Avoiding painful movements or positions (in the short term) Avoiding pain is a normal response. Meulders (2020)(1) stated the following...

What is a placebo? The positive effect (on symptoms, e.g., pain) due to treatment administration in a therapeutic context(1). This can be...

What is it? Cervical radiculopathy is when the nerve leaving the neck is irritated or compressed, possibly resulting in several different...

What is the ACL and why is it relevant? The ACL is short for anterior cruciate ligament. As with all ligaments; its main function is to...

Sleep problems can look like this: Difficulty falling asleep Difficulty maintaining sleep Getting enough sleep (less than 7 hours)...

Heard of Hypermobility? Just because you can do the splits doesn’t mean you’ve got hypermobility, but if you can bend your thumbs back to your wrists, you might surprise yourself! Hypermobility and Related Disorders (Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder, Ehlers-Danlos Disorder) What is Joint Hypermobility (JH)? “Joint hypermobility describes the ability of a joint to move through a larger range of movement than is considered normal, taking into consideration age, gender and ethnic

For information on recent shoulder pain or injury read our other blog Acute Shoulder Pain post. Why has my pain not improved with...

For information on persistent shoulder pain (longer than 6 months) read our Persistent Shoulder Pain post. What can cause shoulder pain?...

What is it? Is it even real? How do I know it is serious and should seek care? Fibromyalgia is a complex and individual condition with no...

How do I know it is serious and should seek care? Lower back pain is extremely common and nearly all people will experience it at some point in their lives,(1,2) however, it is rarely serious(2). Lower back pain is only an indication of a serious pathology in roughly 1-2% of cases(1,2,4). Lower back pain often improves on its own with time and without treatment(3,13). For individuals experiencing acute low back pain in Geraldton , this general information may be helpful in u

What is it? The word syndrome refers to a condition that has a group of signs and symptoms that co-occur. In CRPS these may include(1):...

Can imaging (e.g., x-ray) see how much pain I am in? Although it would be amazing and a lot easier if scans such as X-Ray’s, CT scans, MRI, etc. could see our pain, they simply can’t. Pain is a subjective experience and is influenced by many, many factors that all interact in a complex way that can not be seen on a scan. Unfortunately, osteoarthritic changes are a very common finding on scans for people with and … without pain, including individuals seeking osteoarthritis Ger