to be referred by your GP, and you should expect a two- to three-week wait for treatment. Contact Chartered Society of Physiotherapy; 020 7306 6666; e-mail csp@csphysio.org.uk; www.csp.org.uk

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

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 the stiffened limb

of the tibia (shin bone), where the patellar tendon from the knee joins it.SymptomsYou are probably aged between 10 and 14, play a variety of sports, and have developed a painful bony swelling below the knee. It will hurt with strenuous activity, particularly

Q I am a 50-year-old runner, and I’ve averaged 20-40 miles a week for the last 25 years. A year ago – just after completing some sit-ups – I starting getting severe back pain around my mid-spine, which extended around the chest and into the abdomen