I recently treated a client with headaches that only came on when running. By working on her neck posture together with specific breathing cues, she is now able to run without triggering neck pain or headaches! Have you ever thought…
How to Improve your Performance and Have an Injury-free Ski! It took just one hailstorm in Sydney to get me itching to ski this season. Most of us ski just a few times each year, and don’t get ourselves conditioned…
Are you cheating with your hamstring stretches? Consider yourself fit but can’t touch your toes anymore? Hamstring tightness results from both repetitive exercise and long periods of sitting. Longer, relaxed hamstrings can relieve knee and back pain, posture and can improve…
Nerve Mobility (and why it's so important!) Your nervous system goes from the top of your head right down to your finger tips and toes. The nervous system allows us to feel both pain and sensation (sensory nerve) and allows…
You've signed up for your first big trek, or perhaps you're attempting round two. Either way, you're in the perfect place. Our Physiotherapists, Clare and Alla, completed a fundraising walk for the Fred Hollows Foundation, walking 50km along Sydney’s gorgeous coastline from…
The human body was made to move! We are definitely not meant to sit still for hours at a time. However, we are all guilty of sitting at screens for far too long without moving. It can be so easy…
Calf tears are arguably the most common running injury. We sit all day, or walk in heels, and the calf muscles get tight. The extra load on the calf in running can lead to a tear. It feels like someone…
Ankle sprains: Why do I keep rolling my ankle? Exercises to stop it happening! There are position receptors, “proprioceptors” located in your joints, ligaments and tendons. They sense where your body is positioned in space, sending this info to your…
The first thing to understand about persistent pain is that the amount of pain you experience does not necessarily relate to tissue damage. There are people who have severe joint degeneration on x-ray and don’t have pain, and others that…
Needing some fun exercises to ease unwanted neck and shoulder aches and pains? by Francine St George, Our body does not like being in a sedentary postion for hours on end! Postural muscles fatigue and muscles that should be used for…
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