Side strain refers to a class of strains and tears in the side abdominal muscles. It’s a common athletic injury, and is particularly common in sports like baseball and hockey where the side muscles are used to swing the bat or shoot the puck. Also known as back side strain, abdominal side strain, internal oblique…
There are several joints in the spine such as the intervertebral joints and the costovertebral joints. The joints that are formed between thoracic vertebrae and ribs are called costovertebral joints. In sports injuries, sometimes ligaments or cartilage that supports the joints may be damaged. Compressive or stretching forces can act on costovertebral joints whenever there is…
Your Achilles tendon is the largest tendon in your body, attaching your heel to the calf muscle. You can see it protrude when you look at the back of your heel. Your Achilles tendon is essential for walking, and is used when you push off to walk or run or when you stand on your…
People suffering from a frozen shoulder have pain, stiffness, and difficulty moving their shoulder joint. Also known as adhesive capsulitis, a frozen shoulder typically develops gradually over time. Although it can be related to injury, immobility, or disease, the cause can often be undetermined. The onset is gradual, gets worse, then improves, usually within one to…
If your shins ache after going for your morning run it could be due to shin splints. Shin splints occur as an injury to the tibia (shinbone) and surrounding muscles and connective tissue. The term refers to the pain commonly felt on the inside of the shinbone or tibia. They are most often associated with…
It’s a scene we’re all familiar with: you’re watching sports on TV and a player who has been running pulls up lame. “Looks like a hamstring injury” the announcer says as the player limps off the field. Your hamstrings are the large muscles that run from your knee to your hip at the back of…
Registration and Discounted Services at Apex Spring is here and that means the Hamilton Cinco De Mayo 5KM Walk/Run is right around the corner. Register online or on May 04 (Friday night) in person at the Apex Centre from 5pm to 7pm. Great Deals Discounted Registered Massage Therapy Now you can soothe twice as many of…
Here at the Apex Centre we love it when young athletes get a chance to grow and showcase their talents. When the opportunity became available we jumped at the chance to sponsor a JUEL basketball team for their trip to Antigua. JUEL of Ontario is Canada’s first and oldest running Provincial Girls’ Basketball League. There…
The pelvic girdle consists of many connecting bones that connect the torso to the legs. Ligaments attach the sacrum to other points in the pelvis to provide mobility and stability. Pelvic Functions The strong and rigid pelvis is adapted to serve a number of roles in the human body. The main functions being: Transfer of…
The rotator cuff is a group of 4 muscles (supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, subscapularis) surrounding the shoulder joint that function together to increase the stability of the shoulder to help it track properly to avoid impingement or bursitis. In effect these muscles and tendons help keep the head of your upper arm within your shoulder…
