Follow Kelly as she does our recommended morning neck stretching routine in just 1 minute! If you would like to know more about neck injuries, click here to learn about neck sprains, here for whiplash, or here to learn about stiff necks. We also have information pages on headaches and vertigo.
In our physiotherapy clinics in Tauranga acupuncture is another treatment option during a session and we usually use it alongside traditional physiotherapy treatments. Acupuncture is originally based on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) but over the last 10 years or so has become almost a normal treatment option in many physiotherapy […]
How good are massages!! Often we can go such long periods in our lives without someone releasing off all the built-up tension in our muscles. There are so many benefits of massage including recovering from training, toxin release, relaxation, releasing headaches, correcting posture, removing knots in muscles, decreasing anxiety, tension […]
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, […]
I recently attended a course that was all about new trends in running and the causes of most running injuries. This was really interesting and a very new way of thinking which will be great for all our runners! There were two main points: *Running is good for you! *Most […]
How to look after your own health and keep yourself injury free at home. Most of us are busy, but when you are a Mum you are busy times 10! How do you look after yourself while you are trying to run the house, run your work and keep your […]
Recently a patient in the waiting room asked me if we still bill ACC when people don’t attend their appointments and it got me thinking about No Shows & Late Cancellations and patient’s perceptions of penalty charges. The answer is no we cannot bill ACC for any appointments that patients […]
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 […]
