Shoulder Pain Not Improving With Exercises: What Next?
If shoulder pain is not improving with exercises, review the plan rather than automatically adding more exercises or pushing harder.…
Stiff Shoulder or Frozen Shoulder: How Can You Tell?
A stiff shoulder is a symptom; frozen shoulder is a specific condition. Both pain and restriction can affect dressing, sleep…
Returning to Lifting After Shoulder Pain
Returning to lifting after shoulder pain depends on the problem, your current function and the demands of the lifts you…
Shoulder Pain Reaching Overhead: What to Do
Shoulder pain when reaching overhead is a symptom, not a diagnosis. Several shoulder problems, and sometimes pain referred from the…
Shoulder Pain After the Gym: Soreness or Injury?
Shoulder pain after the gym is not automatically ordinary muscle soreness. Familiar soreness may follow an unfamiliar or harder session,…
Shoulder Pain at Night: Causes and Sleep Comfort
Shoulder pain at night can have several causes. Lying on a sensitive shoulder or holding the arm in an uncomfortable…
Why Does My Neck Pain Keep Coming Back?
Recurring neck pain means symptoms improve, then return. Several factors may influence that pattern, and there may be no single…
Neck Pain After Exercise: Adjusting Training and Returning
Neck pain during or after exercise may call for a change to training, but symptoms alone cannot identify the cause.…
Neck Pain With Arm Tingling: When to Seek Assessment
Neck pain with arm tingling deserves assessment, especially when the symptoms are new, persistent, spreading or affecting hand use. Nerve…
Neck Pain Not Improving With Treatment: What Next?
If neck pain is not improving, ask for a review of your symptoms, function and treatment plan. The next step…
Do I Need an MRI or X-ray for Neck Pain?
A scan is not automatically the first step for neck pain. Whether imaging is useful depends on your symptoms, health…
Woke Up With a Stiff Neck: What Should You Do?
If you wake with a stiff neck, start by checking for injury, illness or neurological symptoms. If none are present,…
ACL physiotherapy rehab: stages and return to sport
ACL physiotherapy rehab: stages and return to sport ACL physiotherapy rehabilitation connects everyday movement, strength and control with the running,…
Returning to Lifting After Back Pain
Explore how an individual plan can help you rebuild lifting and gym activity after back pain, with signs that need medical assessment.
Why Does My Back Pain Keep Coming Back After Treatment?
Back pain returning after treatment? Questions to help review the pattern, treatment response and next phase of your plan.
How to Return to Running After an Injury Safely
Return to running after injury safely with a step-by-step plan to rebuild load, confidence and speed.
Can I Keep Running With Pain? A Practical Guide for Runners
By Luther Chiew (Physiotherapist)Premier Sports Medicine This article provides general information and does not replace anindividual assessment or medical advice.…
IT Band Pain When Running: Causes and Next Steps
By Luther Chiew (Physiotherapist)Premier Sports Medicine Pain on the outside of the knee that builds during a run can fit…
Does Foot Strike Affect Running Injury Risk?
By Luther Chiew (Physiotherapist)Premier Sports Medicine Changing from a heel strike to a forefoot strike does not automatically reduce running…
Running Gait Analysis: What It Can and Cannot Show
By Luther Chiew (Physiotherapist)Premier Sports Medicine A running gait analysis can show how you move at a particular speed and…