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Resources for Learning
Why Do Joints Feel Stiffer in Winter? The Real Reason (Hint: It’s Not Just the Cold)
If your body feels like it needs oiling up more in winter, you’re not imagining it. There’s a specific molecule behind that seasonal creak –...
Muscle Energy Techniques: Using Gentle Effort to Create Lasting Change
Muscle Energy Technique (MET) is a hands-on treatment approach commonly used by physiotherapists, osteopaths, and manual therapists. Rather than forcing a joint or...
Core Foot Posture Exercises
Small muscles in the feet, called intrinsic muscles, help stabilise the feet. They can get weak from wearing shoes, and from prolonged sitting and walking on hard...
Physiotherapy Back Strengthening Exercises
Approximately 90% of low back pain is non-specific, meaning it has no identifiable cause using radiology and other tests. I believe there is always a cause, usually...
Self Foot Physiotherapy Massage
You can help yourself with a Self massage for foot and plantar fascia pain. This is more than just rolling a ball under your foot, this massage works your hindfoot,...
Skiing Physiotherapy Exercises
A-J shares all she has learned about preparing for skiing and preventing injuries from her years as a physio in the ski fields. A-J toured with the Australian Ski team...
Myofascial Slings and Physio-Yoga Stretches
What is Fascia? Fascia is connective tissue; it connects every cell in the body. In a more gross sense, it wraps up every muscle; it is the tendons and ligaments that...
Physiotherapy Types of Stretches
Stretching is where we stretch the connective tissue around muscles. We also assist with the sliding and gliding of muscles relative to others increasing mobility. By...
Sitting Posture -Ergonomic Physiotherapy Tips
There has been an increase in neck and shoulder pain with so many people working on computers and with less than ideal work setups at home, including in children and...