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Acute and chronic are terms used by chartered physiotherapists in describing injuries and in this weeks blog we look to explain the terms and the differences between the two distinct types of injuries. Although the terms are often used by lay people and patients in describing their injuries, there can be some confusion as patients, in my experience, tend to use the words to describe the severity or extent of their pain, whereas physiotherapists tend to use the terms to describe the duration or nature of the presenting injury.

Neck pain is one of the most common presenting conditions in physiotherapy clinics. Together with low back pain, the two conditions account for approximately 50% of the entire workload of a physiotherapy practice. Like lower back pain, most neck pain is not serious, settles quickly, doesn’t require scanning and is most appropriately treated with physiotherapy and pain relieving and anti-inflammatory medications.

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Knee pain is one of the most common sporting injuries experienced by active teenagers. It’s particularly common in the early teenage years 11-14. There can be numerous causes of adolescent knee pain. Teenagers can suffer from any of the same causes of knee pain as adults such as tendon, joint, muscle, ligament or meniscus injury, but also have a tendency to develop knee pain for developmental reasons.