I have pain in have side of my hip – what should I do? Pain in the side of the hip can be caused by the following: GREATER TROCHANTERIC PAIN SYNDROME GLUTEAL TENDINOPATHY HIP ‘BURSITIS’ Rachael Cowan, physiotherapist consulting at Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre in Geelong and undertaking a PhD through La Trobe Sport…read more

On Friday April 24, LASEM Research Fellow Dr Jo Kemp spoke to JOSPT about managing hip problems in active people of all ages. See the recording here.

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

A great re-addition to the Sports and Exercise Medicine Research Centre- Dr Adam Semciw After finishing his PhD in 2013 at La Trobe University titled: Hip Abductor muscle structure and function in swimmers: an investigation into deloading, Dr Semciw joined the University of Queensland as a Research Fellow in Physiotherapy (2015). There he continued his…read more

In the world of publications, researchers understand the difficult task of publishing in peer reviewed journals. Manuscripts which are accepted often require several revisions and may take up to a year to get published. It can be an arduous task keeping on top of papers and delegating tasks among co-authors. It is with this in…read more

Recently I had the great pleasure of working with @STSkou on a paper related to exercise and physical activity for osteoarthritis. This 2 part blog he provides a great summary on the paper (Editor Jo Monahan). Enjoy the read – Dr Christian Barton Hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) is among the leading causes of global…read more

February’s staff publications featured research on: Patellofemoral knee pain. This included exploring contributing factors such as altered hip rate of force development and strength, foot mobility differences, and pelvic and hip kinematics in patellofemoral joint arthritis. Hamstrings. Muscle imaging techniques were explored through functional MRI and injury prevention strengthening exercises were discussed within an evidence-based…read more

This paper presented at the 2017 APA conference is currently under peer review

This systematic review presented at the 2017 APA conference is currently under peer review

This systematic review presented at the 2017 APA conference is currently under peer review