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Prevention is always better than cure. If you'd like to arrange a preventative injury screening with us, now is the time. 

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Hip injuries are a common cause of buttock, groin, upper leg and hip pain.

Here's some of the more popular hip injuries likely to affect you. 

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Before you get started with running and cause yourself an injury, it's best to familiarise yourself  with the Walk/Run method.

What is the Walk/Run method?  

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Core Stabilisation is your body’s ability to dynamically control and support your spine via deep and specific muscles.  

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Good Posture makes you look great, feel more energetic and project confidence. It also helps prevent injury and reduce pain. 

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We all know that New Year is a time when many of us vow to embark upon a regime of self improvement. Top of the list is usually to lose weight or get fitter.

Now you’re a month down the track and you’re either still motivated or you’re New Year resolution is merely a memory. Don’t despair. It’s not too late to get back on track. And, you can start today.

Here’s some help to get you pointing in the right direction. 

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Did you know that most flat feet are simply caused by weak foot muscles often combined with other tight muscles.

The good news is that they can be fixed in most cases by easy exercises, often avoiding the need for orthotics. 

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Bursitis is inflammation of a bursa. Nearly every joint has at least one bursa, which are lubricating sacks that help you to avoid injury. However, when a bursa becomes inflammed it can be responsible for severe pain and reduced movement.  

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Remedial massage provides a healing treatment that can be gentle or strong, deep or shallow. When muscles and tendons become damaged, impaired, knotted, tense or immobile, remedial massage provides an effective healing treatment.  

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Groin injuries are a common sporting injury in high speed running, change of direction or jumping and landing sports. The musculature is complicated with highly stressed anchor points and the involvement of pelvis joints plus your lumbosacral spine.  

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The hand is a complicated group of joints (wrist, hand, thumb and fingers), plus all of the tendons, muscles and nerves. Understanding of the hand is very important for the correct diagnosis and subsequent treatment. 

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Swimming is a fantastic sport that combines all body strength, flexibility and endurance. Swimmers are unfortunately prone to overuse injuries affecting the shoulder, neck, lower back and knees.

Prevention is the key!

It has been shown that advanced core control, scapular control and rotator cuff strength are three essential qualities the injury-free swimmer possesses.  

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One of the main causes of vertigo (dizziness) is a condition known as Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV).

The good news is that it's relatively easy and quick to assess and fix. 

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Elbow injuries respond favourably to physiotherapy intervention when early treatment is sought and the diagnosis is correct.

An accurate diagnosis is vital to the correct management of your elbow pain. Elbow pain can be caused by local muscle, tendon or joint injury. Alternatively, elbow pain can be referred from your neck joints. It's similar to sciatica of the upper limb. 

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Neck pain or stiffness can affect your life in so many different ways.  Whether its sharp pain, dull muscular aches, headaches, or an inability to fully move your head, neck pain can be very frustrating yet it's simple to fix in the majority of cases. 

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Arthritis is an umbrella term for over 100 medical conditions that affect your joints.

As the population ages, the number of people with arthritis is growing. There is a widely held belief that arthritis is simply a consequence of age. But it is not a natural part of ageing. In fact, there are millions of working age sufferers.

While there are about 100 forms of arthritis, the three most common causes account for 95% of all arthritis. These are: 

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Biomechanics is the study of how parts of the human body moves, bears weight and how the various parts of the extremities move. 

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Calf injuries are a common sports injury in running, jumping and landing sports. Your calf essentially consists of two muscles (gastrocnemius and soleus) that attach to your Achilles tendon.

Injuries can occur to both muscle and tendon structures.

Common Calf Conditions 

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Foot injuries are extremely common. With accurate assessment and early treatment most ankle and foot injuries respond extremely quickly to physiotherapy or podiatry. This allows you to quickly resume pain-free and normal activities of daily living without painful feet! 

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Heat illness such as prickly heat, fainting from heat exhaustion or heat cramps are visible signs that people are not coping. In the most severe cases, the body's temperature control system breaks down altogether and body temperature rises rapidly. This is heat stroke, which can be fatal.  

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If you're considering a pre or post-event massage your timing is important for maximum benefit. 

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Pain in the lower back is one of the most common injuries. Injuries can vary from simple to complex.  

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Osgood Schlatter’s Disease (OSD) is far less frightful than it’s name suggests. Rather than being a disease, it's better described as an overuse injury affecting the knee. 

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Here's five tips to help you prevent foot pain ... 

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A groin strain is a tear or rupture to any one of the adductor muscles. They can be troublesome injuries if not treated appropriately. 

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Your spine is a very common cause of chest pain, which can be fixed by treatment of your thoracic spine and rib cage. 

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Any muscles can strain (or tear) but probably the most common are the high speed and load muscles such as your hamstrings, thigh (quadriceps), calf, back and biceps. A strain is a tear in the muscle.  

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Strapping can be used effectively in both the prevention and treatment of sports injuries. 

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The ankle joint has three bones that are precisely shaped to interlock and give stability. Strong bands of connective tissue called ligaments reinforce the joint and help hold the bones together. These ligaments prevent too much movement of the joint. 

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Skateboarding and similar sports such as scooters, ripsticks all involve an inherent risk of falls.  

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Rowing is a fantastic sport for developing core, leg and arm strength plus all the cardiovascular benefits. Unfortunately, it does have a reasonably high incidence of lower back and overuse injuries.  

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Plantar Fasciitis is a common overuse injury affecting the sole or flexor surface (plantar) of the foot.

 

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The most common elbow condition is "Tennis Elbow". While it can certainly be caused by racquet sports, it is extremely common any sport or occupation that involves gripping or throwing eg weightlifting, hockey, canoeing and baseball. 

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We all know that a great massage is fantastic anytime, but is a Monday or Tuesday any better than later in the week?
 

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Sever's disease occurs in children when the growth plate of the heel is injured by excessive forces during early adolescence. 

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Everybody has their favourite sleeping position. However, some are better for you than others. 

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Strong muscles are essential to control the balance of your joints and how they move efficiently. 

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Piriformis syndrome is a disorder which occurs when the sciatic nerve is compressed and irritated by the piriformis muscle as it passes close to or through the piriformis muscle. To understand the relationship between the sciatic nerve and the piriformis muscle a basic knowledge of anatomy is helpful. 

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We do know that some people are vulnerable to repeated lower back sprains and strains.

While it is easier to understand that lifting a heavy load in an awkward position can cause back back, it's harder to comprehend how a simple movement can hurt your back. Yes, it can happen by simply leaning forwards to pick up your tea cup or when bending to brush your teeth! 

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ITB Friction Syndrome is a common overuse injury which gives pain on the outside of the knee during and following running or repetitive leg activity. Being an overuse injury, it is caused by repeated trauma rather than a specific incident. 

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Unfortunately when you have enough stress placed through your body to fracture a bone there's usually a lot of other soft tissues and structures that have been damaged in the process. Add to that the common use of immobilisation in plaster, you'll have post-immobilisation stiffness and considerable weakness. 

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Trochanteric bursitis is inflammation of the bursa (a small, cushioning sac located where tendons pass over areas of bone around the joints), which lies over the prominent bone on the side of your hip (femur).  

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Rotator cuff disease of the shoulder is very common. The rotator cuff tendons hold the humerus (arm bone) onto your scapula (shoulder blade).  

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“Jumper’s knee” is an overuse injury affecting your knee.  

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Acute wry neck is a complaint where a person develops pain in the neck region, which is often accompanied by spasm of the surrounding muscles. 

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Gardening is a fantastic relaxing and therapeutic form of exercise. Unfortunately, it does have it's hazards.  

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Ankle injuries are one of the most common sporting injuries. 

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What is Dry Needling and how does it differ from Acupuncture? 

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Have you ever wondered if you are suffering a headache of a migraine? Yes, there is a difference and importantly, the management is also very different. 

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Exactly what is Osteitis Pubis and who is likely to suffer this painful chronic injury? 

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Yes. Massage styles do vary and they have different effects on your body. What's some of the differences? 

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To avoid injury or to keep you cycling at your best, here's common cycling injuries and helpful advice. 

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Tennis is a terrific sport that can sometimes end in injury. Even the best can suffer career altering injury at inconvenient times.  

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Unfortunately the knee is a susceptible joint to injury.

Discover more about common Knee Injuries and how to treat them. 

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A 2009 study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine studied the effectiveness of stretching on injury risk and muscle soreness. 

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Mastitis is a bacterial infection of the breast which usually occurs in breastfeeding mothers. However, it can occur even in women who are not breastfeeding or pregnant, and can even occur in small babies. 

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The mood-enhancing effects of exercise are well documented, but a study presented at the American College of Sports Medicine’s 56^th Annual Meeting in Seattle suggests the benefits may last much longer than previously thought. 

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With the running season upon us, this means more kilometres pounding through your feet and legs.

Unfortunately, overuse and biomechanical injuries are all too common during your running training. While we hope this doesn’t happen to you, a minor injury quickly leads to training interruptions, pain and poor performance. 

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The Human Swine Influenza virus is a new flu virus that is infecting people and spreading from person to person. Cases of Human Swine Influenza have been confirmed in countries throughout the world by the World Health Organization and there have now been confirmed cases of Human Swine Influenza in Australia. 

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If you suffer from spinal stiffness or pain, you should really have your spine checked. If you suffer numbness or pins and needles in your legs or arms it’s even more urgent! 

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Are you heading to the slopes this ski season? At PhysioWorks, we want you to be able to enjoy your time at the snow as much as possible. This means making sure that your body is prepared for the twists, turns and bumps as you speed down the slopes. Here are a few tips to help you make the most of your ski trip!  

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The netball and hockey season are in full swing. To familiarise yourself with the most common netball and hockey injuries, please visit the following links:

 

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