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
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
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
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
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
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
“…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
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
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
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