Kamloops Physiotherapy Blog

Understanding Bursitis: Causes, Symptoms, and Care In wrapping up 2025, we concluded our discussions with an examination of shoulder injuries related to dislocations. To begin 2026, we will continue our mini-series approach with a new topic: Bursitis. In this blog...

Understanding Shoulder Bankart and Hill-Sachs Lesions In our last post, I discussed shoulder dislocations and briefly mentioned two additional injuries that individuals can suffer when they dislocate their shoulder: Bankart lesions and Hill-Sachs lesions. While these...

Understanding Shoulder Dislocations In our latest post, we discussed sprains of the shoulder AC joint. Today we move to the glenohumeral (GH) joint (shoulder joint) and discuss a common injury we see as physiotherapists: Shoulder Dislocations. This post will highlight...

Understanding AC Joint Ligament Injuries: A Guide to Shoulder Pain We are nearing the end of our mini-series on ligament and tendon injuries/tears. In our last post, we concluded our discussion on elbow injuries, including UCL tears. Today, we move up the arm to the...

Understanding Elbow Tears – Ulnar Collateral Ligament In our last post, we began discussing elbow injuries by discussing the distal biceps tendon rupture. Today, we will continue our discussion of the elbow by focusing on another common ligament we see injured: the...

Understanding Elbow Tears – Distal Biceps Tendon In last week’s post, we concluded our discussion of the most common tears we see in the lower body, focusing on the hip labrum. Today, we will move on to the upper extremity and begin with the elbow. The elbow contains...

Urine Leakage and Pelvic Floor Therapy: What You Should Know Urine leakage, or urinary incontinence, is something many people are embarrassed to talk about, but it's more common than you might think. More importantly, it's treatable. Is It Common? Yes. Approximately...

Understanding Hip Labral Tears: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment In last week’s post, we finished discussing the most common tears we see associated with the knees. Today we will continue this conversation with the hip joint. The hip is not usually associated with...

Understanding Knee Injuries: The Menisci Knee Meniscus Injury: How to Identify, Treat, and Recover from a Tear In last week’s post, we finished discussing the four major knee ligaments: ACL, PCL, MCL, and LCL. Today, we will continue to discuss knee injuries with two...

Understanding Knee Tears: Collateral Ligament Injuries In last week’s post, we began discussing knee ligament tears, starting with the cruciate ligaments, specifically the ACL and PCL. Today, we will be continuing with the remaining two major knee ligaments, the MCL...