
Are We Extending Our Way Into Low Back Pain?
When we think of low back pain, an image immediately manifests itself; a slumped over, poor postured individual who has pain bending...

What's This Hype About Hypermobility?
Occasionally in a physiotherapy practice we will get a patient walk through the door and tell us how extremely 'tight and stiff' they...

Ways To Stay Athletic With Age
There comes a point in time when everyone has the feeling that they don't move the way they used to. 'I used to be quick', or 'I used to...

Should Kids Lift Weights?
An ‘Old Wive’s Tale’ is a widely held traditional belief that is now thought to be unscientific or incorrect. Old Wives Tales are often...

Explain Pain
What is pain? Pain is all about meaning. What does this mean? Our brain weighs up how dangerous is the current situation or experience...

A Tendoncy To Blame.
If you have pain around your lateral hip (outside of hip) with stair climbing, crossing your legs over, rolling in bed and putting your...

Nerves Have Feelings Too.
Nerves have feelings too. I've come across a few cases of upper limb referred nerve pain and symptoms in the clinic this week, and it got...

CHRONIC ANKLE INSTABILITY PART 1
Chronic Ankle Sprains - How a small structure creates big problems. When it comes to ankles, we tend to think differently to most other...

'FUNCTIONAL' STRENGTH & CONDITIONING
The term 'Functional' is thrown around lightly in the fitness world these days. It seems every week there are new techniques, new...

CREATING STRONG RUNNERS
If you were to ask an aspiring professional tennis, golf, basketball, soccer, or football player whether they lifted weights to help with...