Unlocking Your Full Potential with Strength Training
Strength training is a fundamental aspect of physical fitness that often gets overlooked. It is a crucial component of a well-rounded fitness program that offers numerous benefits, including building muscle, improving bone density, improving metabolism and boosting mood/ improving mental health. Strength training, or resistance training, involves performing exercises that challenge your muscles to exert […]
Ruptured ACL, what happens now?
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) of the knee is a connective tissue that keeps the knee joint from excessively twisting and gliding forward. This can be damaged or ruptured when the knee receives increased load, more commonly in a pivoting and extended position. Movements such as changing direction and landing in sports of netball, basketball […]
Muscle and tendon tears
Many of us have experienced muscle and tendon strains or minor tears, but what happens when the tears are larger and more serious? There are two classifications of tears—traumatic and atraumatic (degenerative)—and within these classifications, we have two grades of severity: Anatomy: What are muscles and tendons? Muscles are a contractile connective tissue made from numerous myofibrils (muscle fibres) containing Actin […]
Why you need physio post-mastectomy
A mastectomy is more than just a surgical procedure. Not simply because it tends to be involved with managing, or the risk of, cancer; it’s understandably a highly emotional experience for a woman to lose a breast for so many reasons. The surgery itself is carried out under a general anesthetic and may include an […]
We’re back in the SLING of things
Ever wondered why when you injure your left shoulder, you suddenly start getting pain in your right hip? Or when you hurt your right knee, the left side of your body seems to be feeling tighter and more tense? Our bodies are an intricate network of slings. Slings are groups of muscles that are connected […]
Neck Pain
The best posture is the next posture! As you can probably imagine, physios see a a LOT of clients with neck and shoulder pain. Quite often, the pain is attributed to sustained desk-based postures. Research has shown that, in addition to making physical ergonomic desk changes (adjusting screen height, chair set-up and other workstation elements), […]
Touchy Tendons
Tendons are a fibrous connective tissue (a bit like a rope) that connect all our muscles to bones, allowing our limbs to move. As our muscles contract and relax, tendons allow the bones to move like a lever. Tendons also play a large role in shock absorption, which helps prevent muscle injuries. While tendons are […]
The important relationship between your core and pelvic floor muscles
If you’ve ever worked with a pelvic health physio, you’ll have often heard us say or cue “core and floor”. And if you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it 100 times (and probably say it over in your own head daily – that’s a win for us!). If this is new to you, let us […]
Clinical Pilates – What and why?
What is Pilates? Pilates is a form of movement that focuses on: Breathing Axial Elongation & Core Control Spinal Articulation Organisation of the Head, Neck and Shoulders Alignment & Weight Bearing of the Extremities Movement Integration It is a somatic method of exercise, which means it helps to improve body awareness and consciousness of how […]
Postnatal Exercise – Part 2: The Reconditioning Process
Following on from our last blog on returning to exercise post natal where we discussed considerations, evidence and their time-frames. So, the question every mama wants to know – “When can I return to exercise?”. Let’s delve further into what the reconditioning process looks like. So, WHERE DO WE BEGIN? We strongly encourage women to […]