The following exercise equipment is available for sale from the Fix CBD office\*. Talk to your instructor or call the office if you are intertested in any of the items. Budget Pilates Mat ( 4.5 mm thick) $25 Ribbed Pilates Mat (10mm thick) $60 Red Pilates Mat (10mm thick) $110 Swissballs $60 Yoga Bl...
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Here is an interesting read from the New York Times Health pages very kindly brought to my attention by Jan M. The article challenges the current trend to "deepen the navel to your spine" or "hollow the tummy" as an isolated strengthening exercise to increase spinal support, stability and therefore...
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For our next term, term 4, Fix CBD will once again open for Friday classes. These will be available early morning and at lunch times. Katrina will be moving to instruct on a Friday as we see the return of Sue Kinner to Fix after 7 months maternity leave. We all look forward to having Sue back teachi...
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Term 4 will commence on Monday 12th October and finish Friday 18th December. Please note that we are starting this term after only 1 week break instead of the usual 2. This means for all of you with school kids, that the October school holidays will be in their second week as we start up again. If t...
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**People with non-specific chronic low back pain who have participated in exercise programs have preferences about exercise: a qualitative study.** _**Slade, Molloy and Keating, 2009 from Monash University.**_ This study examined people’s preferences for exercise programs for lower back pain. Alla h...
Read MoreI recently read the results of an interesting study conducted by Queensland physios, and thought to share it with you. The article was printed in the Australian Journal of Physiotherapy in 2006 and authored by physiotherapists Sapsford, Richardson and Stanton. This simple study looked at the pelvic...
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**Katrina Tarrant** has been the owner and head physiotherapist of The Fix Program CBD studios since early 2005. She worked as a clinical manual therapist, interested in sports and lumbo-pelvic pain at Castlereagh Physiotherapy Clinic for 6 years prior to that. Since graduating in 1993 from Sydney U...
Read MoreThe power of relaxation. Over your recent weeks at Fix, you have probably encountered "relaxation time" on the mats as a part of the class - incorporating diaphragmatic breathing, body focus and muscle relaxation. We know that relaxation can bring about pain relief, but how? First we must understand...
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Some of you may find this amusing! Thanks to Catarina for sharing this with the staff at Fix.
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In the June issue of Fix News, we looked at starting a fitness program and we hope that you have all perhaps been motivated a little at least by that to begin something! We mentioned a term called "pacing" to allow for you to gradually achieve your set exercise and activity goals. It is a way of tur...
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