Ballet, Strength and Movement Precision

Exercise 'specificity' at its best $1 Watching this youtube clip showing dancers in slow motion makes you realise how perfect these skilled dancers are in their movement and movement control. What is even more interesting is how precise and targeted the strengthening exercises are to exactly target...

How orthotics reduce pain in injury

Podiatrist Lance Penn from Footsport guest posts An orthotic is a custom made device designed to off load abnormal forces that can lead to damage of soft tissue structures, joints and bones. **What causes injury?** The direct cause of pain is a consequence of damage to the body (muscle/tendon/ligame...

Paracetamol and lower back pain

Ineffective? I say misleading. You may have recently heard in the mainstream media that there is a big question hanging over the effectiveness of Paracetamol in the management of early back pain. This was based on a very recent study by Australian team of scientists who were published in the highly...

Fee policy and enrolment terms and conditions

**Before enrolling, please carefully read and agree to the following terms and conditions:** 1. Classes are paid for per term. * This may be rebate-able through your private health fund provider and claiming must occur at the completion of your term. All classes are taught by a Physiotherapist. * It...

The susceptible shoulder joint

**Why you don't need to be a tennis player to suffer from a painful shoulder** With the Wimbledon tennis tournament having started this week, it got me thinking about the incredible amount of training and the slogging of tennis balls that players must endure in preparation and on the court. Hitting...

Draft Pilates Timetable Term 3 2014 - Sydney CBD

Pacing up your fitness the successful way

Another fine example of how 'slow and steady' will win the race - by Katie **Injury** I was forced to stop running for nearly two months recently after experiencing hip pain/tightness. My physio did her job releasing tightness and prescribing a program of stretching and strengthening exercises to ge...

How resistance exercise like Pilates can drop your diabetes risks

International guidelines on diabetes recommend aerobic and resistance exercise like $1 We all should know now the benefits of exercise in preventing and controlling diabetes, heart disease, vascular disease and even early onset dementia. Guidelines for exercise have always suggested medium to high i...

Draft Term 2 Pilates Timetable - Sydney CBD

The case of the missing butt

## Where have our buttock muscles gone? I know we have discussed the butt muscles or ‘glutes’ before, but it never ceases to amaze me how lazy our buttocks can be. I see many injuries day to day and nearly all of those of the leg can be traced back to weakness of the derriere. I often ponder, what m...