Setting goals sounds like something your Mum would tell you to do, but it’s actually a critical part of your training and without goals, you’re leaving results on the table. Let me explain… Aside from the Anthony Robbins like motivation …
By now any runner with a social media account would have seen the recent research that linked maximalist shoes (shoes like the Hoka Bondi) and increased external loading forces during running. The implied association is one of a harmful increase …
This post follows on from “Achilles tendon injury – from tendinopathy to rupture“. We suggest you read it first. The Fix Recent evidence has outdated the old approaches such as repetitive heel raises (Alfredson program) and variable load heel raises …
Achilles tendon problems are evident across all sports – predominately running and jumping based sports. They can sideline an athlete for months, frustrating them at every attempted return with its sluggish recovery. The causes and the process behind the problem …
Muscle injuries can happen for a number of reasons but they commonly occur when you start cold or get fatigued late in a game or training session, most often during change of direction or deceleration. The story typically goes “I …
Following on from part 1, we’ve established who gets frozen shoulder and how it behaves. Next we’ll cover the tips & fixes for a speedy recovery and the existed timeframes. What can Physiotherapy offer? 1. Help prevent decreases in range of …
Frozen Shoulder? Everyone has heard of it – but no one seems to know exactly what it is all about. So what exactly is frozen shoulder? And why is it such a common and debilitating condition? What is it? Frozen …
We’ve covered a number of different causes of knee pain, so it’s time to discuss the what and how of fixing it! Chances are that if you’re searching the interweb for knee pain fixes, the pain is either slowing you …
Sciatica is an irritation of the Sciatic nerve, causing pain down the back of the leg. As it’s a nerve-generated pain, it can be quite severe in nature and doesn’t respond to the usual range of medications such as Panadol or Nurofen.
Hip bursitis can be one of the more frustrating conditions with pain during the day while walking and pain at night when you roll on your side. The condition, called Trochanteric Bursitis, is often the result of another underlying pathology …