Hands up if you’re a busy woman or mum, who gives a lot to your family, kids, workplace, partners and somehow the thought of giving to yourself always gets pushed lower down the ranks on the list of daily priorities? Maybe for tomorrow or possibly the next day? Hands up if you’ve ever had a [...]
There are many different types of massage advertised. Remedial, relaxation, deep tissue, Swedish, Thai, Kahuna, Myofascial....... it can all get very confusing and difficult to know what is best for you or your injury! Remedial Massage is often offered within a physiotherapy setting to assist with the recovery of injury- but should remedial massage be [...]
Having pain that impacts your running can be frustrating! Tendon pain can be especially difficult, as this type of pain can be very slow in its recovery. Often runners will run through their pain and wait for it to go away, which often will not happen- resulting in a cycle of pain and weakness. Runners can [...]
Osteoporosis and Bone Health! The health of our bones is a topic of women’s health that can get left behind in the dust trail of other women’s health conditions such as pelvic organ prolapse, incontinence and pelvic pain. Many women do not understand the importance of bone health and fail to even recognise factors that [...]
Real time ultrasound uses harmless sound waves to create an image on a screen for you to see of what’s going on inside under the skin. It is the same technology we use to image babies during pregnancy. Physiotherapists have been using real time ultrasound for decades to help patients get more from their physiotherapy [...]
Pain in the buttock after yoga? It could be hamstring tendinopathy! Hamstring tendinopathy is usually experienced as pain or tenderness on the sitting bone, most noticeable with sitting on hard surfaces, after walking or yoga practice. Hamstring tendinopathy is often not painful during yoga practice, but more commonly after practice! So what is hamstring tendinopathy and how [...]
Endometriosis comes from the Latin terms ‘endo’ meaning ‘inner’, ‘metri’ refers to the uterus or womb, and ‘-osis’ means ‘condition.’ In short, endometriosis is a condition where cells that usually line the uterus start to grow in other places. Endometriosis has 2 main symptoms: Pain Fertility problems It is important to understand that not all [...]
We all head to the gym in the hope of improving our health and fitness! However we physiotherapists can occasionally see people coming out worse for wear after their gym program! So what are the 5 most common injuries that we physiotherapists see related to gym training? And even more important, how can you avoid [...]
It remains a mystery to many people what a physiotherapist actually does, let alone a “Women’s Health Physiotherapist”!! We are constantly asked; - What exactly is a women’s health physiotherapist? - Should I see one? In a nut shell a women’s health physiotherapist: Has expert knowledge regarding conditions specific to females. They understand the complex [...]
Persistent Pain- Why is this happening to me? We can all recognise that pain can often be associated with some sort of tissue damage and inflammatory response. Such as when you sprain your ankle, there is firstly an inflammatory response which can contribute to pain sensitive chemicals and swelling. This inflammatory response is an essential [...]
