How mindful are you of your daily body position or ‘posture’? With the start of a new year and many patients returning back to work, our Dee Why Physio clinic has seen an increase in postural related injuries. Many of my patients are reporting a noticeable decline in their body since returning to their office…
Running is an excellent form of exercise that is easy to get into, is affordable, and has numerous health benefits.However, like any sport, it takes technique, time, and patience to master. Running injuries are also very common and can affect any runner from the elite athlete to the beginner to the weekend warrior. But don’t…
For hundreds of thousands of years, stress has served as our body’s natural warning system. When our caveman ancestors were exposed to potentially life-threatening events, it was stress that ignited their fight or flight response. Today, this fight or flight response still helps us manage threatening events.While a small amount of stress can be a…
How can I be treated whilst staying at home? What is online Physiotherapy or ‘ Telehealth’?Many of our patients are needing to stay at home during this period and are wondering how they can continue with rehabilitation of their current injury or what do they do if they sustain a new injury?Our Physiotherapy clinic will…
The front split stretch requires great flexibility and mobility of the muscles and joints of the lower body. It’s also a milestone achievement that dancers, yogis and athletes try to attain. This blog is going to go over the movement that is required for the front splits and some specific strengthening/stretching exercises to try out…
