Four point kneeling is a great position to challenge the core and the dynamic teams/ slings of muscles that help to support the pelvis and hips. These are 3 progression that we use in class. They progress in level of stability and strength required. It is the most difficult position to maintain well so be…
According to a recent article by 9 News Personal Trainers are starting to be either partially or completely traded in for tablet workouts with the simple click of a button. This means that individuals now have access to an easy and cheap alternative for fitness inspiration. This is backed up by new research which has…
Chair Exercises: Exercise doesn’t always mean donning your leggings and joining a group. We can exercise and increase our mobility on the chair. If any of you are desk based, sitting for more than 1 hour at a time, then these exercises will especially be of use. Our tissues get stuck together when we sit…
The Feet! Our primary contact point with the world that we walk upon is via our feet. If our feet our lacking in motion, or moving differently from each other they will feed different information up our legs and to the rest of the body. This can result in pelvic problems, low back pain and…
The use of mirror box therapy in the rehab of the foot and ankle After an injury to the ankle/ foot complex, we can be left with a foot that feels tighter, painful or even disconnected to the body. Despite active rehab we may still feel a barrier to our progress, our improvement seems to…
Lunges: The lunge (do I already hear a groan!) is one of Physiotherapists favourite exercises and it should be yours too, as there are some many benefits built into the one exercise. It targets leg strength, specifically your gluts, quads and hamstrings. Performed properly it requires your core to engage to provide stability. It requires…
Before you view the video below and start your neck exercises it is important to remember that a happy neck sits on top of a happy mobile thorax (ribcage). Therefore you may want to also do some thoracic mobility drills too. There are some examples on the website in the free video page. https://pro-align.com.au/lifestyle/videos/ Tension and…
With all the sitting down that we do in our modern lives it is important that we keep our hips open and able to move into extension. Hip flexor stretches are a great way to maintain both hip mobility but also help the spine as some of the deep hip flexors also attach onto the…
