Tag Archives: sports medicine

30Mar/20

Time for recovery from a persisting injury

March 30, 2020Chronic pain, Pain, Pain Coach, Sports Injurieschronic injury, chronic pain, football, football injury, Pain Coach, sports injury, sports medicinerichmondstace

Injury is part of playing sport. No-one wants to be injured, but it is an accepted risk. For some people, recovering from an injury is more complex. The pain persists and returning to play is aRead More…

20Sep/18

Problem pain in sport

September 20, 2018Chronic pain, Pain, Pain Coach, Pain Education, Sports InjuriesACPSEM, Pain Coach, Problem pain in sport, sports medicine, sports physiotherapyrichmondstace

As a premise to the ACPSEM symposium on Saturday, attendees may find this brief blog useful before our session together. Problem pain in sport exists as a challenge, which we must face and address. Some stillRead More…

24Jul/14

It’s time to bring what we know about chronic pain into sport

July 24, 2014Athletes, Chronic pain, Chronic pain in sport, Chronic pain treatment, Chronic sports injuries, Pain, Sports Injuries, Sports medicine, Tendinopathy, Tendon painchronic pain, chronic pain in sport, sports injuries, sports injuries treatment, sports medicinerichmondstace

I recall a time when a consultant told me that chronic pain does not exist in private medicine. I was somewhat dumbfounded that an intelligent person could have such a thought. As a far as IRead More…