Philip has returned from his long service leave refreshed and invigorated with tales of adventures from South America and Europe. Simon has been in Singapore this year offering physiotherapy services to the Singapore national football (soccer) team. Meanwhile we congratulate Jee who has taken up the role of co-director with Philip. Our team now includes the dynamic Sabrina, James and Rebecca. We are all here to help, so give us a call if you need us.

Research has shown that pre-exercise warm-up is effective in preventing injury. The best preparation for any activity is to warm up the body parts you will be training or using by performing 5-10 minutes of gentle exercise for that body area, before using the part more vigorously. For example, it would be wise to warm up on the rowing machine if you were to do a shoulder session at the gym; or warm up for soccer with jogging, jumping, gentle changes in direction and pace, and passing the ball around. In this way you can take the joints and muscles through their full range of movement gently doing the sort of activity you are about to perform vigorously.

We see many different types of injuries in our clinic, but one of the most common is tendinosis or break-down of a tendon. A tendon is the silvery rope that ties a muscle to a bone. When the muscle contracts, it pulls on the tendon and the tendon pulls on the bone. Like a rope, a tendon is made up of bundles of fibres, all neatly arranged in parallel lines. If too much strain is placed through the tendon, some of its fibres can fray. The most common areas affected are the shoulder, elbow and Achilles. Tendinosis usually takes about six weeks to clear up, if you’re doing the right things. Effective treatment includes firm massage, stretches and progressive strengthening exercises.

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