The inflammation of the symphysis pubis is often the result of overuse, whereby there is an abnormal muscle forces acting on the pubic symphysis. This condition is commonly observed in athletes who participate in sports with frequent activities such as kicking, twisting, pivoting, cutting, and during abrupt directional changes. Osteitis pubis has been described in …
Osteitis pubis or inflammation of the symphysis pubis Read More »
Defining pain Pain is defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage”. There are two broad categories of pain – (i) acute pain, which occurs with trauma and usually gradually resolves, and (ii) chronic …
Pain Specialist, Dr Peter Blombery on chronic pain and pain measurement Read More »
Medico-legal examination of the knee and leg is a common practice for Lex Medicus medico-legal experts. The knee is one of our most sophisticated joints, formed by the articulation of the bones of the upper and lower leg, the femur and tibia, and a disk-shaped bone, the patella, all of them connected together by ligaments, …
The shoulder is our most mobile joint. With an almost 360 degree rotation the shoulder joint, or better said, the three shoulder joints that form this complex articulation, are subject to a large spectrum of pathologies. In addition to the bony and cartilage structures, numerous components such as ligaments, muscles and tendons meet at the …
