Dancers are commonly prone to aches and pains because of the high demand of training load and performance, whether this be at a recreational, amateur or professional level. According to the most recent 2018 Safe Dance study, 97% of professional dancers in Australia reported at least one injury in their career. Common dance injuries include … Continued
Load management Monitoring and managing your load through the initial weeks of training post-lockdown is vitally important. We must remember that whilst many of us have been training throughout lockdown, our load profile may have changed. Typically, this will look like an increase in volume and decrease in amount of load resulting in an increase … Continued
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
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
This blog helps to explain why exercise rehab for optimum injury recovery is so important and how correct clinical rehabilitation can not only improve outcomes but reduce your overall risk of re-injury. Okay, so here’s how we GENERALLY see it as practitioners! Please Note: This isn’t applicable to all clients. People usually come to see … Continued
Cupping is a treatment technique used by manual therapists including myotherapists and complementary health practitioners to relieve musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction. How does cupping work? Traditionally a flammable substance is placed in a cup and set on fire. As the fire goes out, the air inside the cup cools creating a vacuum and the cup … Continued