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Archive for the “Client Stories” Category

Physical Therapy articles from our team of professionals, crafted specially for our clients and their friends.

Plantar Fasciitis (Heel Spurs)

May 12th, 2014 • • in Client Stories, Physiotherapy • tagged: , , , • Add a comment »

This article was prepared exclusively for the PCSL by physiotherapist Marc R. Rizzardo. It belongs to a series of articles about common health and injury problems encountered by soccer players. A very common injury that soccer players get, usually early on in the preseason, is plantar fasciitis. The plantar fascia is a bundle of muscles that run under the foot.

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Anterior Compartment Syndrome (Shin Splints)

May 12th, 2014 • • in Client Stories, Physiotherapy • tagged: , , , • Add a comment »

This article was prepared exclusively for the PCSL by physiotherapist Marc R. Rizzardo. It belongs to a series of articles about common health and injury problems encountered by soccer players. The lower leg is comprised of three distinct compartments, each having muscles, nerves, arteries and veins in them.  When one compartment gets injured via overuse or acute trauma to the area, the swelling in the area does not dissipate into the other two compartments. 

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