Sadly, as physios for local rugby teams, the club rugby season of 2022 has come to an end. However, the off-season is just as important as in-season training. Although this is written from the perspective of rugby, the same principles apply to all winter sports. You just need to adapt […]
How much physical activity is enough? This is something we often get asked in clinic. Everyone knows it is important to stay physically active. Regular physical activity can help prevent many illnesses such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Physical activity can also help with thinking, learning, judgement skills as well […]
There are a few big school sports tournaments coming up. Winter Tournament week for the High School teams this week and then AIMS Games for the Intermediate students the following week. This is a lot of exercise for school students in a small amount of time. We need to make […]
The spikey ball, the foam roller, an elbow massage into the butt – why do we poke the sore bit?! The main positive outcomes of pressure therapy that we see are: Temporary increase in flexibility of the muscle allowing better movement patterns e.g. good squat form Reduced pain at both […]
As physiotherapists, we try to give exercises to patients that are specific for their injury however there are a few exercises that I find myself using with many patients. The first three are what we call more functional based movements and the last one is one that we often forget […]
As a physio sometimes one of the hardest battles is getting patients to complete their home exercises. I’m finding that a good 60% of the time most patients are not doing them and there are a multitude of reasons …. they do not have time, they lost the exercise sheet, […]
It is very important to have a good strength and control base when returning to running, especially if you are coming back from injury or have just had a baby! It is crucial to have a slow and steady build into your running, but these exercises should help you to […]
Here is a series of exercises, postures, techniques and general advice in order to get more efficient, less prone to injury and most importantly faster when swimming, biking and running for triathletes. Swim • Important to have good thoracic (middle back) rotation when swimming. Exercises: 1. Standing (better sitting as […]
Here at BIA physio…….we are all about the butt! The glutes are a group of muscles in your bottom that play a key role in so much of our daily function as well as in sport. They are used to drive the hip backwards forcefully in running, squatting and lunging […]
