It’s that time of year – the time of year many of us start thinking about kicking our fitness training up a gear in an effort to drop a couple of those winter kilos and tone up for summer.
While there are many benefits from starting a new exercise...
Unfortunately, many of us suffer with back pain and require treatment. More often than not though, this is due to bad posture. What you may not know, is that bad posture stems back to habits formed from sitting for long hours at school, university and...
Do you spend a lot of time looking at your phone? Have you noticed an increasing amount of neck pain? You could be suffering from ‘text neck’, the epidemic that is seeing more and more people visit their local physiotherapists for neck pain treatment.
What...
Knee pain. It’s never nice and it’s never normal. Which is why it’s important to treat it and to treat it right.
Knee pain is one of the most common areas that physiotherapy focuses on, and our physiotherapists have years of experience in treating...
As a high contact sport with tackling as the main defensive feature, many injuries can occur during a game of rugby. In fact, rugby injury rates are reported to be nearly three times higher than soccer. These too can be tackled, though, with the right...
When you don’t know what it is and the many benefits it can bring, dry needling can sound a little scary, particularly for patients who are not exactly big fans of needles.
Dry needling, however, is nothing to be fearful of and is now being used...
Cycling isn’t a contact sport, but as any serious cyclist can tell you, this sport is extremely demanding. Endurance, technique, agility and strength - all are essential for cycling. Consider that cyclists also need to remain hunched forward and perform...
Ankle injuries are some of the most common injuries in sport. They’re especially prevalent in indoor sports like basketball, netball and indoor soccer, but no matter your game, it’s important to be aware of what these injuries are and how they’re...
Cricket is not a contact sport, but as anyone who’s played can tell you, every variation of the game is intense, competitive and physically demanding. For this reason there are a host of commonly sustained cricket injuries.
For cricketers, keeping...
Start Small and Build Up
As a new runner, you need to ease into the sport. Running seems natural, and you might be excited to push yourself, but running is a sport just like any other - and it requires adequate training and time to allow soft tissue...