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15 Sept 2016 BY Katrina Tarrant POSTED IN Physiotherapy

Rewire your brain to embrace change by Kimberly Gillan

A great read about the brain's ability to behave with plasticity, to learn and attempt new things and make these entrenched as a new habits. How many times have you sworn to eat perfectly healthy this week or finally make the career leap you've been dreaming of, only to get distracted by Netflix and...

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Wow! Is this how I do a ‘Kegel’ pelvic floor contraction properly?

Pebbles falling into ponds will get you doing it right! Pelvic floor strengthening or ‘Kegels exercise’ has recently hit the mainstream gyms and news. The importance of the pelvic floor is finally being realised more, which is a great thing. It not only keeps our bladder and bowel control in check,...

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13 Sept 2016 BY Katrina Tarrant POSTED IN Pilates, Sydney CBD

Draft Term 4 2016 timetable

**Draft term 4 timetable is subject to change**. This timetable is for our all of existing and NEW Pilates clients. These classes will run for 11 WEEKS for all classes on Monday- Thursday, or 10 WEEKS for all Friday classes. Term 4 commences on Monday 10th October, and ends Thursday 22nd December. C...

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2 Sept 2016 BY Katrina Tarrant POSTED IN Exercise, Pilates, Pregnancy

Draft October 2016 ‘term break’ timetable

**Draft term break timetable is subject to change**. This timetable is for our existing Pilates clients who do not wish to break between our Term 3 and Term 4 10 week programs. These term break classes run for 2 WEEKS ONLY and will run straight to our Term 4 commencement date of Monday 10th October....

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3 Aug 2016 BY Heba Shaheed POSTED IN Pregnancy, Women's Health

Pelvic floor muscle injury in labour

Recovering after 3rd and 4th Degree Tears Unfortunately, during birth, women can experience perineal tearing. The perineum is the area between the vaginal opening and the back passage. A woman can suffer from varying degrees of tearing, with some short term, but also long term effects on pelvic floo...

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The importance of the diaphragm.

Why **_how_** you breathe matters! Anyone who has spent enough time learning about exercise and mindfulness or meditation, comes across a rather strange idea - that there is more than one way to breathe. Most of the time we don't think about breathing, our body breathes on its own without us having...

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22 Jul 2016 BY Katrina Tarrant POSTED IN Pregnancy, Women's Health

Yes. physios can treat pelvic floor troubles too!

From pregnancy incontinence to pelvic pain to post natal weakness and prolapse. As physios who treat women's only pelvic floor problems, we are always overwhelmed by the lack of awareness out there amongst our female friends that this type of physio even exists! Also overwhelming is the lack of prop...

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9 Jul 2016 BY Katrina Tarrant POSTED IN Physiotherapy

Knee Pain: the piggy in the middle

Knee pain troubles are rarely just about the knee. The hip and the foot are to blame! $1\- I would think that almost all of us have sometime suffered from pain in the knee- with running, walking, stairs, kneeling, the gym, or with all of the above! In my time as a physio (over 20 years, mind you), I...

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18 Jun 2016 BY Katrina Tarrant POSTED IN Pilates, Sydney CBD

Draft Term 3 2016 Pilates timetable

**Draft term break timetable is subject to change**. This timetable is for our Term 3 programs and will run for 10 weeks. First class will start Monday 18th July and our final classes will fall on Friday 23rd September, 2016. Classes are recommended and scheduled for * $1 * $1 * $1 * $1, safe for yo...

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17 Jun 2016 BY Katrina Tarrant POSTED IN Exercise, Pilates, Sydney CBD

Draft Term Break timetable July 2016

**Draft term break timetable is subject to change**. This timetable will run for 2 weeks only in weeks commencing 4th and 11th July, 2016. Classes are recommended and scheduled for[ ](http://www.fixprogram.com/pilates/intermediate-advanced) * combined $1 * $1

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