Strengthen Your Shoulders for Pain-Free Living: The Role of Rotator Cuff Strength and Shoulder Stability
Shoulder pain can be a frustrating and debilitating condition, affecting individuals of all ages and lifestyles. One of the key factors in preventing and alleviating ...
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Debunking the Myth of Tight Traps: 3 Exercises to Relieve Neck and Shoulder Pain
In today’s fast-paced world, many of us are no strangers to the nagging discomfort of neck and shoulder pain. One common belief that often circulates ...
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The role of the foot and exercises to strengthen its inner muscles
What is the role of the foot when we walk? The foot plays a vital role with how we move, as it not only bears ...
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Out of breathe? How functional breathing might be the solution
We’ve been breathing for our whole entire life. Seems obvious. Therefore you’d assume we’re all pretty good at it. But just like any other skill ...
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Mobility or Stability – The Ultimate Chicken or the Egg Debate
Mobility or stability – Which comes first? Which do we prioritize? Both play an integral role in functionality, yet unbeknownst to most people; there is ...
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Too many easter eggs? Here are some tips to prepare for running this winter
Whilst most people tend to be less active during winter, why not seize the opportunity to make those typically-crowded running paths and tracks entirely yours! ...
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Why and how to warm up before you run
Warming up is an essential component to your workout. It should gently prepare the body for exercise by gradually increasing the heart rate and circulation. ...
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The Upper Trapezius muscle – Why does it keep getting a bad name?
Most, if not all the painful upper traps we see at the SSG are weak and long, not tight and short, and yes, they can ...
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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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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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Exercises?…….They can be a pain in the b$@!
“I want you to do this exercise, then this one, then this one, and…….the next 10 on the list I just gave you…….my world renowned ...
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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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2 Things To Do Straight Away When You Have An Injured Tendon
Stop stretching Injured tendons can be aggravated by compressive forces – i.e. compressing the tendon into bone Stretching an injured tendon (think stretching the calf ...
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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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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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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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