Specialized Orthopaedic Physiotherapy

29/05/2025

🚨 *Sprained your ankle?* Do you *really* need an X-ray? 🦴

Swipe ➡️ to learn about the Ottawa Ankle Rules – a quick, evidence-based guide to help decide if that ankle injury needs imaging or just rest and rehab.

📋 Developed by ER doctors, these rules help avoid unnecessary X-rays while catching serious injuries. 💡

✅ When is an X-ray necessary?
❌ When can you skip it safely?

👉 Let’s break it down slide by slide.

Reference:
Gomes YE, Chau M, Banwell HA, Causby RS. Diagnostic accuracy of the Ottawa ankle rule to exclude fractures in acute ankle injuries in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2022 Sep 23;23(1):885.

29/05/2025

"Some days are harder than they look. Living with an invisible disability means constantly navigating a world that often doesn't see the whole picture. This quote says it best: 'Don't judge a disability by its visibility.' Just because you can't see the challenge, doesn’t mean it isn’t there. Here's to more compassion, less judgment. 💙

22/05/2025

Take a look at the common ankle injuries.

19/01/2023

03/11/2022

Some of the best reasons to choose McKenzie method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy for your neck/ back pain are:
✅ You get relieved from your pain in lesser number of sessions.
✅ You get to self-treat at your convenience without seeing your McKenzie therapist everyday.
✅ You are in control of your aches and pains now and later.
✅ You know much more about your problem and know how to confidently deal with it.
Intriguing enough?
📞 9512819554 for appointment.

22/10/2022

MUST KNOW FACTS about Knee osteoarthritis (OA)👇

☑️FACT #01: Although OA is more common as you age, it can and does affect people in their twenties and thirties as well. Up to 50% of youth and young adults will develop OA within 10-15 years of a joint injury. This means they have to live with OA longer, which may result in greater disability, and decrease in quality of life. For this reason, young people with a joint injury need to reduce their increased risk of OA.

☑️FACT #02: There is NOT a strong relationship between OA symptoms (including pain) and the structural joint changes seen on the x-rays or MRI scans. In fact, some people's x-rays can show a lot of joint change, but they experience very little pain. This means that relying on information from scans alone can be unhelpful. X-rays, scans and blood tests are only required if the doctor needs to rule out other causes of your joint pain.

☑️FACT #03: Experiencing pain is complex and NOT directly related to the structural changes in your joint. More pain does not mean more structural changes in the joint. Your pain experience is influenced by your emotions, mood, anxiety, stress, poor sleep, fatigue, level of activity, and inflammation at the site.

☑️FACT #04: There are positive, active things you can do to help with the pain associated with OA, such as walking, strengthening and balance exercises. Only about a third of people get worse over time and some see an improvement in pain and disability. Most people will experience periods when their pain is better/ worse but it doesn't worsen overall. Your physiotherapist will be able to guide you on how to keep active.

☑️FACT #05: Exercise and movement are the SAFE and best defence against OA. They act as a joint lubricant and help keep joints healthy. Many people avoid using their painful joints for fear of making it worse. But, when we don't move our joints, they become more stiff and the muscles become weaker. Talk to your physiotherapist about the right exercises for you.

☑️FACT #06: OA is NOT caused by the joint "wearing out" over time due to use. OA is a disease that interferes with how the cartilage in our joints repairs itself. OA is not inevitable and not everyone with develop it as they age.

Content credit: www.world.physio/wptday

21/09/2022

Simple and effective!

3 tips to eliminate back pain at work:

1️⃣Create an ergonomic workspace:
In an ergonomic workspace, employees can reach everything they need without straining. Proper office ergonomics also encourage good posture by adjusting the height of desks, chairs and monitors.

2️⃣ Practice good posture:
When sitting for long periods of time, it is easy to begin to slouch or lean unknowingly. Over time, this poor posture can cause serious back pain.

3️⃣Take short breaks:
When working long hours at a desk, it is important to take short breaks to get up and move around.

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07/09/2022

🧠"Disrupted body perception" is one of the features of severely painful osteoarthritic knee.🦵🏼

Content of this post is picked from:
👉Tanaka S, et al. "But it feels swollen!": the frequency and clinical characteristics of people with knee OA who report subjective knee swelling in the absence of objective swelling. Pain reports. 2021.

02/09/2022

⁉️To wear a knee brace or not⁉️

For KNEE PAIN due to OSTEOARTHRITIS, some studies SUPPORT the use of knee brace while some DON'T.

👉While there are both, pros and cons of wearing a knee brace, my advice for OA knee patients is:
"Wear the knee brace if you find it comfortable and gives you atleast some pain relief. You may choose to wear the brace during painful activities like prolonged standing or walking to act as a support, while you can remove it for the rest of the day."

02/09/2022

Free Physiotherapy Camp on 11th Sept 2022
Registrations have begun!

30/08/2022

Truly grateful to the legendary physiotherapist Robin McKenzie, who revolutionized the physiotherapy practice world-wide.

29/08/2022

✅Structural changes at the joint level in knee osteoarthritis causes various symptoms and disability at the individual level.