Can I keep exercising with back pain?
Your carefully honed training plan doesn’t necessarily work once back pain enters the picture. If you push through, are you maintaining your fitness or aggravating an injury? Should you carry on as usual or pull back a little? If back pain is affecting your training or stopping you from doing the activities you normally enjoy, […]
Does butt wink increase the risk of back injury?
Squats are an excellent exercise for building lower body strength. Mastering the proper form isn’t easy though. All too often, you’re doing a butt wink without realising. Butt wink is an inefficient way to exercise and – even worse – it puts you at risk of several serious injuries.
Heavy Lifting And Back Pain – 3 Ways To Reduce Your Risk
If our spines are strong and built to lift and carry heavy loads, then why do we experience pain? There are a few potential reasons for this. Read more about heavy lifting and back pain, and 3 ways to reduce your risk.
What is kinesiology tape and how is it used?
Have you ever caught a glimpse of athletes or people at the gym wearing coloured tape and wondered what it is and why they use it?
It’s called Kinesiology tape and aside from making them look the part, it can be used for an assortment of injuries and conditions, ranging from lower back pain to sports injury prevention.
Meniscus tear: surgery or physical therapy?
The meniscus is a C-shaped pad of cartilage inside the knee that absorbs shock and cushions movement. It can tear when you pivot or twist your knee in a game of footie, basketball or tennis. It can also tear in more mundane ways while you’re kneeling, squatting or lifting.
But what’s the best way to treat it? Physiotherapy? Surgery? The right decision depends on a number of factors.
7 common running injuries (and how to prevent them)
7 common running injuries (and how to prevent them) Running’s great. You don’t need to commit to a gym membership nor invest in an eye-wateringly expensive bike. With running, you just need a good pair of shoes and you’re all set. Running may be the ultimate lockdown-friendly exercise choice, taking you out into the fresh […]
Injury Rehabilitation: The Three Phases Explained
Injury Rehabilitation: The Three Phases Explained Injuries can knock you sideways. There you are, going about your day when life suddenly changes. You trip over a tree root and twist your ankle, you get knocked sideways on the footie field and hear your knee go ‘pop’, you pull your hamstring while running and have to […]
ACL Injury: Surgical vs. Non-Surgical Treatment
ACL Injury: Surgical vs. Non-Surgical Treatment You’re about to score another footie goal, perform an impressive slam dunk or pull off the perfect ski slalom. Then it all goes wrong. There’s a popping noise and your knee gives way. The pain is intense and the knee is swelling fast. Why? Because you’ve injured your ACL. […]
Injured: How Soon Should You Start Physiotherapy?
Injured: How Soon Should You Start Physiotherapy? You’re hurt. Maybe you twisted your knee playing soccer or strained your back lifting your toddler. What should you do now? What’s the best way to look after yourself? And how can physiotherapy help? Let’s start by looking at what your body does in response to an injury […]
Major Surgery and Prehabilitation: What You Need to Know
Major Surgery and Prehabilitation: What You Need to Know You might have heard of rehabilitation, but have you heard of prehabilitation? If you’re on the list to undergo major surgery sometime soon, prehabilitation might be a good cause of action for you. The idea is to support you while you wait for surgery while allowing […]