Soft-Tissue Therapy vs Massage Therapy: What is Soft Tissue Therapy?
In a nutshell, Soft tissue therapy is remedial massage on steroids. It is targeted clinical massage. It is hands on bodywork that can get you out of many kinds of painful episodes. Soft tissue therapy reduces tensile and compressive stress on your body and can dramatically speed up the healing process.
Read MoreTop 4 Immunity-Boosting Nutrition Tips to Put a Spring in Your Step
Do you need to boost your immunity? Feeling sluggish at the end of winter? For an active Canberran, there’s only one thing that bugs me (excuse the pun) more than being unable to exercise due to an injury. And that is being unable to train due to illness. Heavy exercise has been shown to reduce…
Read MoreTightness vs Stiffness – Understanding the difference
Do you suffer from muscle tightness or stiffness? Let’s find out the difference between muscle tightness and muscle stiffness. Fixing the problem once and for all is naturally the focus. However, we need to delve deeper than this to truly understand the problem. “My back is as stiff as a board.” “This part of my…
Read MoreVolunteering in Nepal: The Trek to Everest Base Camp
This was the first Volunteering in Nepal trip since we set up our charitable works program. To catch you up – on my last journey to Nepal, I discussed with Matt from Hike Himalaya Adventures how Sport & Spinal Physiotherapy could help the disadvantaged in the remote rural villages of Nepal. You can read about…
Read MoreVolunteering at the Mother’s Day Classic (2018)
Sport & Spinal Physio really love volunteering our services at the Mother’s Day Classic run every year. It is a wonderful event with a great community of volunteers and participants. We regularly have therapists volunteer their time on Mother’s Day to help out in our massage tent for a few hours. This year, David, who normally…
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