Archive for August 2026
Can Losing 5 kg Change Your Knee Pain? The Load Maths and the Evidence
Key Takeaways Each kilogram lost takes about four times that off the knee per step, so a 5 kg loss removes a meaningful share of the daily load. Losing about 5% of body weight, near 5 kg for someone around 100 kg, is where research shows less pain and better function, with bigger gains beyond…
See MoreThe Metabolic Side of Osteoarthritis: How Weight and Inflammation Affect Your Joints
Key Takeaways Osteoarthritis affects the whole joint and involves low-grade inflammation, so it is more than cartilage wearing down under load. Body fat is active tissue that releases inflammatory signals, which helps explain why osteoarthritis also appears in joints that carry no weight. Losing around 10% of body weight may meaningfully reduce knee pain and…
See MoreTraining Around Pain: A Load Management Guide for Cranky Joints
Key Takeaways Mild pain during exercise is not proof of damage, and a cranky joint usually needs its load adjusted, not removed. The main levers are training load, weekly volume, the range you work through, movement tempo and exercise choice, so most people can keep training in some form. A useful guide is discomfort staying…
See MoreAgeing Tendons: Why They Stiffen and How to Keep Them Springy
Key Takeaways Tendons naturally change with age, becoming stiffer and slower to repair, which can leave them more sensitive to sudden jumps in activity. Gradual, progressive strength work is one of the most dependable ways to keep tendons resilient and springy over the years. Recovery counts, because tendons adapt more slowly than muscle and respond…
See MoreReturn to Sport at 50+: Keep Running, Lifting and Playing Without Breaking Down
Key Takeaways After about 50, muscle, tendon and recovery capacity change, so the training that once felt easy now needs a smarter, more gradual approach. Most breakdowns come from sudden jumps in load, skipping strength work and pushing through pain, all of which you can manage. Keeping weekly increases modest, adding two strength sessions and…
See MoreTraining With an Ageing Body: Work With It, Not Against It
Key Takeaways Ageing brings gradual changes like muscle and strength loss, stiffer joints and slower recovery, though much of that decline is shaped by how active you stay. Training with your body means adjusting intensity, load and recovery to suit where you are now, not pushing through pain or copying a younger routine. Strength work,…
See MoreWhy Does My Shoulder Hurt? Common Causes by Age and Activity
Key Takeaways Shoulder pain is common, and why your shoulder hurts often shifts with age, from injury and instability when young to cuff wear, frozen shoulder and osteoarthritis from the 40s on. How you load the shoulder matters too, with overhead sport, desk posture, heavy lifting and falls each producing their own pattern of pain.…
See MoreYoung Adult Hip Pain: More Than ‘Just Arthritis’
Key Takeaways Young adult hip pain usually points to a structural or soft-tissue problem, not the age-related wear behind most osteoarthritis. Femoroacetabular impingement, hip dysplasia and labral tears are common causes, and each can be mislabelled as a simple strain or early arthritis for months. A useful diagnosis generally combines your symptom history, movement testing…
See MoreHip Labral Tear Surgery: Symptoms and Do Tears Heal Without It?
Key Takeaways A hip labral tear damages the ring of cartilage around the hip socket, and it usually will not heal on its own because the labrum has a limited blood supply. Common signs include deep groin pain, clicking or catching, stiffness and soreness after long periods of sitting, though many tears cause no symptoms.…
See MoreRevision Hip Replacement: How Long Hips Last and When Surgery Is Needed
Key Takeaways Australian registry figures suggest roughly nine in 10 total hip replacements performed for osteoarthritis are still in place 20 years on. Loosening, dislocation, infection, fracture and wear reactions cause most revisions, and each tends to show a different pattern of symptoms. New groin or thigh pain, instability or fever after a settled recovery…
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