Exercise

You’ve sprained your ankle, or strained your calf, or done a similar acute injury. How you man...

Poor posture often gets the blame for causing lower back pain. While it probably gets the blame more...

Have you ever thought about how you’re moving your shoulder blade? The answer’s probably...

Surely everyone has tried stretching before. But what exactly does stretching do and how does it do ...

You might not know much about your ‘core’ but you’ve probably heard that it (and i...

For many people, a big reason for exercising is the desire to lose some excess weight. But for many,...

I get this question all the time. Unfortunately, the answer is complicated. Wouldn’t that be n...

You might have heard of shin splints before. They’re a fairly common injury, particularly in r...

What’s the point of a warm up and cool down before and after an exercise session? It’s j...

As we come to the end of the year, many of us start setting goals for next year. Many of these goals...

This time of year we find more patients are complaining of pain in their heel/s and/or the sole of t...

Pain in the sole of the foot or heel pain is more common in the summer. “Why?” you may a...

Back pain is a very common condition. Most people will experience back pain during their lives. For ...

It can be a scary experience when it happens, but it’s very common. You wake up with pain in o...

I read a post on facebook recently. Someone was asking for recommendations for a health professional...

Back pain is one of the most common reasons for presenting to a GP. It’s also an enigma. It...

Fibromyalgia is a condition which causes widespread chronic (persistent) pain, and has associated sl...

Many office workers are no strangers to neck and upper back pain. Ever wondered why? Or how to treat...

Our understanding has come along way in recent years, in terms of shoulder pain that in the past we ...

Muscle tears and muscle strains are common sporting injuries. Particularly now that we are heading i...

Overuse injuries are common when you’re starting a new exercise regime, or increasing your exe...

When we think of what physiotherapists try to do, we generally think about them trying to relieve ve...

Since the inception of the AFL Women’s (AFLW) competition it’s seen a high rate of ACL i...

Bursitis is a common condition. But what is it exactly? You might have a friend that has bursitis of...

At this time of year many of us up our exercise levels. Heat’s no longer an excuse not to exer...

Kinesiology taping has been around since the 1970s, but a surge in awareness of it and its popularit...

Now there’s a big important question that I, perhaps, should have addressed in a blog post ear...

The sacroiliac joint (SIJ) is an often underlooked potential source of lower back pain. It’s p...

Load is a common cause of chronic lower back pain (Lower back pain that has lasted longer than three...

I have seen, literally, zero people with golfer’s elbow who actually play golf (I have seen go...

*“Strength” incorporates power generation, endurance and control. These all play a role ...

Anyone who watched game 5 of the NBA finals a couple of days ago would have seen Golden State Warrio...

Regular readers of these blog posts will know that I’m often banging on about the advancements...

When people come in complaining of “hip pain” they are sometimes referring to the groin,...

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a super common condition causing joint pain. It may effect a number of differ...

Ankle sprains are the most common sports injury. One in five patients seen in an emergency room for ...

When you get tendon pain then tendency is to rest. Exercise makes the tendons hurt, so resting will ...

Calf pain and/or tightness is a very common complaint in runners. While we might be familiar with th...

We think of the knee as one joint. And while “the knee” primarily refers to the joint be...

A fairly common cause of buttock pain is piriformis syndrome. Pain from this condition is usually fe...

Conventional wisdom has been that if you tear your ACL and want to return to sports such as football...

When muscles feel tight, what exactly does that mean? Maybe it’s time we stop thinking of pain...

When muscles feel tight, what exactly does that mean? The feeling of tightness in muscles is related...

Pes anserine bursitis is a seldom thought of, but surpringly common cause of knee pain. The pes anse...

Tennis elbow, or lateral epicondylalgia (which literally means “pain on the outside of the elb...

The shoulder is a very common site of musculoskeletal pain. We hear terms like “bursitis”...

Even kids need physio sometimes. Sure, they’re less prone to things like back pain, neck pain ...

“Rotator cuff” is a phrase we come across often when talking about shoulder injuries. Bu...

Modern technology allows for consultations with health professionals to occur via a video link, and ...

The current environment makes it hard for many of us to work as much exercise into our routine as we...

It’s a commonly reported phenomenon that people with chronic pain experience worse symptoms in...

I’m sure we’ve all experienced painful muscle cramps in muscles like the hamstrings, cal...

Medical imaging technology seems great, right? It can take pictures of what your tissues look like a...

Winter sports are back and with them come more muscle strains, particularly hamstrings, quadriceps a...

Often people experiencing a headache are also experiencing neck pain/tightness at the same time. The...