Dear Gym Newbies, It’s now February and if you’re still managing to visit the gym a few days each week, then you’re in the minority. In fact, you’re among the 20% of folks who actually follow through beyond January! If …
The teenage years are a remarkable time for athletic development, with so much potential for growth. As Physiotherapists and S&C coaches, we often get asked whether it’s more important to build strength or flexibility. It’s a great question – the …
Every one of us has a built in home base. A comfort zone, if you like. Stressors in our day to day life seek to disrupt our home base. These could include poor sleep, stressful working situations or deadlines, dieting, …
You know the days. You turn up to the gym. You haven’t got a plan or any clear goals. But you still want to train. These sessions tend to involve wandering through the gym looking for an available machine that …
More than motivation and the weather, there is nothing that poses a greater threat to upsetting our training regime than an injury. Such injury comes as a result of a tissue’s incapacity to withstand a given mechanical load, and may …
We’ve all experienced muscle or joint pain at some point. We know that it’s an unpleasant sensation and often emotional experience. Importantly, that experience may be associated with actual or potential tissue damage, highlighting that pain serves as a protective …
It seems logical that if you’re having a problem with a particular area, like your hamstrings muscles, that making them stronger should make them more resilient and less prone to issues. But sometimes it seems that no matter how many …
Weekend sport for children and teenagers in Sydney is a welcome relief for many. Finally there’s an opportunity to escape the four walls of school & home and burn off some energy. But for one particular group, there’s a hidden …
It’s the pop no athlete wants to hear. In a split second the knee buckles, the athlete goes to ground and that’s the season. The Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) is a critical ligament in the knee which gives it stability …
The bushfire situation in Australia right now is unprecedented. As too, the weather we’re experiencing with it. But whilst we’re doing what we can (by donating time, money and resources to those who need it) the rest of the country …