Kamloops Physiotherapy Blog

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...

Understanding Knee Tears: Cruciate Ligament Injuries  In last week’s post, we began discussing tendon and ligament tears, starting with the Achilles tendon. Today we will be moving up the leg to the knee – an area where we tend to see a lot of ligament tears. There is...

Achilles Tendon Tears Explained: From Injury to Rehabilitation In this blog post, we expand further on tendon tears, starting with the ankle. More specifically, we are going to discuss the Achilles tendon. In this post, we'll explore what an Achilles tear is, what...

How much running is too much? Are you about to start training? Running lots and want to run more? Don’t let injuries stop you. Even with the advancement in shoe technology and wearable devices, the risk of running related injuries remains high. Injury is the main...

Tendon and Ligament Tears: Causes, Symptoms, and Recovery In our latest post, we concluded our miniseries on tendinopathies, finishing at the shoulder. The most logical idea for our next miniseries is to discuss another common injury classification we see with tendons...

Understanding Rotator Cuff Calcific Tendonitis In our previous post, we continued our discussion on common upper-body tendinopathies that we see as physiotherapists, focusing on medial and lateral epicondylalgia. Today, we will be moving up the shoulder, directing our...

Understanding Tendinopathies: Lateral & Medial Epicondylitis In our last post, we began discussing some of the common upper-body tendinopathies we see as physiotherapists, starting with De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis at the wrist. Today, we will be moving up the arm...

Understanding Tendinopathies: De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis I hope you enjoyed our last post on PEACE & LOVE for acute injuries. Today, we will shift our attention back to tendinopathies of the upper body, starting with the wrist. In today’s blog post, we will focus...

Acute Injuries: PEACE & LOVE In our latest posts, we discussed the common tendinopathies of the lower body, focusing on the Achilles, Patellar and Gluteus Medius tendons. Before we jump to look at some common tendinopathies in the upper body, I thought it would be...