Case History: Severe Patellar Tendinosis, Focused Shockwave, and the Power of Physical Longevity In clinical practice, it’s easy to celebrate a short-term win. Pain settles. Training resumes. A race is completed.What’s much harder — and far more meaningful — is...
Case History: Severe Patellar Tendinosis, Focused Shockwave, and the Power of Physical Longevity In clinical practice, it’s easy to celebrate a short-term win. Pain settles. Training resumes. A race is completed.What’s much harder — and far more meaningful — is...
Achilles Tendon RehabilitationTendon Talk: Why the Achilles Matters So Much for Runners For runners, tendons are everything. They don’t just connect muscle to bone — they store energy, release it, and make running efficient. And no tendon does this more than the...
Deep vs Superficial Gluteal Rehabilitation Why Strength Alone Doesn’t Fix Hip, Groin, or Running Pain Gluteal rehabilitation is often talked about as if all glute muscles behave the same. In reality, they do not. The glutes function as two distinct systems, each with...
Understanding the Achilles Tendon Timeline Why Healing Takes Time — and Why Focused Shockwave Works When Used Properly Achilles tendinopathy is one of the most misunderstood conditions in musculoskeletal practice. Importantly, this is not...
🏔️ “WHY AM I DOING THIS?” A Tendon Talk for High-Level Athletes with Patellar Tendinosis 🧠 The Science Behind the Rehab Your patellar tendon is a spring — but when it’s overloaded by steep uphill loading, plyos, or too much racing, the fibres...
🦶 Case Study: Focused ESWT for Scar Tissue & Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy Restoring Function After Four Ankle Surgeries in a Retired Professional Footballer 👤 Patient Profile Age: 35 Occupation: Retired professional footballer Referral: Via...
🧠 1. Magnusson et al. (2010) – The Pathogenesis of Tendinopathy: Balancing the Response to Loading Tendon tissue is metabolically active and adapts to both loading and unloading through collagen synthesis and degradation cycles. Collagen...
How Focused Shockwave Therapy Can Help Transform Scar Healing: Insights from a Recent Advanced Training After attending a comprehensive course with scar therapy expert Hannah Poulton last week, I’m delighted to expand my practice with evidence-based scar treatments...
Scars Tell Stories – And We Can Help Rewrite Them: My Reflections on the HLP Therapy Scar Course I recently had the privilege of attending the Bespoke Scar Therapy Course led by the brilliant Hannah Poulton, hosted by the Scottish Osteopathic Society in Dunblane. This...
Insertional Achilles tendons require focused shockwave therapy and you need the treatment plan to last between 3 to 6 months it takes longer then studies which just say 3 to 4 months this is because as you can see from the x-ray the insertion of the Achilles can cause...