The term “sprain” is often used to loosely describe pain associated with muscles, tendons, and ligaments. It is a stretch or tear of one of the structures mentioned above. Some of the common sprains we see are: 1. Rolled ankle. When an ankle is rolled the ligaments on the outside […]
Marshall Gibson is 22 years old has been wrestling at the Mt Maunganui wrestling club for 5 years. In this time he has achieved 7 New Zealand National titles and 3 Oceania titles and has incredible medals are on display at the Greerton clinic! He has also, wrestled in various countries […]
Today I was watching my mother trying to get around the house a few days after having ankle surgery and she just looked awkward. Then I realised her shoulders were up by her ears and she looked like she was teetering on stilts. Upon asking her how she was going […]
Shinae is one of our up and coming local athletes based in Mount Maunganui. She has been playing water polo since she was 10 years old. She spent two years in the Under 12 water polo programme with Tauranga Water Polo Club and managed to make the B team in […]
Last week I had a patient that I hadn’t seen for a few years come back in to the clinic with a sore knee. Her original injury was a torn meniscus on the same knee which we had rehabilitated fully and she had returned to high level netball quite happily […]
