
Get Rid of Your Groin Pain: Three Key Osteitis Pubis Exercises (Phase 2)
In our previous blog’s from Physio Performance Drogheda, Robbie talked about his own battle with Osteitis Pubis, and demonstrated some key exercises that were used in the early stages of his injury, which he maintained throughout his whole journey.. In today’s...
Total Hip Replacement: What to Expect from Physio?
Here at Physio Performance Drogheda, a total Hip Replacement is one of the main surgeries we deal with here in our clinic on a weekly basis. A lot of the time we are actually involved in the process before the actual surgery. A hip replacement can be a tough ordeal...
Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) Injury of the Knee
One of the most common knee injuries seen among athletes here in the Physio Performance clinic is the MCL sprain. The Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) runs vertically on the inside of the knee, running from the medial femoral epicondyle to the medial tibial...
Growing Pains: Osgood Schlatter’s
Here at Physio Performance we see a large number of highly active teenagers, some of whom suffer from gradually worsening knee pain. A common cause of knee pain in young athletes is Osgood Schlatter’s disease. Osgood Schlatter’s disease, or tibial...
Patellar Tendinopathy: Jump Out Of Jumper’s Knee!
Here at Physio Performance, we treat a lot of knee injuries on a daily basis. One source of knee pain we see most commonly is patellar tendinopathy. Patellar tendinopathy is a common source of anterior knee pain in athletes, usually in sports that involve heavy...