Conditions

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Achilles rupture

Achilles tendinopathy

Ankle instability

Ankle instability is a condition whereby the ankle feels like it is constantly ‘giving way.’ Those suffering from the condition may experience pain, discomfort, tenderness and swelling.

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Carpal tunnel syndrome happens when the nerve that crosses the front of your wrist (the median nerve) is trapped causing pain, numbness, tingling and weakness in the hand and arm.

Chronic post-surgical pain (CPSP)

Chronic post-surgical pain (CPSP) is pain that continues, or gets worse, in the area of an operation for longer than the normal healing time, usually taken as at least 3 months. It's a recognised complication of surgery that can affect anyone who has an operation, though how likely you are to develop it depends on the type of surgery and several personal risk factors.

Connective tissue disease

Connective tissue diseases usually present as a weakness or inflammation of the tissues. Many include an autoimmune reaction meaning your body’s normal defence system triggers an attack on the cells, tissues or joints causing pain and inflammation.

De Quervain's

De Quervain’s is a type of tendonitis that causes pain when you move your wrist and thumb, and usually a tender swelling at the base of your thumb.

Dupuytren's contracture

Dupuytren’s disease occurs when scar-like tissue forms just beneath the skin of the fingers and the palm of the hand.

Hemifacial Spasm

Understand hemifacial spasm, the rare condition causing facial twitching on one side: causes, diagnosis, and treatments including Botox and surgery.

Heterotopic ossification

Find out about heterotopic ossification: what it is, the symptoms, the causes, and the treatment options, including radiotherapy and surgery.

Knee ligament injury

Knee ligament injuries can cause pain, swelling and instability. Learn the symptoms, causes, and how ACL, MCL, PCL and LCL injuries are treated.

Muscle Disease

Learn about muscle disease (myopathy): the symptoms to look for, why it happens, the different types, and how doctors diagnose and treat it.

Myofascial pain

Myofascial pain, or myofascial pain syndrome, is ongoing pain coming from your muscles and the fascia, the connective tissue that wraps around them. It's caused by trigger points, sensitive spots that feel like a knot when pressed and can also set off pain somewhere else in your body.

Myopathy (disorders of muscles)

Learn about myopathy, the term for muscle diseases that cause weakness. Understand the symptoms, causes, types, and how it's diagnosed and treated.

Plantar fasciitis

Understand plantar fasciitis, including its symptoms, causes, how it's diagnosed, and the full range of treatment options, from Nuffield Health.

Skier's Thumb

Skier's thumb is a torn ligament at the base of the thumb, often caused by a fall. Learn the symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment options available.

Tendonitis

The tissue that attaches muscles to a bone is called a tendon. Tendonitis is an inflammation of a tendon or the muscles around a tendon.

Tenosynovitis

Tenosynovitis occurs when a tendon is injured or irritated or the sheath is injured causing restricted movement pain and swelling.