A "salmon sperm injection" to fix your painful tendon is not as yucky as it sounds, and it might just help!

Sports physio Maryke looks at the research into this novel treatment for tendon injuries and plantar fasciitis and gives some guidelines for when you should consider a polydeoxyribonucleotide injection, which is what the people in the white lab coats call it.

🌟Need help with an injury? You’re welcome to consult one of the team at SIP via video call for an assessment of your injury and a tailored treatment plan.

📽️ Other Playlists and videos you might find useful:

▶️ Plantar Fasciitis Playlist

▶️ Achilles Tendonitis/Tendinopathy Treatment Playlist

▶️ Proximal (High) Hamstring Tendinopathy Playlist

▶️ Patellar Tendonitis/Tendinopathy Playlist

▶️ Gluteal Tendinopathy Playlist

▶️ Tibialis Posterior Tendinopathy Playlist

▶️ Tennis Elbow Playlist

▶️ Proximal Biceps Tendonitis

▶️ Lower Biceps Tendonitis

▶️ Distal Hamstring Tendinopathy

▶️ Triceps Tendinopathy

▶️ Peroneal Tendinopathy

📚 Chapters in this episode:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:01 What are salmon sperm injections?

00:02:12 Does it actually work?

00:03:11 What about sports injuries?

00:03:42 Tendinopathy

00:05:03 Plantar fasciitis

00:05:39 Is it safe?

00:06:06 My advice

00:07:20 How we can help

Eccentric calf raise exercises - known as the Alfredson Protocol - have been the "gold standard" for Achilles tendon rehab, but in our physiotherapy practice we tend to follow a more nuanced approach.

Sports physio Maryke explains and demonstrates how variations on eccentric calf raises are more useful than the traditional "one-size-fits-all" approach.

🌟Need help with an Achilles injury? You’re welcome to consult one of the team at TMA via video call for an assessment of your injury and a tailored treatment plan.

📽️ Other videos mentioned in this episode:

▶️ Exercises For Achilles Tendonitis/Tendinopathy - What, When, How Often?

▶️ Why Exercise Progression is Important for Achilles Rehab

▶️ Exercises for Insertional Achilles Tendonitis

▶️ Achilles Tendonitis Treatments - The Good, the Bad, and the Useless

▶️ When to Use Isotonic Exercises for Achilles Tendinopathy

📚Chapters in this episode:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:05 Types of muscle contraction

00:02:32 The two types of eccentric calf raise exercise

00:05:47 How do eccentrics help?

00:07:07 When we use eccentric-only

00:10:03 Are eccentric-biased the best?

00:11:44 How we can help

What shoes to wear when you have plantar fasciitis?

The standard advice for arch support shoes for plantar fasciitis still holds, but new research is now making a case for mixing things up between various types of shoe, and maybe even going barefoot at times.

👉 Examples of the types of shoe and orthotics discussed in the video (available on Amazon):

✅ Arch support orthotics:

- Perseveranx

- Aoteng star

✅ Informal shoes men:

- Orthocomfoot

- Skechers Arch Fit

✅ Informal shoes women:

- Orthofeet

- Skechers Arch Fit

✅ Sandals and flip-flops men:

- KuaiLu sandals

- Walk Hero flip-flops

✅ Sandals and flip-flops women:

- KuaiLu sandals

- FitFlop flip-flops

✅ Minimalist shoes (all with arch support insoles):

- Weweya (men)

- Joomra (women)

- MIFAWA (unisex)

👉 More shoe options available (running shoes, formal shoes, slippers, etc.) in our article on this.

🌟Need help with an injury? You’re welcome to consult one of the team at SIP via video call for an assessment of your injury and a tailored treatment plan.

📽️ Other videos you might find useful:

▶️ Top 10 Exercises for Plantar Fasciitis Demonstrated

▶️ Plantar Fasciitis Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

▶️ Stretching Exercises for Plantar Fasciitis

📚 Chapters in this episode:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:11 Is the old advice still valid?

00:02:57 New research

00:04:57 No one-size-fits-all shoe solution

00:06:19 My updated advice

00:09:24 How we can help

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Sever's disease is the most common cause of heel pain in children going through a growth spurt.

In this first episode in our Sever's Series, sports physio Alison Gould discusses what causes Sever's and how to figure out whether this might be the cause of your child's heel pain.

She also covers issues such as whether Sever's is genetic and how long it might last.

🌟Need help with an injury? You’re welcome to consult one of the team at TMA via video call for an assessment of your Achilles injury and a tailored treatment plan.

Other episodes in our Sever's Series:

➡️ ⁠⁠Best Shoe Inserts for Sever's Disease

➡️ ⁠⁠Sever's Disease: Best Shoes To Relieve Your Child's Heel Pain Symptoms⁠⁠

➡️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Best Research-backed Treatments for Sever's Disease - Updated⁠

➡️ Stretches for Sever's Disease - Dos & Don'ts

📽️ Adults don't get Sever's. Here's what might be causing your heel pain instead:

▶️ Achilles Tendonitis Causes, Symptoms, and Diagnosis

📚Chapters in this episode:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:04 What is Sever's?

00:05:03 What causes Sever's?

00:07:20 Sever's goes away eventually

00:08:17 Signs, symptoms, and tests

00:09:36 Testing for neural tension

00:13:16 Foot position might matter

00:1:22 Is Sever's hereditary?

00:17:52 How we can help

Intermittent pneumatic compression boots are marketed as high-tech tools for post-exercise recovery. But do they work better than just putting your feet up?

In this episode, sports physio Maryke Louw looks at what the people in the white lab coats have found out.

👉 Examples of intermittent pneumatic compression boots (available on Amazon):

✅ JZBRAIN - Full Leg

✅ Therabody - Full Leg

✅ JZBRAIN - Foot and Calf

✅ FIT KING - Calf Sleeves

If you buy anything via these links, we might get a small commission at no extra cost to you.

🌟Need help with an injury? You’re welcome to consult one of the team at SIP via video call for an assessment of your injury and a tailored treatment plan.

📰 Here's the article about red light therapy that I mentioned in the video.

📚 Chapters in this episode:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:21 Testing with 319 athletes

00:02:19 Compression boots vs. other recovery methods

00:03:00 Compression boots vs. other high-tech methods

00:04:32 The verdict

00:05:08 Best settings for compression boots

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There are no quick-fixes for proximal hamstring tendinopathy. Yes, some treatments for proximal hamstring tendinopathy will reduce your pain for a while (and I cover those in this episode as well), but they won't do anything to get the injured tendon back to its former strength.

So let me tell you about the tried-and-tested way of getting our proximal hamstring tendon patients back to permanent pain-free sitting and enjoying an active life again.

🌟Need help with an injury? You’re welcome to consult one of the team at SIP via video call for an assessment of your injury and a tailored treatment plan.

📹 Related videos and articles:

➡️ High Hamstring Tendinopaty Causes

➡️ Pain When Doing The Bridge? Rehab Tips for High Hamstring/Piriformis/Glute Pain

➡️ High Hamstring Tendinopathy: What's The Deal With Sitting?

📰 Understanding Pain

➡️ Red Light Therapy For Injuries

➡️ Tendonitis Supplements - Do They Work?

➡️ How do PRP Injections Work?

➡️ High Hamstring Tendinopathy - Is Ice Bad for Healing?

➡️ How the Menopause Affects a Runner's Body

📰 BPC-157 Article

📚 Chapters in this episode:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:52 Treatment aims

00:04:12 Top 3 treatments

00:19:06 Other treatments

00:26:53 Specific cases

00:33:44 Avoid these treatments!

00:38:45 Treatments that just don't work

00:40:03 How long to recover?

00:41:07 How we can help

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Navigating stairs on crutches can be tricky if you don't know how to do it right.

Sports physio Maryke demonstrates how to walk up stairs as well as go down stairs with crutches - for non-weight bearing, partial weight bearing, and full weight bearing situations.

👉 Don't have crutches yet? Get some here.

✅ This shoe leveller can help you to walk more normally if you're wearing a cast or an orthopaedic boot.

👉 Some links here are to places where you can buy something relevant. If you do, we might get a small commission at no extra cost to you.

📹 Related videos:

➡️ General Crutch Walking Tips

➡️ Walking After Injury - Non Weight Bearing to Full Weight Bearing

➡️ Pain After Cast Removal? How to Reclaim Your Limb Physically and Mentally

🌟Need help with an injury? You’re welcome to consult one of the team at SIP via video call for an assessment of your injury and a tailored treatment plan.

📚 Chapters in this episode:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:08 Adjusting your crutches

00:02:25 Full weight bearing

00:04:17 Partial weight bearing

00:05:19 Non-weight bearing

00:06:16 How we can help

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When you've torn something high up the back of your calf, it can be tricky to figure out whether it's a high Achilles tendon tear or a calf muscle tear.

Sports physio Alison Gould explains what it feels like when this happens, the importance of getting the diagnosis right, and the treatment approach for this type of injury.

🌟 Need help with an Achilles injury? You’re welcome to consult one of the team at TMA via video call for an assessment of your Achilles injury and a tailored treatment plan.

Related videos:

▶️ High Achilles Tendonitis

▶️ Playlist: Complete Achilles Tendon Tears (Ruptures)

▶️ Playlist: Partial Achilles Tendon Tears

📚Chapters in this episode:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:05 Achilles tear or calf muscle tear?

00:02:17 What it feels like

00:06:04 Treatment options

00:11:24 Recovery time

00:11:54 How we can help

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Red light therapy for injuries is all the rage ... But does it actually work?

Sports physio Maryke takes a deep dive into the research and discovers that it does indeed have its uses, but it's not a silver bullet.

Learn more about:

- what devices work best for home use,

- which settings are important,

- and what the safety issues are.

👉 These red light therapy devices, available on Amazon, all have the required light wavelengths and irradiance ranges for effective treatment:

✅ Lamp

✅ Mat

✅ Belt

✅ Portable Home Salon

👉 Here's a cheat sheet with the settings and dosages for effective treatment.

👉 And you can download our FREE Red Light Therapy Guide here - it includes the best devices, settings, and treatment times for different types of injury.

🌟Need help with an injury? You’re welcome to consult one of the team at SIP via video call for an assessment of your injury and a tailored treatment plan.

📚 Chapters in this episode:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:08 What the research shows

00:03:44 The inflammation paradox

00:05:48 Side effects

00:08:09 Which devices work best?

00:09:36 Which settings to use

00:12:44 How we can help

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Here is the research that I consulted for this episode.

Upper Achilles pain is much less common than problems lower down in the Achilles tendon.

Sports physio Alison Gould explains what might cause upper Achilles tendonitis, how we figure out via our video consultations whether a sore upper Achilles tendon is indeed caused by this condition, and what the best treatment approach is.

🌟 Need help with an Achilles injury? You’re welcome to consult one of the team at TMA via video call for an assessment of your Achilles injury and a tailored treatment plan.

Related videos:

▶️ General Achilles tendonitis overview videos

▶️ Insertional Achilles tendonitis videos

▶️ Upper Achilles tendon tears: Coming soon!

📰 In the meantime, here's our article on upper Achilles tendon tears

▶️ How Neural Tension can Cause Achilles Tendinopathy

▶️ Why Relative Rest is Important for Achilles Tendinopathy Treatment

▶️ Achilles Tendonitis Treatments - The Good, the Bad, and the Useless

📚Chapters in this episode:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:00:45 Anatomy overview - where you feel your pain

00:02:09 Symptoms

00:02:53 Causes of upper Achilles pain

00:04:18 Diagnostic Tests

00:10:01 Treatment approach for high Achilles tendonitis

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