Clinical Pilates
- Pilates Reformer
- Pilates Matwork
- Individual program designed for you
- Flexible day or time
- Free use of our Pilates equipment outside of your session time
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Classes
- GLAD Classes (to help clients with osteoarthritis)
- Hydrotherapy (classes in a heated swimming pool)
- Strength & Conditioning classes (all levels)
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Top 10 Most Visited Articles of 2016: Who Knew?!
Happy New Year and welcome to our list of top 10 articles of 2016. We think our therapists are pretty good at writing articles. It’s a great extension to their professional skills in being able to help the wider community with health & wellness tips. So here’s a roundup of some of the most viewed…
Volunteer Podiatry Services for Palm Island Residents
Podiatrist, Cecilia Brennan, recently spent a week volunteering with the SOS Health Foundation at Palm Island. Palm Island has a population of approximately 2000 people with a large percentage of indigenous people. The contemporary Aboriginal name for Palm Islanders is ‘Bwgcolman people’ which means ‘many tribes – one people’. Many of today’s community members are…
Is hydrotherapy right for you?
First you have to ask yourself, what is hydrotherapy? In the most basic sense of the word, hydrotherapy is supervised exercise in a heated pool. It combines the benefits of a non-weight bearing environment with the relaxation of warm water. This combination helps improve function of the body and mind. Therefore, hydrotherapy is tremendous for general fitness or to aid in the…
Cricketers: How to Stop Low Back Pain
Cricket season is upon us! Finally we are out of the perils of the Canberra winter! For those of us who aren’t fortunate enough to be paid to chase the red leather around and haven’t had a good winter to get ready – it is time (if not past time) to start preparing the body…
7 Swiss Ball Exercises You Need to Know for Core Strength
These are the following 7 exercises that you need to be performing to get those core muscles switched on, those abdominals toned and have you looking primed for summer have been included below! History Physiotherapists in Switzerland invented the Swiss ball in the 1960’s to assist children with cerebral palsy. Their primary aim was to…
The Top 3 Stretches to Help Treat and Prevent Swimmer’s Shoulder
Swimmer’s shoulder is a term that covers a broad range of injuries that occur in swimmers. You can injure various parts of your shoulder whilst swimming. It is important to know what structures are involved and why. There is a great balance between shoulder mobility and stability that occurs during sports that require overhead movements.…
Top 10 Nutrients to Heal Your Body
When we sustain an injury, be it chronic or acute, our body activates it’s inflammatory process which produces the symptoms of pain and swelling. These are essential steps to the healing process but we can take steps to minimise the chance of the injury (and therefore the pain) becoming chronic. Along with proactive physiotherapy and…
With Sympathy…
Chris is a highly valued massage therapist and long-standing team member of Sport & Spinal Physiotherapy. It was with great sadness that we heard about the loss of Chris’ father, Keith Radnedge last fortnight. The team at Sport & Spinal Physiotherapy offer Chris and his family our deepest sympathy and ongoing support over the sudden…
Love Your Feet: Best Foods for Foot Health
How Can Food Affect Your Foot Health? Cecilia has written a great article over at Your Podiatry Canberra about the best foods for foot health. Here is a little snippet… There is a big distance between your mouth and feet but a strong relationship between poor diet and adverse foot health. In this article, there…
5 Tips for Pelvic Floor Health
The pelvic floor is an important group of muscles that support your bladder and bowel within the pelvis. For females the pelvic floor is particularly important for supporting the uterus and should be a priority after childbirth. Take a look at our Pre & Post natal physiotherapy services.There are five things males and females should…
Work 4 Significance Day 2016
Staff at Sport & Spinal Physiotherapy and Your Podiatry Canberra once again donated their time and skills on 6 September to raise vital funds for SOS Health Foundation in their annual fundraising event – work4significance® Day.
Cycling Knee Pain? Here’s 3 Stretches You Must Try
If you suffer from cycling knee pain, you know how debilitating this can be. With the warmer weather approaching it is time to start getting back on the bike and building up your fitness over summer. Whether you are training for a full day race or just interested in commuting more, this can be a…