Inner Knee Pain Going Up Stairs? Pes Anserine Bursitis | Mount Gravatt

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...

Child Waking With Aching Legs? Growing Pains | Mount Gravatt

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...

Hip Impingement (FAI): Why Hip and Groin Pain Is Not Always a Strain

by Joshua T. Wall | Hip, Physiotherapy, Sports Medicine

Persistent hip and groin pain in a younger, active adult is easy to brush off as a muscle strain that will settle on its own. But when it keeps flaring with squatting, sport or long sitting, it may be something different: hip impingement, or femoroacetabular...

Shoulder Separation (AC Joint Injury): What It Is and What Helps

by Joshua T. Wall | Physiotherapy, Shoulder, Sports Medicine

Landing hard on the point of your shoulder, whether in a tackle, a fall or a spill off the bike, can leave you with pain and a tender bump right on top of the shoulder. This is often an AC joint injury, also known as a shoulder separation, and it is one of the most...

Plantar Fasciitis: Why That First-Step Heel Pain Happens and What Helps

by Joshua T. Wall | Ace Sports Medicine, Physiotherapy, Podiatry

That sharp, stabbing pain under your heel with the first few steps in the morning, or after you have been sitting for a while, is one of the most common foot complaints in adults. It is often plantar fasciitis, and while it can be stubborn, the news is more reassuring...