Tag: hip pain

Are WEAK GLUTES Actually Weak, Or Just Inhibited By The Low Back?

Are WEAK GLUTES Actually Weak, Or Just Inhibited By The Low Back?

Weak glutes are a common dysfunction associated with poor sports performance, pain, and injury. Once diagnosed, the logical next step is to work hard on strengthening those gluteal muscles. And through conventional progressive resistance programs, we usually see an improvement in gluteal strength over the 

Trochanteric Bursitis: Why It’s Back-Related & How to Fix

Trochanteric Bursitis: Why It’s Back-Related & How to Fix

Trochanteric bursitis is rightfully looked at as a hip-related issue. But what if there was more to the onset and persistence of hip bursitis than we realized? Traditional treatment for trochanteric bursitis often revolves around strengthening surrounding hip muscles, soft-tissue massage, certain muscle stretches and 

Why You Shouldn’t Ice an Injury (or RICE)

Why You Shouldn’t Ice an Injury (or RICE)

Hands up if you try to do the right thing and ice an injury? Even if you don’t, it’s widely known you probably should. After all, decades of Sport’s Medicine have consistently told us this. Icing an injury has been so popular for so long 

What is Fibromyalgia: A Fresh Perspective on a Very Real Condition

What is Fibromyalgia: A Fresh Perspective on a Very Real Condition

Before we discuss Fibromyalgia, I want to start things off with a quick disclaimer. The information in this article draws from my clinical experience as a Physiotherapist (Physical Therapist). It’s what I’ve come to understand actively trying to solve the Fibromyalgia puzzle for my patients.