Our team at The Melbourne Chiropractor use various methods to help treat a plethora of conditions that include muscular pain and tightness. One of our goals as a chiropractor is to assess your function and trace back the underlying cause of your immobility or in most cases, your underlying symptom.
The reasoning behind working with a chiropractor isnt just because you might have a “stuck joint” in your neck or back but because you are dealing with symptoms of tightness and muscle pain that is affecting you with day to day activity.
There are many different therapies our chiropractors can help manage your muscle pain such as soft tissue therapy, stretching and mobilisations to the area and prescription of both stretches and exercises to help build up any weak muscles in the area and lengthen them out to improve overall mobility and symptomatic pain.
If you are someone that is suffering from muscular pain our chiropractors are more than happy to help get you back on track! We also have our remedial massage therapists and myotherapists that can help assist with your muscular pain depending on the severity of the injury!
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Plantar fasciitis is a common foot complaint that affects a persons heel. Symptoms involve a stabbing pain/stiffness at the heel or sole of the foot. Pain is generally worse first thing in the morning and after exercise but not during it. Pain can also be triggered by long periods of standing or getting up from long periods of sitting
Plantar fasciitis is a condition in which the plantar fascia is affected. The plantar fascia is a connective tissue that runs under the foot and serves the purpose of supporting the arch and acting as a shock absorber to weight bearing activities
Plantar fasciitis occurs due to overload on the tissue, leading to degeneration and subsequent pain. 
Those at greatest risk are individuals over the age of 40, athletic individuals [particularly runners], obese/overweight individuals and those with structural foot issues [flat feet/high arches’]
Treatment involves rest, ice, load management, medications and physical therapy. Physical therapy will primarily look at strengthening up the intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of the feet and lower leg. Insoles may also help however surgery is rarely required and often a last resort
Here are some exercises that may help speed up your recovery process
Heel raise [Toes dorsiflexed]
Towel toe curls
Plantar Fascia stretch
Remember to consult a health care professional before commencing these exercises 
Are You Suffering From Bicipital Tendinopathy?…
Bicipital Tendinopathy is an overuse injury that results in irritation of the long head of biceps tendon as it passes through the bicipital groove of the humerus. The long head of the biceps brachii muscle attaches to the shoulder and acts as a stabiliser. Furthermore it has actions in supination the forearm and flexing the elbow
Symptoms of bicipital tendinopathy include pain in the anterior shoulder [at the bicipital groove] and pain that is made worse with overhead activities. Bicipital tendinopathy is common in individuals who play sports that involve repetitive overhead movements such as swimming and baseball or something as simple as putting clothes on the line or drilling/screwing/lifting.
Bicipital Tendinopathy in isolation is rare and it is usually associated with other conditions such as impingement or injury to the rotator cuff or labrum
Treatment and rehabilitation will be based on the individual and their functional requirements. Generally; rotator cuff strength, biceps strength and scapular stability will be the focus
Here are some simple exercises performed that may help you speed up your recovery:
Eccentric Supinated Bicep curl
Eccentric Supinated Shoulder Flexion
Patella Tendinopathy (also known as Jumpers knee) is an overuse injury affecting the knee. This injury effects the patella tendon that attaches your patella [knee cap] to the tibial tuberosity of the tibia [shin bone]. The role of the Patella tendon is to transmit the force of the quadriceps muscles as the knee extends
Symptoms of patella Tendinopathy include pain & tenderness at the Patella tendon, pain that is made worse with jumping & running, stiffness of the tendon in the morning, and thickening of the tendon relative to the unaffected side
It is often caused by a sudden increase in physical activity, training on poor surfaces, decreased flexibility of quadriceps and hamstring musculature and poor biomechanics of the lower limb [hip, knee and foot control]
Here are some simple exercises that can assist in your recovery during its early stage