by Joshua T. Wall | Knee, Osteoarthritis, Pain & Injury, Physiotherapy
Pain on the inner side of the knee. Worse going up stairs, worse on hills, sore at night when your knees touch in bed. You may even have had a scan that came back reassuring, and yet the knee still complains every single day. Here is a possibility that surprises many...
by Joshua T. Wall | Adolescent Health, Pain & Injury, Physiotherapy, Sports Medicine
It is 9pm and your child is awake again, holding their legs and asking you to rub them. By breakfast they are sprinting around the kitchen as if nothing happened. If that pattern sounds familiar, you are likely looking at growing pains, and the pattern itself is the...
by Joshua T. Wall | Adolescent Health, Musculoskeletal, Physiotherapy, Spine
You notice it at the pool, or when a school shirt keeps sitting crooked. One shoulder looks higher than the other, or one shoulder blade sticks out more. For a lot of parents, that is the first hint of scoliosis, and the first reaction is worry. Here is the calm...
by Joshua T. Wall | Elbow, Musculoskeletal, Nervous System, Physiotherapy
Little finger going numb? Waking with a dead hand, or losing feeling in your ring and little finger when you are on the phone or driving? Most people reach straight for the same explanation, carpal tunnel syndrome. It is the one everybody has heard of. Here is the...
by Joshua T. Wall | Exercise Physiology, Healthy Ageing, Musculoskeletal, Physiotherapy
You are asleep, and then you are suddenly upright, gripping your calf while it locks solid. Night leg cramps are one of those things almost nobody mentions to a health professional, partly because they pass in a minute or two and partly because most people assume...
