Health information & research / 30.05.2017
A focus on… LCL Tears
The knee is one of the largest joints in the body and has only one plane of movement. This means...
ergonomics Tag
If you are experiencing pain in the front of your hip along with clicking, locking or catching of your hip...
When tendons are repeatedly placed under more tension than they can deal with, they can have a failed healing response....
This labrum provides increased stability and is also the attachment for a part of the biceps muscle via a long...
If you suffer from chronic headaches or migraines, then Geoff Ford will be able to assess you in a specific...
Health information & research / 24.10.2016
The Benefits of the ‘In-Line Method’ of Clinical Pilates & Yoga
The ‘In-Line Method’ of Clinical Pilates & Yoga is a unique combination of equipment-based exercise performed on specifically designed spring-loaded...
Health information & research, Physio tips / 04.10.2016
How to Add Exercise to Your Cleaning Routine
As the warmer summer months beckon and time spent outdoors starts to increase, it’s the perfect excuse to de-clutter your surroundings, be it at home or at work. A clean environment helps to maintain a clear head, and the act of cleaning can be therapeutic in itself. Vigorous cleaning can burn up to 90 calories per fifteen minutes; that’s up to 360 calories per hour!
Health care professionals seem to constantly be talking about posture. While many people take away the message that they should “stand up straighter” the truth about what good posture is and why you should aim to have it is a little more complicated.
Many injuries occur in workplaces everyday, here are some easy tips to follow to avoid them!...
Finding Time for Incidental Exercises can be a lot easier than it seems!
Back pain is such a common experience that it is estimated up to 80% of adults will have at least one severe episode of back pain in their lifetime.
Every profession offers a unique perspective of life, shaped by years of experience. The profession of physiotherapy is no exception.
Vertigo, the feeling that you are moving even though you aren’t, is an unpleasant yet common experience caused by a variety of conditions. It may surprise you to learn that in some cases your physiotherapist is actually able to treat vertigo.
This ligament is injured in athletes more often than other populations, however injury to the ligament may occur in other...
For many of us, a typical day can involve hours of sitting in front of a desk. When you have a seemingly never-ending list of tasks to complete, your long-term health can be the last thing on your mind. However, we know that prolonged sitting, especially in a poorly set-up workspace can have a huge impact on your body in the long term. Below are some tips that can help you set up your workstation properly...
Most older people are well aware that they need regular aerobic exercise, such as walking, swimming, or running, to strengthen their heart and lungs and tone their bodies, but many dismiss resistance training as an activity predominantly for the young. However, it is an extremely important type of exercise for substantially slowing, and even reversing, the declines in muscle mass, bone density, and strength which were once considered inevitable consequences of ageing.
An interesting fact is that the default in modern society has become ‘to be seated’. Almost everything we do can now be done from a seated position. We go from lying in our beds in the morning... to sitting in the chair for breakfast... to driving in our car (sitting) to work... to sitting in the office at work all day... apart from when we move to sit somewhere for morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea... and so on throughout the day until we are lying down again at night. For the purposes of improving your health outcome, it is strongly recommended that the default needs to be out of your chair, up and moving.
By considering the health of your spine to be a ‘barometer of your overall musculoskeletal health’, you can quite accurately predict your future musculoskeletal health prospects, providing there are no chronic organic conditions impacting on your health.