Lower back pain and Deadlifting
Prepare well and fix your technique Most healthy people can deadlift. There are so many ways to vary the movement that it has wide accessibility ...
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Glute function and running
I’m sure you can agree that we have all had some form of tightness or niggle after doing exercise especially running post a time of ...
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What Is “The Core” And Why Is It So Important?
“Tighten your core”, “brace your core”, “turn on your core” – these are variations of what I hear in Pilates classes, gym classes and from ...
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3 Things You Can Do Right Now For Your Low Back Pain
Low back pain – most likely you will get some pain in your low back in your lifetime – in fact 70-90% is the stat ...
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Can you over stretch? Mmmmm…..Yes!
“You should stretch more” – what I would say to anyone with any semblance of lack of mobility! I sprouted this for years without hesitation ...
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Tight hips? To Stretch or Strengthen……that is the question!
“My hips always feel tight, or pinch when I walk, sit or squat at the gym. What the hell?” We hear this a lot in ...
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Stiff And Sore Mid Back? Try This!
A stiff and sore mid back (or thoracic spine) is one of the most common presenting complaints we get at the Sports & Spinal Group. ...
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Tight Hip Flexors? Maybe You Should Take A Deep Breath!!!!
Hip flexors – those muscles that cross the front of our hips – are often tight, uncomfortable and painful. In practice, this is seen if ...
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Shoulder pain?…….Do this!
Shoulder pain is very common in clinical practice, whether it be pain in the from of the joint, pain on top of the joint or ...
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Should You Stretch Your Hamstrings?………Maybe!
Every summer, I see sporting teams everywhere running around ovals or in the gym – preparing for the season ahead. Without fail, I see the ...
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3 Ways To Improve Your Hip Mobility
Ahh the hips – a ball and socket joint made for movement but due to a lot of us sitting for long periods of time ...
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Foam Rolling – What Does It Actually Do?
In the fitness and health industry, foam rolling has become as popular as yoga pants, kale smoothies and motivational quotes on Instagram. But what does ...
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Prevention Really Is Best When It Comes To Injury Management
The first step of injury management is doing all you can to prevent an injury in the first place. Osteopaths are not solely focused on ...
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5 Reasons To Perform Strength Based Training
Improve your hearth health, balance, bone density, hormonal regulation and feel better. A powerful group of benefits can come from one single intervention, strength training. ...
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Why Upper Body Strength Is Important In Cycling And Triathlon
When we think about muscles we need to work on for riding a bike, the last thing we tend to consider are those through our ...
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Slipped Disc….I Think Not!
It is something we hear in the our clinics a lot – a patient coming in and describing their back pain by saying something to ...
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Improve Your Thoracic Spine Stiffness…….And Your Shoulder Pain
Often when we have a sore lower back, or neck pain, or shoulder pain, we immediately treat the site of the pain. We massage, foam-roll ...
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3 Reasons Why Your Knee Hurts
“My knee hurts” – at the Sports & Spinal Group, we hear this everyday! Whether it is a little child, their parent or grandparent, knee ...
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