Lifting in the workplace should come with a warning sticker! “Body stressing” or “muscular stress” accounts for 37% of workplace injuries in Australia and 45% of workplace injuries in New Zealand. In both cases, these categories account for the highest percentage of work-related injury claims. Higher than falling, vehicle incidents and walking into things, combined. […]
Workplace Lifting… Does Technique Really Matter? Read More »
Last week we introduced you to everything you need to know before you hit the gym. This week, we’re helping you figure out what to actually do when you GET there! Some gyms offer free programs when you get started, and they can be a great way to build your confidence in a gym setting.
5 Basic Principles to Help you Design Your Own Gym Program! Read More »
Getting started at the gym can feel overwhelming, but it doesn’t need to! With all the different machines and weights available – kettlebells, swiss balls, TRX ropes, weight bags… You’re spoilt for choice. But don’t let that put you off! By starting simple and getting a grasp of the basics first, you’ll find your gym
If you were the last kid to be picked for the sports team, or the one who came last in the school cross country races you may have grown up to think that exercise just isn’t really your thing. Maybe this is your first time trying to get into an exercise routine as an
New to Exercise? Here’s What to Expect. Read More »
For better viewing and to not disturb anybody we recommend you turn on subtitles for this video, click on settings at the bottom of the video above. For obvious reasons, low back pain is tough to deal with. But what many people don’t realize is that, beyond the hurting, low back pain also affects many
Kris Scaife explains one key exercise he used to take a patient from being unable to bend and reach past her knees to doubling her sit to stand speed and being able to lift from the ground again, all at the same time as kick starting her return to work process. Enter Kris: The patient
A great case study and an exercise you might not have seen for LB pain Read More »
Throughout all exercise physiology programs, whether they’re instantly recognisable or slowly identified over the course of a few sessions, Yellow Flags will impact a rehabilitation program whether you like it or not. Protection is natural After experiencing some form of trauma, the body’s natural, in-built, response mechanism is to minimise further damage and protect the body
Creative thinking in an exercise physiology program to minimise Yellow Flags Read More »
If, like me, you find yourself sitting for big chunks of the day to write reports, make phone calls, sit in meetings, drive to appointments etc etc etc, then, like me, your hip flexors are going to be firing up and pulling your pelvis into what we call an anterior pelvic tilt. The hip flexors are in an
I thought that it would be timely considering that it’s starting to get a bit colder, to talk about the benefits of a warm up and how using a warm up can boost performance and essentially speed up a rehab process. The attached video was filmed as a Facebook Live so if you didn’t catch
Warming Up to Boost Performance Read More »
In today’s video I wanted to talk a bit about training and education and the importance as an EP of being a really good educator for our clients in order to elicit better results. A lot of the time our clientele don’t necessarily have a strong background in training or in exercising and the concepts
The Importance of Training and Lessons from One of the Best Read More »
