The Swiss Ball is probably one of the most common pieces of equipment that can be found in a gym or someones home. The Swiss Ball has so many uses and is a great piece of equipment that can be used as a stand alone piece of equipment to exercise with or incorporated with other  Continue Reading »

The Power Band is a great tool that can be used for corrective exercise and rehabilitation exercises for the knee, hip, foot & ankle. Many individuals who suffer from hip, knee or foot & ankle injuries often find themselves having dysfunctional movement patterns. They are often found to be quite weak in certain muscles of  Continue Reading »

Functional training is the buzz word these days when it comes to exercise prescription and training & conditioning. Functional training can literally mean anything and is dependent upon what we are describing functional as. If we relate functional training to upright movement such as walking and the activities that we perform on a daily basis  Continue Reading »

Here is an example of a closed chain exercise for the client with a left foot/ankle instability and plantarfasciitis and achilles issues. The left foot is kept on ground at all stages and the right foot is used to help drive proprioception into the left foot/ankle without needing to react to ground reaction force (if  Continue Reading »

There are so many great apps out there for the health practitioner and personal trainer. I frequently use some of the apps from http://www.3d4medical.com/ for both professional development/study and demonstrating to clients in regards to specific conditions and complaints. The ease of these apps makes it easy to show the client what is going on  Continue Reading »

Check out the recent article published by Charles Poliquin on the Jerk. Charles Poliquin is world renowned in strength and conditioning and has trained many world class and olympic athletes. To read more, please click here. If you are looking to change up your training routine and/or suffer from any musculoskeletal complaints, please check out  Continue Reading »

Check out the latest talk from Craig Liebenson at http://www.sportsrehabexpert.com/. In this talk he covers a lot of information about the likes of Janda, Gray Cook and assessment, treatment and conditioning strategies. Craig Liebenson has written a great book on rehab that can be checked out at Amazon. Click here for the link. For more  Continue Reading »

Recently I have had a few gym overuse related injuries attend the clinic for treatment. These have included shoulder impingement, flexor forearm tendonitis and olecranon bursitis. The injuries have come about as a result of over training the shoulders (dumbbells shoulder press, anterior deltoid raises, dips, incline chest work, chins, preacher bar skull crushes). The  Continue Reading »

Tough Mudder is being held for the first time in Victoria at Philip Island, approximately 2 hours from Melbourne. This is the premier obstacle course that involves not only having to complete a 18 – 20 km walk/run, but also navigate your way through many different obstacles and tough challenges. The event is scheduled for  Continue Reading »

Injury prevention is something that we all should be aware of when training the gym, with a personal trainer or on our own. There are many reasons why an injury might occur and it is important that we as individuals exercising do what we can to reduce the risk of injury. Osteopath Heath Williams of  Continue Reading »