Glut Med Tendonitis: More Common Than You’d ThinkEveryone always talks about hip bursitis like it's a common issue, but more often than not it's your gluts. Sometimes we forget how much like the shoulder the hip really is. It's the same type of joint, and the gluts with the little muscles under it act as a sort of rotator cuff, it only makes sense that they would have the same issues that the rotator cuff does. If it's clearly just a simple bursitis issue and you're treated for bursitis it should go away pretty quickly. How
Heel Pain Sucks What to do about Achilles Tendonitis and Plantar Fasciitis At least once a week someone asks me about what to do about their heel pain - and by heel pain I mean either plantar fasciitis or Achilles pain. Yes, they're different, but the underlying problem is usually the same. At the very least their solution is nearly identical. Let's start by going over calf anatomy: the gastrocnemius and the soleus come together to form the Achilles tendon and attach onto the heel - called t
Lateral Hip PainGreater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome You may not be familiar with this term, but it is a catch-all term for a group of conditions affecting the side of the hip. Some of the most common diagnoses that fall into this syndrome are trochanteric bursitis, external snapping hip (coxa saltrans), IT band syndrome, glut med tendonitis/tear, and sometimes piriformis syndrome. This shouldn't be confused with gunslingers syndrome (which really isn't as cool as it sounds). The problem with