The what method?! You use your feet?! Yep, those two questions are the most common reactions I get when I tell someone I am going to use the Sarah Key Method to help with their back pain…and no, I don’t jump on your back! Sarah Key is an Australian Physiotherapist […]
What are the best ways to HEAT and ICE? Further to our recent blog ‘Do I ICE or HEAT’? here are our top tips for easy ways to heat and ice. HEAT You have many options available to you for heating. The most common and effective forms of heat are […]
During my first week working at Back In Action Physiotherapy the most frequent question I have been asked is: Hot or cold? Which do I apply? I think this is a fair question. Heat and ice are something that I prescribe regularly because therapeutic icing and heating are effective, cheap […]
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 […]
Seeing a physiotherapist is almost like a right of passage for living here so although you often hear the flippant remark ‘I’m off to the physio’ there are a lot of people who have no idea what that means. In NZ it takes 4 years at university to become a […]
There are often times in life when we get pain and just don’t know whether to see a doctor or go directly to the physiotherapist. Here in New Zealand physiotherapists can lodge ACC claims directly without you having to see a doctor first. But how do you know? Here we […]
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 […]
Well, not exactly Tai Chi but we should all be making a concerted effort to make sure our balance is as good as it can get. Firstly, as we see all too often in the clinic, many injuries occur due to poor balance. From sprained ankles and knees on uneven […]
In every single treatment session, multiple times a session, we ask ourselves the question ‘what is normal’. There has been a lot of research into many different body parts to determine the answer to this question. They include anatomy studies, population studies, autopsies, radiology studies and many more. These […]
As a sports physiotherapist I love being on the side line at sports games. I love all sports, individual or team, inside or outside, men’s or women’s, contact or non-contact. But I guess the ultimate sport for multiple injuries during one game has to be a game of rugby. And […]
