Are you currently injured or have you recently been injured? Do you get annoying niggles? Do you have a history of injuries? If you answered yes to any of the questions above than you may be able to relate to the concept of the dreaded injury roundabout. Unfortunately for many people after they experience one…
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Like physical health, everyone experiences variations in their mental health. There are protective factors for good mental health, and there are risk factors for poor mental health. Research shows that 1 in 5 people aged 18-85 in Australia will experience a mental health condition in any year. New research coming out shows it is most…
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As we can all attest to, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented us with challenges we never thought we’d have to face in our lifetimes. Certainly, one challenge I did not take to very kindly. was the challenge of maintaining a “normal” training schedule or routine. With restricted outdoor exercise time, LGA/radius restrictions, closures of gyms…
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As a physiotherapist I spend a large part of my clinical sessions with clients setting and working towards goals. When I say goals, I mean the client’s goals and not my goals for them as it is very easy as a clinician to assume and push your own goals onto the client. Everyone’s goals are…
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Your recent back imaging shows disc degeneration, that does not mean you will get ongoing lower back pain. All too often patients will present, very worried, with a story that they have had imaging on the lower back and there is disc degeneration-I am doomed to a life of lower back pain. A…
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I have been a physiotherapist for 35 years and reflect that in my early years, I peddled the consistent of advice that protecting your back with good posture, always sitting up straight and perhaps using a pillow behind your back were useful for lower back pain. The incidence of lower back pain is the number…
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I’d love a dollar for every time I’ve heard the expression “life changing experience“ but until recently I don’t think I really understood the true meaning of it. As some of you may know I had a bike accident some 7 weeks ago and fractured my hip needing emergency surgery and in the blink of…
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With travel restrictions imposed on regional Victorians being eased a couple of weeks ago, our family decided it would be a great opportunity to take off to the coast and enjoy a week by the beach. It was supposed to be a relaxing time away from the pressures of work , home schooling and all…
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The past few months have been challenging for all of us with the pandemic and the classic Ballarat winter. There has been much discussion in the general media about the rise in mental health conditions including depression and anxiety across all age groups with the many challenges people are facing as a result of the…
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GLAD classes: Specific classes for hip and knee osteoarthritis, framed by the latest evidence-based exercises. Please speak to administration about these classes if you think you would benefit from them.
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