A Physiotherapist’s Perspective: Training With an Injury When there’s a sport you love, training is an important part of your life. It’s the rhythm of your week. It’s how you maintain fitness and social connection. It’s how you keep your stress level in check too. So it can be really hard when an injury…
Exercising in your living room isn’t new – Jane Fonda showed us how to do it in lycra and leg warmers back in the early ’80s. Since COVID-19, many more of us have been exercising at home (thankfully, without the leg warmers!). If you’re keen to try it, then you need to schedule it into…
Have you had a telehealth appointment yet? Telehealth has become widespread in Australia as part of the social distancing measures to combat the coronavirus. It’s easy, convenient and safe. Do you wonder how telehealth and physiotherapy go together though? It’s actually not very different from a face-to-face appointment in many ways. We listen to you,…
Back pain is common in Australia. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reports that about 4 million of us experienced back pain in 2017-18 and that about 70-90% of us will suffer from it at some point during our lives. Back pain comes from a range of conditions that affect the bones, joints, muscles,…
What Are Shin Splints? Shin splints (or medial tibial stress syndrome) is a name for pain or throbbing felt along your shin, anywhere from your knee to your ankle. The pain is caused by inflammation in the muscles, tendons and other tissues around your shinbone (tibia). What Causes Shin Splints? Shin splints are a…
What Is Your ACL? Your knee is a complex joint. It’s essentially a hinge that allows your legs to bend and straighten. It includes several bones as well as ligaments and muscles that provide stability. Your ACL is the anterior cruciate ligament in your knee. It’s a dense band of connective tissue that joins your…
If you’ve ever complained of an aching back, chances are you’ve been told by well-meaning family or friends to take a couple of paracetamol and go and get some rest. While that advice can be appropriate in some circumstances, it can cause more harm than good. In fact, often the thing an aching back needs…
Did you know that an activity you do all day, every day may have the power to reduce your back pain? Back pain can be seriously debilitating, having an impact on every aspect of our lives. If you experience back pain, you’ve likely already tried a range of medications and treatments to improve your condition.…
If you do sport at any level, sooner or later you’re likely to be injured. As our colleagues at Physiopedia state rather plainly, ‘musculoskeletal injuries are an inevitable result of sport participation’. Fortunately, physiotherapists are experts in all things musculoskeletal. This means we’re well placed to treat the sprains, strains and other injuries that sports…
Lower back pain can be linked to injuries of the lower back muscles and ligaments around the spine, discs between the vertebrae, spinal cord and nerves, as well as abdominal muscles and pelvic organs. Back pain goes beyond the physical. It can have a profound effect on emotions and interferes with every aspect of your…