Pain Under the Ball of Your Foot? It May Be Your Plantar Plate

by Joshua T. Wall | Foot, Musculoskeletal, Podiatry, Sports Medicine

Pain right under the ball of your foot, usually beneath the second toe, that has not settled despite months of arch stretches and new shoes? It may not be plantar fasciitis at all. One of the most common causes of forefoot pain is an injury to the plantar plate, a...

Hip Clicks or Pops? When It Matters and When It Does Not

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

Does your hip click, clunk or pop when you lift your leg, get out of the car, or swing through a kick or a dance move? It is one of the most common things people quietly worry about, and one of the most common things they are told to ignore. The honest answer sits in...

Pain at the Front of Your Shoulder? What Actually Helps

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

A nagging ache right at the front of your shoulder, worse when you reach overhead, lift a kettle, carry shopping or turn a screwdriver? That very specific spot at the front of the arm is often the long head of the biceps tendon, which runs up through a narrow groove...

Double Jointed? What Joint Hypermobility Really Means

by Joshua T. Wall | Exercise Physiology, Musculoskeletal, Physiotherapy, Sports Medicine

Can you bend your thumb back toward your forearm, push your little finger past ninety degrees, or lock your elbows and knees further than everyone else in the room? Most people who can have been told since childhood that they are simply double jointed, and left it...

Lump Behind Your Knee? What a Baker’s Cyst Means

by Joshua T. Wall | Knee, Musculoskeletal, Physiotherapy, Sports Medicine

Noticed a soft lump or a feeling of fullness behind your knee? It is unsettling, and it sends a lot of people straight to a late-night search. The most common explanation is a Baker’s cyst, also called a popliteal cyst, which is a pocket of joint fluid that has...