Hip and Pelvis Pain
13 Simple Ways to Strengthen Your Glutes and Avoid Injury!
This article will outline some of the best ways to strengthen your glutes, avoid injury and improve your athletic performance. Glutes are seriously in fashion at the moment. Not from an aesthetic point of view, but a functional one. Functional is also in fashion. Physiotherapists and Exercise Physiologists have been aware of how important gluteal…
Read MorePhysiotherapists get injured too! How I rehabilitated my own injury
Yes, Physiotherapists get injured too! Sometimes more often than others because we think we know it all. This article is about how I recovered from my own injury as a physiotherapist. I will discuss some particulars to my specific injury, however this article is about what I learnt being the patient instead of the…
Read MoreYour Top 6 Dry Needling Questions Answered
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…
Read MoreDancers: How to Fix a Clicking Hip – Snapping Hip Syndrome
At Sport & Spinal Physiotherapy we treat young dancers from the local Gungahlin community and beyond. We have dancers from as far as Junee who come and have assessments and treatment for their dance-related injuries. A common complaint is the hip that clicks and this is known as Snapping Hip Syndrome. These clicks and other…
Read More7 Easy Foam Roller Stretches To Do At Home
Have you ever wondered what those foam rollers are or how to use one effectively? If you’re looking for an effective way to give yourself a massage, then foam rollers are your friend. You may have noticed these cylindrical shaped foam devices in the gym or at your physio clinic. You may have also wondered how…
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