Hawkes Physiotherapy Blog

It's incredible the amount of people who are injured at work or are affected at work by injury! The interesting thing is that it's not always what you think. I personally don't see many brick layers but see loads of patients from an office based background. Why is this though? Here are some stats to show what's going on out there: Musculoskeletal pain syndromes are seldom caused by isolated events, but are the consequences of habitual imbalances in the movement system The prevalence of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders among school teachers ranges between 39% & 95%. Erick PN, Smith DR. (2011) Over a third of all three day injuries reported to the HSE are caused by manual handling 1.2 million people suffered an injury they believe was caused or made worse by their current or past job Up to 80% of people will experience a back problem during their working lives In the UK in 2007/2008: on average, each person suffering from an upper-limb diso...

The knee is extremely complicated with many potential structures to go wrong. This article will detail some of the main things that can happen to your knee.  Patella femoral pain syndrome (kneecap) — Anterior knee pain (pain at the front of your knee) — Aggravating factors:   — flexion (bending) activities/sitting/sustained flexion (bending) — Trauma  — Common between the ages of 20-40  — Caused by mechanical/chemical mechanisms   Believed muscle imbalance/ timing can cause it Osteoarthritis — Common in the over 40's — Medial (inside) more than the lateral (outside) compartment  — Instability, buckling or giving way  — Laxity of ligaments  — Malalignment, Stiffness  (usually less than 1 hour in the morning) — X-ray shows degenerative changes  Medial collateral ligament (MCL) — MCL: — most common injury in the knee  — Younger age group due to sport and exercise...