**World Continence Week raises awareness for pregnant women world-wide** Urinary incontinence is a loss of bladder control which results in leaks of urine. This can be stress incontinence which is leaking urine with a cough, sneeze, laugh, exercise (including running, jumping, lifting weights), or e...

Make time and enjoy our 15 minute $1 workout for you and baby In the first few weeks after you give birth, it may feel unsafe to exercise – or you might never have enough time away from your bub to focus on your recovery. This set of stretches and exercises is designed to safely help your body back...

**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...

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...

What really goes on with one of the most common causes of persistent $1 Endometriosis is one of the most common gynaecological causes of $1. It occurs in a whopping 1 in 10 women and has a ridiculously delayed diagnosis of 7-10 years! So what is endometriosis? Isn't it just killer cramps? It will ge...

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...

## 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...

Your body as a very new Mummy You have been attending $1 and together we have shared some wonderful experiences preparing you and your body for the joys of motherhood. But what happens after you give birth? Have there been any changes to your pelvic floor or tummy muscles? How soon can you return to...