8 Ways To Prevent Shin Splints
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 […]
Hamstring Injury: Recovery and Treatment
About Your Hamstrings Your hamstrings are a set of three muscles at the back of your thigh. They run from your pelvis to just below your knee and you use them whenever you bend your knees or straighten your hip. What Causes a Hamstring Injury? You may hurt your hamstring if you’re doing something […]
Do I Need Back Surgery?
About a quarter of Australians suffer from back pain, making it an incredibly common problem. Around 80% of us will have back pain at some point in our lives. In most cases, back pain is annoying but not debilitating. However, about 10-20% of people with lower back pain find that it is intensely painful and […]
Sports Injury: Protecting Your ACL
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 […]
Is Your Posture Causing Back Pain?
Posture is the position you hold your body in while standing, sitting or lying down. You might stand tall or slouch, you might sit upright or hunch forward over your keyboard, you might have just the right pillow or one that is too low or too high. For many of us, posture is unconscious. You’ve […]
Could overactive abdominals be triggering your back pain?
If you’re living with back pain, you’re not alone. A recent snapshot of Australians’ back health, by the Australian Institute for Health and Welfare (AIHW) reported that one in six of us – or 16% of the population – sought treatment for back pain in 2015. The AIHW research found that 14% of people living […]
Back pain in athletes
If you’ve ever been out on the sporting field – or even just out throwing a ball for the dog – and felt a pain in your lower back, you’re far from alone. Lower back pain in athletes (amateur or elite) is one of the most common pains experienced. It can come and go quickly, […]
Overcoming osteitis pubis – our guide to getting over groin strain
Osteitis pubis, often referred to as groin strain, is a painful debilitating condition. While anyone can experience osteitis pubis, two groups of people are susceptible for different reasons. In athletes, particularly footballers in all codes, hockey players and runners, osteitis pubis is usually an overuse injury. In pregnant women about to engage in one of […]
Post Pregnancy Back Pain – How To Ease The Ache
If your back aches long after you’ve delivered your baby, you’re certainly not alone. Persistent postpartum back pain affects around half of the world’s mothers. This unwelcome aftereffect of the endurance event of pregnancy and childbirth can last for weeks or months. As a busy mother, we understand that it can be tough to find […]
5 Top Tips For Avoiding Yoga Injuries
The health and wellbeing benefits of yoga are well established. Practicing at a level that’s right for you can increase strength, flexibility and balance and reduce stress. As with any sport or physical activity, there is always the risk of injury. Common yoga injuries Poor technique and over stretching are common causes of yoga injuries […]