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Paul Monaro

Mar 16, 20202 min read

Hamstring Injuries - Assessment

Hamstring injuries account for the most number of games missed in Australian football. Despite efforts to reduce the incidence of these...

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Paul Monaro

Mar 15, 20206 min read

Hamstring Origin Tendinopathy

Like any tendon attachment in the body, the hamstring origin is prone to overuse and wear-and-tear. Unlike most tendons, the source of...

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Paul Monaro

Mar 14, 20204 min read

Falls Prevention in the Elderly

The proportion of Australians aged 65 & over is predicted to increase from 14% currently (3 million people) to 14% (8.1 million) by 2050...

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Paul Monaro

Mar 14, 20203 min read

Preventative approaches for Hip OA

Chronic hip joint pain sometimes occurs in young to middle-aged individuals and can be quite disabling. There is growing evidence that...

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Paul Monaro

Mar 13, 20204 min read

Hip Arthritis & Physiotherapy

Arthritis of the hip is a common presentation in physiotherapy practice. Anecdotally, manual & exercise therapy interventions are very...

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Paul Monaro

Mar 13, 20202 min read

Hip Pain - Labral Tears

In the last 10 years, acetabular labral tears have been increasingly recognized as a potential cause of hip pain and disability. However,...

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Paul Monaro

Mar 13, 20206 min read

Femoroacetabular Impingement

In recent times more patients have been presenting with radiographic diagnoses of FAI or ‘cam’ impingement. This is because the condition...

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Paul Monaro

Mar 11, 20202 min read

Hip Pain - Dry Needling as effective as CSI for Trochanteric Pain

Research has shown that dry needling, targeting muscle trigger points, was at least as effective as corticosteroid injections for...

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Paul Monaro

Mar 11, 20204 min read

Hip Pain - Trochanteric Pain Syndrome

(This is a summary of Grimaldi & Fearon, 2015). Gluteal tendinopathy (GT) results in pain over the greater trochanter that may extend...

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