Congratulations Nick & Carly!

We’d love you to meet the newest and smallest member of the Sport & Spinal Physiotherapy family. Last week, proud parents Carly and Nick welcomed their son Dashiell Joseph Dewey into the world. At 7.9 pounds and arriving right on his due date, Dashiell is definitely the cutest member of the Sport & Spinal Physio…

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3 Surprisingly Easy Steps to Improve Your Flexibility

Shoulder Injury

Do you want to increase your flexibility but finding stretching just isn’t working as well as you thought it would? Maybe you need to work on your neural mobility. I recently treated a 14 year old dancer from one of the local Gungahlin dance schools who’d experience pain when attempting the front splits.   On…

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Your Top 6 Dry Needling Questions Answered

Dry Needling

Dry needling is a technique that is fast gaining appreciation within the physiotherapy world, with many practitioners throughout Australia now trained in the use of acupuncture needles to assist with their client’s pain and rehabilitation. I found myself interested in dry needling and its application from an early stage in my physiotherapy career, and have…

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Our Amazing Practice Manager: Mandi

Mandi, our hard-working, dedicated and incredibly supportive practice manager at Sport & Spinal Physiotherapy, also has a big heart and is amazingly generous. But we’re not just saying this. If you managed to catch last week’s Chronicle you may have seen this article,  Volunteer Roles Just Right for Whites, all about Mandi and her lovely family.…

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4 Easy Steps to Reduce the Risk of Soccer (Football) Injuries

Football female stretching

With the Canberra football (soccer) season underway this year, this is a timely reminder about the potential risk for soccer injuries and how to avoid them.  The start of the soccer season means a rise in lower limb muscle injuries at Sport and Spinal Physiotherapy – for juniors and seniors football players alike. A classic example…

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