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Clinical Pilates is a form of exercise therapy used by our physiotherapists to treat a wide range of injuries and conditions. By working into your body’s preferred movement, Clinical Pilates improves your mobility, stability, balance, posture and overall function. It is often used in combination with physical therapy as part of your rehabilitation. Read more
COVID-19 has resulted in many of us now required to work from the confines of our homes. For some of us, this may require the creation of makeshift workstations and office spaces from equipment we can scratch up from around home. Whilst the luxury of no early wake ups and avoiding the drive to work may make this worthwhile for many of us, we do take for granted the supportive and comfortable office setups that are present in our normal workplaces. Read more
For our young athletes, these shortened and intense playing seasons, a sudden spike in training loads along with rapid skeletal development puts them at the coalface of potential overuse and load related injuries.
Skeletal Development:
In a growing skeletal system, our bones undergo numerous changes, lead by an increase in bone length and durability.
With the supermarket shelves bare a little bit of panic is inevitable. This panic can easily upset your hard work when it comes to food. Our Dietitian, Amanda Brady has provided us with some quick tips that can keep your goals on track while life is in hibernation mode:
1. Plan ahead. Download a meal planner and jot down your meals at least 7 days ahead. Use a shopping list that has a meal planner on the same page. This will help keep costs down and make sure you get everything you need in one trip. Read more
Patients in years gone by have found that effectively treating fungal nail infections have always proved difficult. With options available to them in the past being fairly limited or unappealing.
As many of you may be aware, due to the recent outbreak of COVID-19 in Australia, the Federal Government has put a blanket halt on all elective surgery until further notice. For many Australians, this may create doubt, uncertainty and frustration around your injury and relieving your pain.
As the world navigates the global COVID -19 pandemic, Australians are practicing social distancing, self-isolation and formal quarantine. Therefore, we are required to find equipment at home to perform exercise programs prescribed by our practitioners of hand therapy.
🌟A note from our Exercise Physiologist Bridget🌟
Gyms may have temporarily closed their doors, however you shouldn’t close the door on achieving your goals. It is important to continue and modify the way we exercise for both physical and mental health. In these uncertain times, exercise is one of the best ways to keep a positive outlook and to look after our mental health. Here are a few tips for management of exercise while we spend a lot more time in the confines of our own home. Read more
