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Static vs Dynamic  The discussion of whether to stretch before exercise has been an ongoing debate. There are many different types of stretching that can be done to improve our flexibility. The question is, what form of stretching should we be doing and when...

What is it and what can i do to help? We have all experienced it, the dreaded jet lag.  And with the Christmas period coming up its not uncommon for many of us to travel the world to be with family. So what is it and what can we do to prevent or minimise its effects! ...

Will Standing Desks Solve my problems?   Sitting for a living has been mooted as the new smoking with the effects being reported to increase morbidity and even decrease life expectancy. So should we all be using one? Some of the difficulty in examining the...

Patella Tendinopathy  With the summer season of sports including beach volleyball and cricket about to begin it might be timely to discuss a common cause of knee pain in athletes, patella tendinopathy. Patella tendinopathy is defined as “pain and dysfunction in...

Your prayers have been answered!   Low back pain is one of the most common presentations to any physiotherapy clinic. With our work lives becoming more desk based, we are reducing the volume and variety of movement we are incorporating into our daily lives. We...

Will Exercise make my OA worse?   As physiotherapists, we frequently get asked  if exercising is safe after a daignosis of knee OA. Despite people being more aware how exercising is the magic pill to many diseases, we seem to continue to believe that once we have...