The soccer, AFL and rugby seasons are now upon us. Many local clubs have begun their preseason training and trial games. As a result, we have started seeing a flurry of lower limb injuries especially in and around the joints of the knee, ankle and hip. Injuries in these areas are related to muscular tears above and below the joints mentioned. One of the best indicators of whether a player will sustain a stain or injury is if they have already had an injury in that same area i

"I feel stiffness in or on the front of my hips." When patients present to the clinic complaining of hip tightness on the front of their hips, this can often be the result of sitting all day in a shortened muscle position and or overuse from weekly exercise such as gym or ball sports. Other more sinister pathologies like hip impingement or labral tears can also present as tightness. By overuse we mean riding a bicycle for several hours during the week and then again on the we