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Why Do Your Joints Ache in Menopause, and What Helps?
Key Takeaways Falling and fluctuating oestrogen around perimenopause and menopause can leave joints stiff and aching, often in the hands, knees, hips and shoulders. Menopausal joint pain is usually widespread and eases as you move through the day, which helps set it apart from osteoarthritis and from inflammatory arthritis. Swelling, heat, prolonged morning stiffness or…
Inflammatory Joint Pain: Psoriatic Arthritis and Other Causes
Key Takeaways Inflammatory joint pain is usually stiffest after rest, eases with movement and affects more than one joint, which sets it apart from wear and tear. Psoriatic arthritis is linked to psoriasis and can appear as swollen fingers or toes, nail changes, heel pain or a stiff spine, sometimes before the skin is affected.…
How Much Does Shoulder Surgery Cost in Australia?
Key Takeaways Public care as a public patient carries no direct cost for the surgery, while private care brings out-of-pocket costs in return for choosing your surgeon and your timing. A private shoulder surgery bill is made up of separate fees from the surgeon, the anaesthetist, the hospital, a surgical assistant and any implant. Medicare…
Cortisone Injection for Shoulder Pain: Does It Actually Work?
Key Takeaways A cortisone injection settles inflammation and eases pain for a period, but it does not repair a torn tendon, worn cartilage or the underlying cause. How well it works depends on the diagnosis. A frozen shoulder or an acute flare often responds, while pain from arthritis or a degenerative tendon tends to return.…
Shoulder Pain at Night: Why It Worsens and When to Act
Key Takeaways Lying down loads the shoulder differently and removes the daytime movement that masks pain, so a tolerable ache can dominate once you are still. The position that hurts and how the shoulder behaves by day give clues, from a rotator cuff ache when lying on the side to the all-round stiffness of a…
Wrist Pain on the Little Finger Side: TFCC Injuries
Wrist pain on the little-finger side is often a TFCC injury. Learn the signs, why it clicks on rotation, physio-first care and when arthroscopy helps.
Wrist Pain After a Fall on an Outstretched Hand
Sore wrist after a fall on an outstretched hand? How to tell a scaphoid fracture, ligament sprain and distal radius fracture apart, and what to do next.
Stiff Elbow After a Fracture: Why It Won’t Straighten
Elbow still won’t straighten after a fracture? Why post-fracture stiffness happens, how the rehab window works and when arthroscopic release is considered.
A Pop at the Elbow When Lifting: Distal Biceps Rupture
A sudden pop at the elbow when lifting may be a distal biceps rupture. Learn the signs, why the first weeks matter, and repair versus rehab options.
Numb Ring and Little Finger: Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
Numb ring and little finger, worse with a bent elbow or at night? Learn the signs of cubital tunnel syndrome and how MTP Health treats it.
Pain at the Front of the Shoulder: Biceps Tendon Pain Explained
Pain at the front of the shoulder is often the biceps tendon. Dr Mun Khin Chan explains causes, a physio-first plan and when tenodesis is considered.
Shoulder Pain After a Fall: What Could Be Injured
Shoulder pain after a fall? How to tell a rotator cuff tear, proximal humerus fracture and dislocation apart, and what to do next, from MTP Health Sydney.
Gout: The Joint Pain People Don’t Expect
Key Takeaways Gout tends to arrive suddenly, often overnight, as severe pain, swelling and redness in a single joint, most often the big toe. It comes from urate crystals that build up quietly over months or years, so a first flare can strike someone who feels otherwise well. Repeated flares can wear down a joint…
Is My Hip Pain Coming From My Hip or My Back?
Key Takeaways Hip-joint pain tends to sit deep in the groin or front of the thigh and worsens with weight through the leg. Back-related pain more often spreads through the buttock and down the leg, and can change with how you sit or bend. Numbness, tingling or weakness in the leg points more towards the…
Sudden Hip Pain With No Injury
Sudden hip pain with no injury? Dr Donald Cawthorne explains avascular necrosis, femoral neck stress fracture and transient osteoporosis of the hip.
Clicking, Cracking, Popping Joints: Harmless or a Warning Sign?
Key Takeaways Most joint noise comes from gas releasing inside the joint fluid or from soft tissue moving over bone, and neither is a sign of damage. The sound on its own, however loud or frequent, is not a reliable warning; what matters is whether pain, swelling or a mechanical problem comes with it. Cracking…
Hip Pain at Night and When Lying on Your Side: Why It Happens
Key Takeaways Lying on your side presses your body weight onto the outer hip, loading the gluteal tendons and bursa, which is why the pain often peaks in bed. The most common cause of outer hip pain at night is greater trochanteric pain syndrome; deeper groin pain suggests hip osteoarthritis, and buttock or leg pain…
Hip Stiffness Putting On Shoes And Socks
Can’t reach your foot for socks and shoes? Learn why hip rotation is lost first in hip osteoarthritis, a home self-check and how MTP Health can help.
Hip Replacement Pain That Isn’t Settling
Pain after a hip replacement that isn’t settling? Dr Donald Cawthorne explains what it can mean, how it is assessed and when revision is discussed.
Deep Buttock Pain: Tendon, Nerve Or Hip Joint
Deep buttock pain can come from the hamstring tendon, the sciatic nerve or the hip joint. Learn how to tell them apart and how MTP Health treats each one.