New perspective on Physio, Health & Wellness
The hamstring injury is far too common. Despite the time and effort, we devote to its prevention and treatment it’s still so frequent. In the Australian Football League (AFL) alone, new hamstring injury rates have barely shifted for the best part of six years. This …
Do you avoid stomach sleeping to protect your neck? It’s understandable if you do because it makes perfect sense. Lying on your stomach with your neck twisted to one side for too long can eventually make it sore. It seems a no-brainer. So this may sound strange …
Knee tendonitis can be a persistent and tricky beast to conquer. The road to recovery is often paved with ups and downs, false starts and frustrations – sometimes culminating in a less than positive experience for some. As an industry, we do a great job …
Are you aware of any current health and fitness myths? Interestingly, health and fitness myths can be hard to pick unless you have some direct connection to them. All good myths are based in just enough reality that they could be true, particularly if you’re …
If you’ve had Tennis Elbow before you’ll understand how frustrating it can be. It’s stubborn, persistent and often compounded by a lack of obvious triggers. But did you know that it may be more than just isolated elbow pain? That there’s an important piece of …
What makes a good shoe? Consider this the next time you’re looking at your shoe collection because there’s every chance you won’t have many that make the cut. No doubt they all look and feel great, but what physical legacy are they leaving behind? Particularly …
We’d all love to be, and stay pain-free forever, however, pain has a funny way of rearing its ugly head. And it’s often shrouded in mystery. As a Physiotherapist, I’m fortunate to help thousands of people a year resolve their pain. Each patient has their …
How often do you wake with morning pain from sleeping and feel like you “slept funny”? Your neck or back is sore and the irony is that there’s little “funny” about it. In these moments it’s easy to assume you must have slept in a …
Let’s talk about the cause of knee pain for a minute. More importantly, I want to discuss why it’s not just the knee you should be thinking about. Knee pain is so common that it affects 25% of all adults in some way, shape or …
Do you feel like your new or ongoing aches and pains are a normal part of the aging process? If so, you’re certainly not alone. Almost one-third of adults over the age of 45 experience pain lasting longer than 24 hours. And it may even …