Blog - Tendinopathy
by LASEM

A management approach to lateral hip pain   Greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS) clinically refers to lateral hip pain (pain at the side of the hip and upper thigh)1,2. GTPS is a debilitating and chronic condition, seen in all age groups and in both men and women2. The condition is, however, most prevalent in post-menopausal…read more

by danilo

What’s in a name? Persistent tendon pain is a common musculoskeletal condition that affects active individuals, repetitive-manual workers and sedentary people alike (Clark et al., 2020; Scott et al., 2013). Historically, inconsistent, and inaccurate medical terms have been utilised to describe tendon pain. The term ‘tendinitis’ was first used to describe pain, tendon thickening and…read more

by LASEM

The fourth installment in our series of expert webinars “I’m a clinician, why should I care about research?” Late last year Dr Ebonie Rio lead research on recommended reporting standards for participant characteristics in tendinopathy at the International Scientific Tendon Symposium, highlighting her passion for knowledge translation. In this video, Ebonie discusses the who, the…read more

by LASEM

LASEM Happy Hour – the first in a series of expert webinars On Thursday April 9 2020, we had the pleasure of sharing a drink with tendon expert Professor Jill Cook, at LASEM’s first ever Happy Hour Webinar. Join Jill as she speaks about tendon treatments to avoid, tendon loading, differential diagnoses and how we…read more

by Christian Bonello

La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Centre Researcher Christian Bonello sat down with Dr Sean Docking to discuss the recent article published in Musculoskeletal Science and Practice: Identification and differentiation of gluteus medius tendon pathology using ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468781218302364?via%3Dihub) For the full 8minute podcast please view https://soundcloud.com/user-556293761/sean-docking-identification-and-differentiation-of-gluteus-medius-tendon-pathology Below is an infographic summary…read more

by Meg Hawke

“…the person down the street is going to come at you and ask you ‘why are you still playing footy with knee tendinitis?’ when their son’s got it and they’ve been told they’re not allowed to play footy for six weeks.” Joel Selwood, AFL 360, Fox Footy Channel I love alliteration. Language, and how we…read more

by Christian Bonello

If you are an allied health professional in Australia, can you please spare 5-10 minutes and help us out. We’d love you to complete a short survey on how you treat Achilles tendinopathy. Link: http://j.mp/2xTYOW7   This is the saddest time in my yearly academic cycle. It is the day that is the furthest away from…read more

by Liam West

Lower Limb Tendinopathy Symposium Take home messages!   The Lower Limb Tendinopathy Symposium, held over September 9th and 10th weekend, hosted by Physiosports Brighton was presented by leading experts in the field of tendons, Jill Cook, Ebonie Rio and Sean Docking from La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre and the long term head…read more

by Liam West

LASEM’s staff Jill Cook, Ebonie Rio and Sean Docking join Craig Purdam in delivering a fantastic weekend lower limb tendon symposium in early September. This symposium is brought to you by our friends Brighton Physio Sports.   Check out the below flyer and head along to the website to find out more