In our last post, we covered acute lower back pain what causes it, and how physiotherapy helps you recover. For most people, acute back pain does exactly what the evidence says it should: it settles within weeks with the right management, and life returns to normal. But for a significant number of people, it doesn't. Pain that lingers beyond three months crosses into chronic lower back pain territory and chronic pain is a very different animal to acute pain. It requires a dif

In our last post, we talked about building physical foundations in young athletes, how the habits of strength, mobility and load management built in youth carry forward into a healthier, more resilient adult life. Nowhere is that investment more relevant than when we discuss lower back pain. Lower back pain is one of the most universal human experiences. It is a significant burden globally, affecting individuals of all ages, but it is most common in adults aged 30 to 60 years

In our last post, we looked at Osgood-Schlatter and Sever's disease, two common growth-related conditions that sideline young athletes during exactly the years when they're most passionate about their sport. Both conditions are fundamentally overload injuries: the demand placed on developing tissues exceeds the body's current capacity to handle it. But here's the question worth asking: what if we could build that capacity proactively, before the injury happens? That's what th

Over the past two posts, we've looked at anterior knee pain in gym-going adults, patellofemoral pain and patellar tendinopathy caused by overloading and poor technique. Today we're looking at a different but closely related picture: the young, active child or teenager who starts complaining of knee or heel pain during or after sport. If your child has been limping off the football oval, wincing on the stairs, or waking up with aching knees and heels, there's a good chance the

In our last post, we looked at gym shoulder pain, how heavy bench pressing and chest-dominant training creates a predictable pattern of overload injuries. The same principle applies to the lower body, and nowhere more so than the knee. If you train regularly and squats, lunges, leg press or jump training feature in your programme, there is a reasonable chance you've experienced anterior knee pain that aching, grinding or sharp discomfort at the front of the knee that tends to

In our last two posts, we explored shoulder pain in midlife women driven by hormonal changes, and postural pain caused by prolonged desk work. Today we're looking at a different, but equally common picture: the man in his 30s, 40s or 50s who has been training consistently for years, whose program is heavily weighted toward chest and pressing work, and whose shoulder has finally had enough. If you train at a gym, there is a very high chance that bench press or one of its varia

Over the past two posts, we've looked at how the neck and spine can be the hidden source of pain - cervicogenic headaches that start in the upper cervical spine, and postural pain driven by the way we sit, work and move through our days. Both of those conditions are far more common in women in midlife than most people realise ... and so is what we're talking about today. Shoulder pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal complaints we see at Colab Health Group, and it di

In our last post, we explored cervicogenic headaches a type of head pain that originates in the neck and is frequently triggered by sustained poor posture and prolonged desk work. If that post resonated with you, this one goes even deeper into the root cause. Because cervicogenic headaches are just one of many problems that can develop when we spend too much of our day sitting still in the same position. Neck pain, lower back ache, tight shoulders, mid-back stiffness, wrist p

If you regularly experience headaches that seem to start at the base of your skull or the back of your neck, you might be dealing with more than a tension headache. You could have what's called a cervicogenic headache - a type of head pain that actually originates in your neck, not your head. Cervicogenic headaches are surprisingly common and frequently misdiagnosed. Many people spend years treating the wrong thing reaching for pain medication or being told they have migraine