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Are sudden muscle spasms and cramps waking you up from your rest or sleep?

Muscle cramps are sudden and involuntary contractions and can be quite painful and debilitating. There are several causes of muscle cramps, including dehydration, electrolyte imbalances, muscle fatigue, and poor circulation. How to prevent muscle cramps:– Stay HydratedStay well hydrated and maintain a balanced diet that includes sufficient electrolytes such as sodium, potassium and magnesium.– StretchStretching before …

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Have you ever thought about dry needling to help relieve your pain?

Pain / By Craig

Dry needling is an effective treatment option for patients to help alleviate pain and improve mobility. The technique involves inserting thin acupuncture needles into trigger points in the muscles to release pain and increase movement in the body. We see great results in relieving pain and reducing stiffness and commonly use this technique in our …

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What you need to know about recovery from winter sports injuries

Lifestyle / By Craig

Winter sports can be thrilling and fun! Unfortunately, they can come with the risk of injuries. Netball and soccer are some of Australia’s most popular team sports and rely on rapid acceleration and sudden changes in direction. It is important to understand injury prevention and management to address these types of injuries including sprains and …

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Prepare for this year’s snow season early!

Lifestyle / By Craig

With the first snowfall just around the corner comes the opportunity to enjoy winter snow sports. Between skiing, snowboarding, ice skating and other winter sports, thousands of people every year are treated for winter-related sports injuries. Many of these injuries can be prevented by keeping in good physical health and preparing early.Here are some tips …

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Add to your mid-day movement!

Health Tips / By Craig

Continuing on from previous blogs we have put together some leg exercises to help you reduce the risk of injury and reduce muscle soreness. Remember it is important to warm up as stretching cold muscles can increase the risk of injury. Some tips to help you incorporate more movement into your daily movement routine: …

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5 simple desk movements for mid-day relief!

Workstation Setup / By Craig

Whether your day-to-day setup is based indoors or outdoors remaining still for too long can lead our bodies to stiffen causing pain or injury. In previous blogs, we discussed the effects of prolonged sitting and workspace setups and the impacts this has on our bodies. Working long and tiring days can leave us feeling sluggish …

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Why me? What do I do? Osteoarthritis bugging you?

Knee Pain / By Craig

Approximately 22 million Australians live with osteoarthritis (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2018) Almost every day we treat clients who have osteoarthritis in a joint of their body. Osteoarthritis is the “wear and tear” arthritis that can build up in the body.The good news is that there is a lot we can do to help …

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Is your desk setup causing you pain?

Workstation Setup / By Craig

Many people are still working from home either full-time, or at least for part of the week. In the clinic, we continue to see quite a number of complaints from our clients that are related to their workstation setup…. If you’re suffering from a sore neck or back, and you’re working from home, try these …

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Are you struggling with niggling headache?

Headaches / By Craig

Could your headache be coming from your neck? We see a lot of people in our clinic who have been suffering from headaches that can be effectively resolved with physio treatment for their necks. These headaches are called cervicogenic headaches. A cervicogenic headache often shows up as pain on one side of your head …

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Do you suffer from heel pain?

Heel Pain / By Craig

Heel pain is one of the most common foot issues that we treat in the clinic on a daily basis. We often find patients come to us very frustrated that the pain seems to hang around for a long time. They have often already tried some treatment that didn’t help. They start to wonder if …

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physical activity

Are sudden muscle spasms and cramps waking you up from your rest or sleep?

Have you ever thought about dry needling to help relieve your pain?

What you need to know about recovery from winter sports injuries

Prepare for this year’s snow season early!

Add to your mid-day movement!

5 simple desk movements for mid-day relief!

Why me? What do I do? Osteoarthritis bugging you?

Is your desk setup causing you pain?

Are you struggling with niggling headache?

Do you suffer from heel pain?

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