Micropages

Short, focused clinical explainers on specific injuries and conditions.

Knee

Types of Meniscal Tears: A Complete Guide

Learn about the different types of meniscal tears, vascular zones, tear patterns, and what each means for your treatment. Expert physiotherapy guidance from IP Physio.

Knee

Meniscal Tear Treatment: Conservative vs Surgical

Do you need surgery for a meniscal tear? The 2024 international evidence confirms physiotherapy first for most tears. Find out what applies to your case at IP Physio.

Knee

Meniscal Tear Recovery and Return to Sport

How long does recovery take after a meniscal tear or surgery? Criteria-based return to sport guidance from IP Physio, evidence-based, not calendar-based.

Knee

Degenerative Meniscal Tears: Do You Actually Need Surgery?

Most degenerative meniscal tears do not require surgery. The 2024 international consensus confirms physiotherapy as first-line. Find out more at IP Physio.

Sports Performance

Hamstring Injuries Explained: What Is Actually Happening?

Proximal tears, MTJ injuries, muscle grades and what they mean for your rehabilitation. Expert hamstring assessment at IP Physio London.

Sports Performance

Hamstring Injury Treatment: What the Evidence Actually Says

Early loading, eccentric exercise and progressive running are the foundations of hamstring rehabilitation. What the research actually supports, from IP Physio London.

Sports Performance

Why Hamstring Injuries Keep Coming Back

A previous hamstring injury is one of the strongest predictors of a future tear. Find out why recurrence is so common and what objective criteria actually reduce the risk.

Spine

Cervicogenic Headache vs Migraine vs Tension-Type Headache: How to Tell the Difference

Cervicogenic headache, migraine and tension-type headache can share symptoms. The typical features of each, and why accurate classification matters.

Spine

Why Neck and Jaw Problems Can Both Cause Head Pain

The trigeminal and upper cervical nerves converge in the brainstem, which is why headache, neck pain and jaw symptoms so often occur together.

TMJ & Jaw

TMJ Dysfunction and Headaches: Is Your Jaw Contributing to Your Head Pain?

Jaw pain, clicking or clenching can be associated with headache. How temporomandibular disorders and headaches overlap, and when to have your jaw assessed.

General & Wellness

"Bone on Bone": What Your Osteoarthritis Imaging Actually Means

Why a bone on bone description is not a verdict, and why osteoarthritis imaging should be interpreted alongside symptoms and physical function.

General & Wellness

Is It Safe to Exercise With Osteoarthritis?

What the evidence says about exercising with osteoarthritis, temporary discomfort, flares, and building strength safely.

General & Wellness

Weight and Osteoarthritis: What Actually Helps

What weight management can do for osteoarthritis, what NICE recommends, and why weight loss works best alongside exercise.

Foot & Ankle

Is It Plantar Fasciitis? Other Causes of Heel Pain

Not all heel pain is plantar fasciitis. Compare fat-pad syndrome, nerve entrapment, stress fracture and other causes, and know when to get it checked. Guidance from IP Physio.

Foot & Ankle

High-Load Strength Training for Plantar Fasciitis

What the well-known Rathleff trial actually found, what the heel-raise protocol involves, and where the evidence has real limits. Evidence-based guidance from IP Physio.

Foot & Ankle

Plantar Fasciitis Risk Factors: What the Evidence Says

Ankle dorsiflexion, BMI, running load and more: what current clinical guidance actually supports as risk factors for plantar heel pain. From IP Physio London.

Sports Performance

Is the 10% Rule for Running Real?

What the research actually shows about increasing mileage, single-run spikes and injury risk, and a more useful way to progress. Evidence-based guidance from IP Physio.

Sports Performance

Strength Training for Runners: What It Can and Can't Do

Does strength work prevent running injuries? What the evidence shows about injury risk, running economy and how to fit it around your running. From IP Physio London.

Sports Performance

Should You Change Your Running Cadence or Foot Strike?

Is 180 steps per minute ideal? Is forefoot running safer? What the evidence says about changing your running technique. Guidance from IP Physio.

Foot & Ankle

Insertional vs Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy: Why Location Changes Rehab

Where your Achilles hurts changes how it should be loaded. How the two types differ, what the 2025 compression trial found, and why. From IP Physio.

Foot & Ankle

Heel Drops, Heavy Slow Resistance or Isometrics: Is There a Best Achilles Exercise?

What the evidence says about exercise for Achilles tendinopathy, and why progression matters more than any single protocol. Evidence-based guidance from IP Physio.

Foot & Ankle

Can You Keep Running With Achilles Tendinopathy?

Do you need to stop running? Pain monitoring, modifying your running and building back up. Guidance from IP Physio London.