Injury Library
Evidence-based guides to the injuries and pain seen most at The Cape Town Chiro in Green Point. Start with where it hurts, the sport you train for, or describe what happened.
Running
Trail running
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CrossFit
Gym & weightlifting
PadelA–Z
- AC joint painShoulder
- Achilles tendinopathyFoot & ankle
- Acute low back pain ("I pulled my back")Back
- Acute stiff neck ("wry neck")Neck
- Ankle sprainFoot & ankle
- Back pain from lifting and deadliftsBack
- Calf strainShin & calf
- Cervicogenic headacheHeadaches
- Desk and screen-related neck painNeck
- Disc herniation and disc bulgesBack
- Front rack wrist painElbow & wrist
- Frozen shoulderShoulder
- Gluteal tendinopathyHip & groin
- Golfer’s elbowElbow & wrist
- Groin and adductor strainHip & groin
- Hip flexor strainHip & groin
- Hip impingement (FAI)Hip & groin
- ITB syndromeKnee
- Jaw (TMJ) painHeadaches
- Meniscus irritationKnee
- Metatarsal stress injuryFoot & ankle
- MigraineHeadaches
- Neck hump concernsNeck
- Neck pain from trainingNeck
- Nerve-related arm painNeck
- Overhead lifting painShoulder
- Pain when bending forwardBack
- Patellar tendinopathyKnee
- Plantar heel pain (plantar fasciitis)Foot & ankle
- Proximal hamstring painHip & groin
- Rotator cuff-related shoulder painShoulder
- Runner’s knee (patellofemoral pain)Knee
- Sciatica and pinched nervesBack
- ScoliosisBack
- Shin splints (MTSS)Shin & calf
- Shoulder pain in padel and racquet sportsShoulder
- Tennis elbow (lateral elbow tendinopathy)Elbow & wrist
- Tension-type headacheHeadaches
- Tibial bone stress injuryShin & calf
- Wrist pain in push-ups, burpees and handstandsElbow & wrist
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