Migraine
“`html Migraine and Headaches: A Physio’s Perspective Headaches are incredibly common, but not all headaches are the same. A migraine, a tension-type headache and a headache arising from the neck can all produce pain around the head and face, yet they are different conditions and may require very different approaches to treatment. This distinction is […]
Lateral Hip Pain: a Physio Perspective
Lateral Hip Pain: A Physio’s Perspective Lateral hip pain can be surprisingly frustrating. It may hurt when walking, climbing stairs, exercising, standing on one leg or simply lying on your side in bed. It is also an area where the language has changed considerably over time. Pain on the outside of the hip was once […]
Physiotherapy For The Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tear
Post by Sam Donaldson, Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist Australian’s love their high intensity sport. Our athletes are incredibly athletic and our young people look up to this athleticism with admiration and inspiration. Sports like AFL, Soccer, Netball, Basketball and Rugby are all considered the highest risk sports for lower limb injuries, with a not-so common […]
Breakfast for your back
Post by Daniel Miller, BAppSc (Physiotherapy) Feeding good movement regularly to your spine is essential for a healthy back. Too often in the modern world we are too static and not providing enough motion through our whole body let alone our spine. On the flip side there seems to be a negative connotation with bending […]
Football Injury Prevention
Pre-Season Football Screening: What Should You Actually Test? Pre-season football screening has changed. Traditionally, athletes were often put through a collection of strength, flexibility and movement tests with the idea that the results could identify who was likely to become injured during the season. That is not something we can do reliably. Football injuries are […]
Knee OA (Part 2)
Post by Sam Donaldson, Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist What can you do? Thank you for following on through these blogs on knee osteoarthritis (OA). Hopefully, some of this information has been helpful and the same goes for what follows. Many of us start the new year by getting more active. Unfortunately, sometimes this means we […]
Knee OA
Post by Sam Donaldson, Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist Knee osteoarthritis (OA), is a leading cause of pain and loss of physical function in the knee. Unfortunately, knee OA is an increasing problem in our society, closely linked to our ageing and increasingly overweight population. OA in general is the sixth-ranked most common condition presenting to […]
New Year’s Resolution… and now my knee hurts!
New Year’s Resolution… and Now My Knee Hurts! A new year brings fresh motivation. Perhaps you’ve decided to start running, return to the gym, ride your bike more regularly or simply become more active after a busy year. You’ve downloaded a running app, signed up for a fitness challenge or committed to exercising several times […]
Easy health habits
Easy Health Habits Guest post by Michael Thiel-Paul, Remedial Massage Therapist We all fail to do things that we know would probably be good for us. Exercise programs, mobility work, stretching, strength exercises, walking more, taking breaks from the desk. Knowing something is useful and actually doing it consistently are two very different things. We […]
Is it just an ankle sprain?
Post by Kerry Staples (MPhysio (Sports) BPhysio (Hons) B HMS (Ex Sci) Sports Physiotherapist APAM) Have you ever heard some-one say, “Oh, it is just an ankle sprain..”, or even thought that yourself? Yes it may be an ankle sprain, but they may not be as simple as they appear. Lateral ankle sprain is the most prevalent […]