Have you ever experienced 'it suddenly shoots into your back'? If so, it may be lumbago. Lumbago is an acute form of back pain, where you experience a sudden painful and cramped feeling in your back. In medical terms, it is also referred to as acute lumbago or lumbago, which literally means 'lower back pain'. Characteristics...
Do you have a physical complaint and want to know what is going on? If so, we sometimes use ultrasound within the practice. We choose to perform an ultrasound if our physiotherapists cannot tell with the naked eye, with certainty, what is wrong with a particular complaint....
Bursitis (bursitis) of the shoulder is a painful condition that is not age-related, but is more common as you get older. Bursitis of the shoulder can have many different causes. It is often caused by a movement that is often repeated, such as throwing. This causes friction at the top of the shoulder. What is bursitis of the...
Because we look at our phones or sit at the computer every day, we constantly sit with our necks bent. This goes well for a long time, but at some point, your neck gets sore. You may feel a radiating pain in the arm, shoulders and even in the hand. The arm may be numb...
When you have a (sports) injury, you are often balking and want to know where it went wrong and what you can do about it to prevent it in the future. Many cases involve the strain on the body. So you are asking more of your body that what it can handle (capacity). Endurance vs load...
Research by Jonothan Tsehaie, affiliated with the Xpert Clinic and Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, shows that treating patients with osteoarthritis of the thumb using hand therapy and splints results in less pain and improved hand function. Nowadays, (too) many different treatment techniques are used for osteoarthritis of the thumb....
On NOS.nl we saw an interesting article about all the 'miracle remedies' being advised online to people with lower back pain. Very often on Google and through Facebook, bite-sized solutions are offered that are often not nearly as effective as the provider would have you believe. Back pain is one of the most common complaints of the...
Hyperventilation... A medical term for breathing too fast. On average, adults breathe ten times a minute. With hyperventilation, this is more than double. When this happens, too much carbon dioxide disappears from your body and too much oxygen is taken in. In acute hyperventilation, you get short of breath, may feel like you are...