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AFLW Season 2019 Conferencing, Contracts, Cruciates and Concussions.

With only two rounds left in the ALFW, I've taken the time to reflect on a few factors that influence the competition. In its third year ALFW is seeing a growing swell of talented young players coming through and with it improvements in speed, flow and scoring. How good is...

Summer Footwear

Thongs are a popular choice of footwear over summer and for a long time therapists have talked to clients about the potential side effects of spending many hours in thongs. Its not uncommon as a Physiotherapist to see an increase in foot pain over summer and it’s usually due to...

How fast should your weekend long run be?

Long runs are a stable to the diet of every distance running with most runners clocking out over an hour or two every weekend. Long runs help build the muscles fuel storage (glycogen), increase the number of muscle energy makers (mitochondria) and increase the oxygen available to the muscles (myoglobin)....

Are your bones strong?

By Eugenia Quach, Melbourne Univerity Physiotherapy Student. Bone density changes over our life span. Our greatest gains of bone mass occur during our years as children and teenagers, and peaks at around the age of 30 for both females and males. This is followed by a gradual decline in bone...

Breathe easy and connect to your core!

I’ve been a physiotherapist for 22 years and have also specialised in teaching pilates for the past 15 years, with additional specialist post grad education, training and focus on pelvic floor rehab and pelvic floor safe exercise for women and men. During that time, I have had to regularly remind...

The 5 things I’ve learnt from being injured

"It very rarely goes to plan. Here's the inconvenient truth...how you think your injury recovery will go is normally very different to reality." —Kate Dyball, physiotherapist.2016/2017 were very frustrating years for me from an athletic point of view. I went from running the New York Marathon and competing in my...

Have you done your ski prep?

Every winter we see a lot of knee and skiing injuries come through the clinic. Here are our best tips to stay safe on the slopes this season. Strengthening Make sure you do some strength and conditioning for your legs prior to going skiing. Not many of us do exercise...

Are you prepared for the rowing season?

It is that time of year again when schools start preparing for the next season of rowing and many new and excited athletes embark on their first season. Whilst most school rowing programs start their new rowers in an introductory program, there are a few simple ways to prepare yourself,...

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