by Morgan Tucker | Oct 26, 2020 | Body aches and pains, Exercises, McLaren Vale, Mt Compass, Physiotherapy, sports injuries, Stiffness, Stretching, Willunga
Have you or someone you know experienced shin splints? Shin Splints is a condition referring to pain on the shin / the tibia bone either during, or after activity. It generally occurs when someone increases their load quickly – increases in walking, returning to...
by Marc Elliott | Jun 20, 2016 | Back Aches, Body aches and pains, Physiotherapy, sports injuries, Stiffness, Stretching
Do you get part way through your trainings or games and start to get sore/tight for no apparent reason? It may not be that something is damaged, it may be you need to build up the strength of a particular muscle group! Our muscles help us to move, dodge and burst into...
by Marc Elliott | Feb 26, 2016 | Physiotherapy, sports injuries, Stretching
Does it really hurt? – YES Shin splints is an umbrella term generally used to categorise different types of shin pain, and with pre-season kicking off and all of the dry/hard ovals around the place, this is the time of year people tend to have this complaint!...
by Marc Elliott | Aug 28, 2015 | Back Aches, Body aches and pains, Neck Aches, Physiotherapy, sports injuries, Stiffness
When we get an injury we all want some relief, but we also want to make sure we aren’t doing any more damage to the area and to know that what we are doing is beneficial. But what about when you’ve woken up and your neck feels ‘locked’? Every time you try to turn it...
by Tom Anthoney | Jun 19, 2015 | News, Physiotherapy, sports injuries, Stretching
As the weather cools, the football, netball and hockey seasons are hotting up. This often means people are running more than in the off season (when we’re holidaying at the beach, eating Xmas pudding etc). And it also often means people are running faster than usual,...
by Tom Anthoney | May 22, 2015 | News, Physiotherapy, sports injuries
Acute injuries can be very painful (like twisting an ankle going down the stairs, or pulling a muscle lifting something heavy). Doing the right things in the early stages and avoiding some common no-no’s can really help. If you have hurt yourself, the best advice is...