If you are like me (someone who has always been as stiff as a brick house), understanding hypermobility took me a while to wrap my head around. Coming from a team sport background, very rarely have I played with hypermobile athletes and it wasn’t until I started coaching female athletes and moved into the Pilates … Continued
Now in part two of our musculoskeletal complaints during COVID, we will be discussing issues that arose from an increase in exercise. With gyms and other facilities being shut down during COVID, many of you had your consistent exercise regime taken away from you. So what does one do when all you can do is … Continued
So, we can all agree 2020 wasn’t ideal but as it stands, the outlook for 2021 is already looking exponentially brighter. Stephen King once said, “a person who doesn’t learn from the past is an idiot”. Whilst this is relatively blunt, it also rings true for many of the musculoskeletal complaints we as health practitioners … Continued
Well, what a year 2020 was.. Let’s say hello to a better, healthier 2021! Locked-down in Victoria for 111 days, meant that many of us delved into new exercise and training regimes and even gave online ‘Zoom’ classes a red hot go! Over the last couple of months as gyms, Pilates and yoga studios have … Continued
There’s often confusion around how and when training should be structured. Some practitioners will tell you to train more, some will say less. For example, it is quite common to read ‘perform daily’ on a rehab or training program and so to, for a more intense training program to read ‘perform 3-4 times per week’. … Continued
During the silly season, healthy eating can get challenging! The nights of December are often spent with a cocktail in one hand and canapes in the other, with little room for your usual eating habits and exercise routines. It doesn’t take long before you begin to feel overwhelmed with the non-stop eating and drinking and … Continued