The patient recently injured his lower back when lifting Boxes whilst his spine was in a forward bent position.  He experienced lower back and calf pain when getting up out of bed the following morning and has been suffering from these symptoms ever since.  He is continuing to work his day job but is suffering daily from this constant lower back and calf pain.

Aggravating Activities

• Bending forward causes Lower Back Pai...

This week I will discuss achy Lower back pain with tingling pain referring into the Big toe, Calf muscle and into the small toe region.  Listed below are the symptoms of a typical Lower back case that I come across in my clinic.

Signs & Symptoms that he experiences:

• Awakens in the morning time with achy lower back pain & stiffness

• Lower back pain became severe when bending down with pain radiating down the leg

• Stan...

Pain on the inside of the foot and ankle joint when walking can be caused by inflammation (tendonitis) or a partial tear of the posterior Tibialis tendon.  The Posterior Tibialis tendon is located on the inside of the ankle joint, where it circles the inside ankle bone before it attaches to the Navicular bone of the inside arch of the foot.  The function of the tendon is to stabilise and maintain the medial arch of the foot....

Morton’s Neuroma is a condition where people experience sharp shooting pain into the ball of foot when walking.  Pins and needles can often accompany this pain and weight bearing activities such as standing and walking commonly bring about episodes of pain.  The condition occurs when the plantar digital nerves that supply movement control and sensation to the muscles of the foot are compressed between the metatarsal heads of t...

If you are suffering from pain underneath the forefoot when walking and standing that gets progressively worse overtime you may have a foot condition known as Metatarsalgia.  As the name suggests it affects the metatarsal bones of the transverse arch deep within the ball of foot and brings about pain, inactivity, frustration and sometimes depression.

Metatarsalgia is most commonly caused by the collapse of the transverse arch,...

There are many painful conditions of the under-sole foot that are aggravated by weight bearing walking, standing or running.  These conditions are not caused by a fall or impact injury but instead occur gradually over a period of time due to foot dysfunctional movement.  The front section of the foot is known as the forefoot and includes our toes and metatarsal bone and in this article I will address painful conditions that ar...

Many people suffer from Foot pain or Knee pain when jogging, walking or running that causes them to stop such activities.  If there is no injury that has caused injury to the foot or knee then the common question asked is what is causing my pain?  One answer is that the problem can be caused by an excessive pronation of your foot.  Pronation of the foot naturally occurs when the heel rolls inwards once the heel strikes the gro...

Pain experienced on the outer aspect of the foot when walking or standing can be attributed to that of a fifth metatarsal stress fracture.  We have 5 metatarsal bones in our foot and a stress fracture is a small crack that occurs in the head of the metatarsal bone due to overuse of the foot when walking or running.  Invariably factors such as overtraining with an injury, walking on poor surfaces or poor footwear and bone densi...

Pain on the outside of the foot that can radiate into the heel is a mystery condition often experienced by people whose feet over-pronate when walking.  Over-pronation means that a person’s foot rolls inwards for a longer duration than normal during the phase of walking when the heel strikes the ground.  This mystery pain on the outside of the foot which can be severe in nature is known as Cuboid Stress Syndrome.  The pain is...