This article is based on the recent systematic review article which analysed shoulder impingement across a variety of studies WHAT IS SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT? “Shoulder impingement” is something you may hear thrown around at your gym or work, but what does it actually mean? Shoulder impingement, or subacromial impingement describes pain or discomfort associated with the subacromial space. The subacromial space is a small space in the front/top of the shoulder between the acromio

In this blog, we’re going to dive into the topic of headaches. We’ll take a closer look at the types of headaches and their impact. This will involve examination of migraines, tension-type headaches and cervicogenic (related to neck tightness/pain) headaches. From here we'll look at treatment options, including physiotherapy. TYPES OF HEADACHES Before looking at the impact of headaches and migraines, it is worth understanding some of the different types of headache. The Inter

What is Tech-Neck? Meet Lisa. As an Office Manager, Lisa spends many hours in front of her computer screen. She also spends some of her down-time browsing on her phone, or watching her favourite TV shows and movies on Netflix. As a result of all of this screen-time, Lisa complains of muscular pain in her shoulders, upper back and her neck, and she even suffers from occasional headaches (more on headaches soon). Lisa suffers from what we like to call Tech-Neck; that is spendin

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Chronic pain lasts beyond the expected recovery time (typically more than 3 months). The goals of an evidence-based approach to manage this