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Exercising in Hot Weather
As we move into summer it is important to remember how heat affects your body and the implications of exercising in hotter temperatures. Exercising increases the workload of your heart as it has to provide [...]
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) affects 1 in 7 Australians over the age of 40. Whilst not everybody who has a lung disease [...]
Osteopathy for the Rotator Cuff
Osteopathy and the Rotator Cuff Shoulder complaints are super common in the manual medicine and physical therapies realm. We see shoulder pain and injury in association with a [...]
The Rotator Cuff & Shoulder Mobility
The Rotator Cuff & Shoulder Mobility It seems like most people know what the rotator cuff is, probably because it is so commonly injured. The cuff is a [...]
Myotherapy and Shoulder Blade Pain
Myotherapy and Shoulder Blade Pain The shoulder blade is a common area for pain and functional limitation in patients so we thought we’d take a closer look at [...]
Functional Shoulder Assessment
Functional Shoulder Assessment When we assess patients with pain and injury we really need to look at how things work as a whole. Taking an Osteopathic approach to [...]
Building shoulder strength
Building shoulder strength Shoulders are difficult… They are the highly mobile & agile connection between the arms and trunk, with the scapula (shoulder blade) connecting the two. This [...]
Managing cholesterol with exercise
Managing Cholesterol with Exercise High Cholesterol Cholesterol is a fatty substance that is in part consumed in our foods and in part produced by our liver to supply [...]
Exercise Guidelines: Resistance
How much exercise is enough? What is resistance exercise? Resistance exercise is any exercise that uses external resistance to improve muscular fitness. This includes using traditional free weights (dumbbells, [...]
Exercise Guidelines: Cardiovascular
How much exercise is enough? How much exercise is enough? The answer might be encouraging or disheartening depending on where you stand. The all-around good news is that the [...]
Diagnosing Your Pain
Diagnosing Your Pain Diagnosing Your Pain – History & Assessment Not all pain is the same. There are a few key types of pain and they all require [...]
Sciatica, what is it & how to fix it
Sciatica What is it & How to fix it The term ‘Sciatica’ refers to pain felt in the buttock or leg. It is not so much a diagnosis [...]
