You might think that as people get older, they become less active and therefore are less likely to injure themselves. This may be true to a degree, especially once reaching retirement age, but the elderly population are generally an active population and are just as much at risk of injury as the next person. A 60-year-old person might not play footy or run around the basketball court as much as a teenager might, but they have other things to contend with - an ageing body with years of gradual degenerative change and weakening that we all experience at some point as we go through life. One of the most common causes of injury in the elderly is falling.
Read MoreHello everyone! May is here, which means we get to celebrate those wonderful humans who brought us into the world - our Mums. And as it’s Mother’s day this month, we thought we’d dedicate a blog to common musculoskeletal conditions in women.
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