Registered Physiotherapist) and MCSP (Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists). Beware physiotherapists without these qualifications: they may have only completed a short physiotherapy course, and they are not required to have insurance

six weeks to heal, and as you say, you’ll be in a plaster cast for this period. Your doctor will then give you a fairly intensive programme of physiotherapy to restore a full range of movement to the subtalar and midtarsal joints of the ankle

Q Since having my last baby I have experienced a burning feeling down through my sacro-iliac joint. Occasionally I feel an ache deep in my buttock. I’ve tried osteopaths, physiotherapy with ultrasound and now acupuncture, and I would appreciate

.Medical treatmentIf physiotherapy, usually in the form of ultrasound, fails to settle Hoffar’s syndrome, a cortisone injection will usually suffice. A need for surgery is unlikely.Can you run through it?/Recovery timeTraining modification and sticking to sensible

will attempt to run through a meniscal cyst. Surgery and appropriate physiotherapy with quadriceps exercises should mean that you can be running fluently within a month or so.

that, with physiotherapy, I should be running again in six months. But will I be able to regain my full fitness, and what are the chances of the injury returning?A Yes, it will be possible to return to the level you were at prior to the operation

causes of the problem, so visit a chartered physiotherapist for a thorough physical examination. I would also recommend a slow-motion video analysis of your running technique. An appropriate course of physiotherapy to improve your core stability and lower

disease or degeneration will need appropriate treatment, but surgical removal of the bursa is not commonly needed. If the bursa bursts, calf pain far exceeds that which one would expect, and rest and strong painkillers, with physiotherapy to mobilise

.Medical treatmentIf you get no relief, your doctor may very occasionally inject steroid, or even immobilise the leg in plaster. Physiotherapy to ease the pain should not be used as a cover to increase training.Can you run through it?/ Recovery timeAlthough full

occured is that the nerve was being pinched, and in being pinched has become inflamed, and then becoming inflamed has become more swollen, which has set up a vicious circle of events. If standard treatments of physiotherapy, anti-inflammatories and so