How to diagnose, treat and prevent Hamstring Strains

Diagnosing, treating and preventing Hamstring Strains

What are hamstring strains? A strain is a stretch or tear of a muscle or tendon. People commonly call such an injury a “pulled” muscle.  Your hamstring muscle group is in the back of your thigh and allows you to bend your knee and extend your hip. It is made up of three large muscles:

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What is an ankle sprain?

An ankle sprain, or ligament injury, causes a stretch or tear of one or more ligaments in the ankle joint. Ligaments are strong bands of tissue that connect bones at the joint.  What is an ankle ligament injury? There are many ligaments in the ankle. The most common type of sprain involves the ligaments on

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Office stretching at work

Work hard, Exercise Harder!

With the holiday season just passing, we are all a bit less in shape than normal so it’s important to bounce back! These days, it seems like everyone is working more hours and having less ‘me’ time to keep healthy and fit. But what if you could actually work out at work?  You’re at work to

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Why your kid sucks at football

Why Your Kid Sucks At Football

Walking home from primary school, most days I had a football in hand (we called it soccer back then, a step forward from WogBall). I was deep in thought about whether the last goal we scored at lunchtime counted for the win… because it happened as the bell rang for the end of lunch. Steve

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Treatment When You're Feeling Good

Treatment When You’re Feeling Good

Most people assume that they only need treatment when they have an injury, but what about treatment when you’re feeling good? Is there any use to this or is it just a waste of time? Let’s take a look at some of the criticisms and the advantages of this approach to treatment. Most people will

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Can Exercise Cause Injury?

Can Exercise Cause Injury?

Many things affect motivation. Some people seem to have it all the time, for others, there are more ups and downs than a rollercoaster ride. What we dislike is when injury contributes to either the lack of motivation or the deterioration of health even when motivation is there. We want to squash any chance that

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Physical Activity, Exercise & Training

Physical Activity, Exercise & Training

Physical Activity, Exercise, and Training are three very different things that are often confused as being the same thing. It’s important we understand the differences between those three when it comes to our purposes in the clinic and rehabilitation. Knowing the differences may mean you have a successful experience when dealing with health improvement. History

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Show me the evidence

Show Me The Evidence

Most people seek out treatment to help with their pain and get on with their lives. Other people seek out treatment for similar reasons, except they also want to know the evidence and the science behind the treatments being offered to them. If you also want to know how we analyse evidence within our particular

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Shoulder pain basketball Kobe

Shoulder Pain Stopping You from Shooting Buckets?

The shoulder is an important joint in the body for basketball Shooting Guards (SG). Real Lakers fans and ballers remember when Kobe the ‘Black Mamba’ suffered from a shoulder injury which resulted in 9 months off from playing the sport. Now for any coach and fan, losing a player like Kobe is never a good

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What is an osteopath?

What Exactly Is An Osteopath

If you’re one of our patients, and you’ve asked me before, what exactly is an Osteopath? Today I’m going to answer that question for you. If you’re not one of our patients and you’d like to know what an Osteopath does, the rest of this article should clarify some misconceptions and inform you about the

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What is osteoarthritis?

What is osteoarthritis? 

Osteoarthritis is a disease that causes the breakdown of the cartilage in joints. Commonly referred to as Arthritis. Cartilage is the joint’s cushion. It covers the ends of bones and allows free movement. If it becomes rough, frays, or wears away, it causes bones to grind against each other. As a result, the joint becomes

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How to make an ice pack at home

How to make an ice pack at home

This is the best ice pack you’ll ever make. Simple, affordable and better than anything you can buy. We show you how it’s done and how to apply it. Simply put we use ice to reduce swelling, and heat to reduce stiffness. Why DIY ice packs at home? Imagine your son is for a young

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What is Lower Back Pain (LBP)? 

What is Lower Back Pain (LBP)? 

Almost everyone has back pain at one time or another. The pain may be in the center of the back or to one side, or even move down the leg. Symptoms of lower back pain may also include pain in the back, buttocks or legs, stiffness and limited motion and spasm.  What are the risk

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Sleeper stretch shoulder pain recovery

How To Do A Sleeper Stretch

Maybe it sounds like a move straight out of a cheezy 1980’s wrestling show, where the villain locks the hero wrestler into the hold and is seemingly about to win. Then the hero miraculously escapes and regains some super strength and ends up winning the match. The Sleeper Stretch is definitely not that. But what

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DIY Peanut Mobility Tool

DIY Peanut Mobility Tool

A Peanut can be a great tool to use on trigger points, especially for back pain and increasing range of movement (ROM). Here we discuss how to DIY make one at home and how to correctly use a peanut tool at home. Making a DIY Peanut Tool from tennis balls A Peanut is a mobility

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knee replacement physio

Total Knee Replacements: Why, What & When

Despite the birthday cake, getting old is rarely a cause for celebration. At least physically. Nobody ever said I can’t wait till I’m 70. Many joints ache, your bladder never really feels empty, and a full uninterrupted night’s sleep makes up the bulk of your birthday wishes. If you add stiff, grindy arthritic knees to

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Knee Pain and Squats

Knee pain is common in patients. One of the frustrating questions we often have to answer is: Are squats bad for your knees? This question often comes after somebody has been talking to their doctor or their trainer, or the butcher, maybe the mechanic, maybe even the guy down the street. Now obviously these people

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Golfers elbow massage pain

A Pain In The Elbow: Golfer’s Elbow

Hand or elbow issues? It could be Golfer’s Elbow. Gripping things with your hands is about a basic human function as you can get. So when you get pain associated with gripping, the impact it has on what you can or can’t do is directly associated with how useful you are as a person. And

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Getting Your Pillow Right mattress

Getting Your Pillow Right

One of the major obstacles to improving the upper back and neck pain that people often complain about, is getting their pillow right. Waking up in the morning with a stiff aching neck is not the first thing you want to be feeling after opening your eyes in the morning. A lot of people ask

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Getting Your Mattress Right

Getting Your Mattress Right

One of the main questions I often get asked in the clinic is what kind of bed should I buy. Should I buy a firm bed a medium bed or a soft bed? Before I answer that question, I’m going to discuss with you some of the things you may feel when your bed is

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knee operation recovery

Cleaning Out Your Knee

Having sharp pains in your knee every which way you turn is neither fun nor sustainable. If you enjoy being active, having a knee that’s painful, but otherwise stable, is really annoying. You just want the damn pain to go away! Most people would go to their GP who would then recommend them to a surgeon and

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