Stretching

Do I need to be stretching? Should I be stretching? Am I stretching enough? Why do I need to stretch anyway?These are questions that many people have asked themselves at one point or another and are questions that we get asked by patients often. If stretching is...

Dancing and Bunions

Dancing and bunions BALLET – Will dancing in pointe shoes give me bunions? Often, many dancers (and their parents) are concerned that dancing en pointe will cause a permanent foot deformity in the shape of a bunion. Let me preface this blog by firstly saying, no...

Athletic Back Pain

The Athletic Spine: Athletic Back Pain explained Lower back pain is the most common cause of spinal pain in the athletic population. Anyone that has experienced lower back pain knows how debilitating it can be. Often this type of injury can result in impaired...

Return to Training

We are seeing higher injury rates in elite level sports such as the NRL and AFL, and we have unfortunately seen the same in those returning to gyms, club sport and general activity. In light of this, we thought it would make good sense to include last editions...

Avoid the effects of prolonged sitting

With COVID19 increasing the amount of home office setups, the musculoskeletal effects of prolonged sitting seem to have become even more of an issue in our community. With this shift in work environment, a lot of the incidental exercise that we used to have in our day...