The importance of good posture By StudioXphys Whether you are sitting, standing, walking or even lying down, having good posture allows for the correct distribution of forces throughout the body, particularly the spine. In the correct postural position, the spine acts as a shock absorber for forces acting on the body, and when this load

Mental Health – Exercise Based Interventions Major Long-term health conditions experienced in Australia in 2014-15 were: Arthritis – 3.5 million people (15.3%) Cancer – 370,100 people (1.6%) Diabetes – 1.2 million people (5.2%) Mental and Behavioural conditions – 4.0 million people (17.5%) Asthma – 2.5 million people (10.8%)   Additionally, of the 4.0 million, 3.6

What is Pilates good for? Often recommended as a treatment for back pain, Pilates is a total mind-and-body method of movement that focuses on strengthening and stabilising the body while developing mobility and movement efficiency. Pilates was named after its creator, Joseph Pilates, whose own illnesses motivated him to create a holistic method of exercise

What is Pilates? Often recommended as a treatment for back pain, Pilates is a method of movement that focuses on strengthening and stabilising the body while developing mobility and movement efficiency. Designed by Joseph Pilates in the late nineteenth century, he originally used this method as a means of rehabilitating injured soldiers in German internment

Why must we warm up before exercise? So why is warming up before exercise important? Life can be so busy these days, that we often don’t prioritise exercise into our daily routine. Nevertheless, when we do get around to doing some physical activity, a lot of us don’t even consider a proper warm-up before getting

Tips to prevent/minimise neck and shoulder pain at work and while sleeping. Most of us have experienced neck and shoulder pain over the years, often following poor postures at work or during sleep. With an increase in sedentary workplaces, incidence of lower back and neck pain have increased. Often these injuries are related to the

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Recently we introduced a stretch to assist those dealing with pain resulting from carpal tunnel syndrome. This week and next week we will explore additional stretches to add your repertoire to manage your pain. First Rib Stretch Equipment needed: Towel or thick band. Locate brachial plexus on effected side of the body

It’s almost summer now and summer is leading into cricket season, I thought would write a blog about one of the higher risk overuse injury. Let’s focus on stress fractures of the Pars interarticularis (Spondylolysis). Introduction Spondylolysis (“Spondylos” meaning vertebrae and “lysis” meaning defect), thought to be a developmental or acquired Stress fracture secondary to

Diabetes and Benefits of Exercise What is diabetes? A metabolic disease characterised by high levels of blood glucose. What can cause diabetes? An auto-immune disease which destroys pancreatic beta cells. This leads to loss of insulin production and is known as Type 1 Diabetes (T1DM). Metabolic disorder due to an inappropriate response to insulin and