Your hip pain might be shouting out for you to look down – at your feet! If hip pain is a daily reminder to you that something is going wrong but you’re just not sure what it is and what you can do about it? You’re not the only one. Hip pain is one of …
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Achilles tendonitis. When you can’t run, jump, or even walk without wincing. It makes you feel like you’re dragging around a 10 ton truck tyre. Every morning you feel the heavy stiffness. Ranges from a dull ache to ‘shoot-me-now’ levels. Even resting isn’t a surefire escape. So what’s happened to you pop, spring and speed? …
Do you suffer from Achilles pain? An aching in your heel that catches you every morning when you rise from bed? Or maybe yours is worse at the start and beginning of your run? Giving you just enough respite in the middle that you start thinking – maybe this achilles pain is getting better? You’re …
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The 6 best running shoes for achilles tendonitis as chosen by our keen local runners who make up our expert podiatry team. Now this list of shoes is something that we’ve put a lot of sweat and tears into. A couple of our podiatry team including yours truly developed Achilles tendonitis and put these shoes …
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Get ready, you’re about to learn how to loosen up your tight hips. If you’re someone who has struggled with hip pain, or if you get a sharp catching feeling in your hip joint in the morning you know just how frustrating having tight hips can be. If you’re lucky, you’re reading this in the …
My mum always used to say that having osteoporosis was having “bird bones” and at any minute she could float away, but had to be careful how she would land. Well, it’s not quite that simple. Mum never did float away but she did hit the deck hard and has fractured her fair share of …
Is your Achilles stiff and sore in the morning? This if for you if you’re suffering with Achilles tendonitis in Pascoe Vale. Do you dread putting your feet on the floor in the morning? Have you tried stretching but it doesn’t seem to fix it? You feel ok during the day and think – maybe …
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Can calf push-ups bust the myth that you have to walk for miles to manage your diabetes with exercise? If you have diabetes, you’ve heard it all, everyone has an opinion on how you should be living your life. Make sure you walk every day Don’t put any sugar in your coffee Don’t wear those …
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There are 3 common exercise errors or what I think of as pull-up mistakes that us physiotherapists see a lot of in clinic. And fair enough, pull-ups are one of the most challenging workout moves, requiring a lot of strength and practice (and patience). As one of your Pascoe Vale physiotherapists, I’ve helped numerous clients …
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In the next 5 minutes you’re going to know whether shockwave therapy is likely to be an effective treatment for your chronic pain. So you’ve heard about shockwave therapy and want to know whether a machine can help you overcome your pain. Maybe you’re like me and a little bit sceptical? I mean, how can …
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The most difficult pull up exercise you can do is your first pull up. Here, I’ll teach you how you can get your chin up over the bar (safely) using exercises we use to strengthen shoulders in our physiotherapy practice every day. If you’ve ever walked past the pull up bars at the gym or …
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Can I let you in on a secret about resistance training? Well, actually 20 secrets about resistance training? These 20 reasons why resistance training with an EP (Exercise Physiologist) are just what your body needs really shouldn’t be a secret, but for some reason we don’t hear enough about them! I don’t know who out …
