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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Are You Drinking Enough Water? Find Out How Much You Need
Are you drinking enough water? Australia, and the world, is on course for its hottest year on record, (a record that looks like it will only last a year!). While we all try and continue with a good exercise regime, I thought I would take the time to have a think about what our bodies…
Charitable Works: Jim Volunteers at Palm Island
To be chosen as a part of a team of just 6 to visit the far North Queensland destination, Palm Island, to volunteer for a week in an Indigenous setting was a truly humbling experience. Our goal was to provide physiotherapy services to those truly in need. To see the enormous health disparities up close…
Parents – What You Need to Know About Scoliosis
Scoliosis is commonly known as a curvature of the spine. Scoliosis is not seen as a diagnostic term but more as a description of a sideways curvature accompanied by a vertebral twist. Scoliosis is rarely found as a significantly debilitating condition. The curve of the spine in healthy individuals is meant to be vertical or…
8 Podiatry Tips on Finding the Best High Heels for You
Before you purchase your next pair of high heels, read on. This is not a post written by a podiatrist recommending high heels but a post written by a podiatrist that understands that we are all slaves to fashion or have a job with an underlying requirement to wear high heeled shoes. This is a guide…
Running Assessment with Australian Ultra-Marathon Runner – Kelly-Ann Varey
We introduced you to one of our clients, Kelly-Ann Varey, in April. After winning the 2015 Canberra Women’s 50km Ultra-Marathon, Kelly is soon to compete at the 2015 World 50 Km Championships in Doha, Qatar in December. It’s a fantastic achievement for this 36yr old wife and mother of two, who only began running just a…
Last week of the Movember Mo-down
The final week! Yay! Many wives, girlfriends & friends will be extremely happy to see the end of Movember. And yes, we’re very proud of the boys for persevering for the whole month. Some of those beards and mo’s are looking pretty smart, and others……well, hmmm. It was all for a great cause in promoting men’s…
Movember Week 3: The Mo-down Continues
Well it’s week 3 and those mo’s & beards are looking pretty cool, or just slightly irksome. We can’t decide. Remember, the boys are doing this for a great cause in promoting men’s health. We’re very passionate about health here at Sport & Spinal and are happy to put up with some facial hair for…
Movember Week 2: Looking good!
Well, the boys have made it to week 2 of their Movember challenge without resorting to the RAZOR. Not a bad effort. We’re missing Simon this week who is on a well-deserved holiday, so we’ll just have to wait with great anticipation until he returns next week. See the full picture update below. The Movember Foundation…
Address These 3 Key Areas to Better Manage Your Stress
Stress is one of the key barriers in our quest for living a healthy life. This post is guest post from Sleiman Abou-Hamdan. Sleiman is a Clinical Psychologist who specialises in sports/performance psychology, corporate psychology and mental health. Stress is, well, … stressful! But seriously, when we are in the thick of, when stress is…
Movember Kicks off at Sport & Spinal Physio
The boys at Sport & Spinal Physiotherapy have thrown out the razor for a whole month in support or Movember. The Movember Foundation is tackling some of the most significant health issues faced by men: prostate cancer, testicular cancer, poor mental health and physical inactivity. Our boys are keen to support this fantastic fundraising organisation and…
Physiotherapy Playing Key Role in Tackling Mental Health
November is Mental Health Month and here at Sport and Spinal Physiotherapy we value and emphasise a holistic approach to our health service. The importance of mental health to people of all walks of life was heightened just last month when Sydney Swans AFL player Lance ‘Buddy’ Franklin was rested from the finals series in order…
My child has Sever’s Disease! What is it and how to treat it
Our October Foot Health month continues and in this latest post, we are going to explore sever’s disease and the best ways to correct it. You can also read a previous post on Sever’s Disease. With Canberra and Gungahlin being such a young and sporty community, the presence of adolescent-related injuries that our physiotherapists see in…