**What can $1 and exercise do to fix my hip?** **Hip anatomy 101** Your hip joint is a "ball and socket" - the ball sits atop your femur, or thigh-bone - this round portion is called the "head" of the femur. The head fits into the socket in your pelvis. The socket fits tightly around like a baseball...

Pop your paracetamol and keep moving $1 It appears that as our medical technology and knowledge advances, we may still not be getting the $1 right. Over-scanning, over-medicating, over-diagnosing. This seems to be the trend in the diagnosis and treatment of acute back pain in recent times. Dr Chris...

## Learn to take 5 after that exercise session, heavy day at work, or stressful situation (like relocating!) **The Starting Position:** **The focus:** * Lie on your mat, or bolster with your legs out straight in front of you. If you have tight hamstrings, let your knees bend a little so that you are...

### **Here's a couple of shots of our new studio** **The Pilates studio is so bright and spacious, we've three new change rooms, and three $1 rooms.** If you need physiotherapy, we are taking appointments now. Give us a call! Physiotherapy rooms before and after: Pilates studio before and after: Dec...

Are you worried about your tummy muscles separating? 66% of pregnant women will have it, so try these easy tips Abdominal separation or $1 (RD) is the separation of the most superficial of the abdominal muscles that can occur during pregnancy (or less frequently in anyone, men or women who overtrain...

**What is tennis elbow?** Tennis elbow - in medical terms, _lateral epicondylalgia_ - is an umbrella term for a range of injuries affecting the forearm and wrist extensor muscles along with their tendons and the radial nerve running through them. The action of tennis backhand is precisely the kind o...

Imagine chewing gum under your feet and make your techniques on the mat better We are back with another instalment of _Explain the Cue_, and this month we are looking at the motivation for "sticky feet". You will hear us use this cue whenever we are doing $1 exercises in single or double float. **Th...

Does your chair fit? Chairs for home and the work place are designed for the average height and build. But what about for those who are at either end of the bell curve? Matching the right chair to the individual should really be as important as have the right fitting shoe, especially for the desk wo...