First published October 2nd, 2020 Have you ever wondered why Exercise Physiologists are recommending Foam Rollers and Massage balls? What do they do and how they do it? Exercise Physiologist Yolanda explains. Trigger Points Myofascial trigger points, commonly referred to as muscle knots, are areas in the tissue (usually muscle) that are overly contracted […]
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Purposeful Pain Pain is a normal and important part of our life. It is our most loyal guardian, always keeping a watchful eye out for us. More than anything, it wants to keep us safe, protected, and out of harms way. Just imagine a life without it – we would be constantly discovering cuts, burns
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Your Question: “Who would you suggest I should see to improve my overall posture? I think it has worsened since I gained weight. And is it going to be something I’ll need to be consistent on training with? Because I suck at that.” (Repost from July 2020) Our Answer Great question and thanks for sending
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Did you know that in Australia, 1 in 5 people have persistent pain? Chronic Pain, preferably referred to as Persistent Pain, is the experience of pain for longer than 3 months. The experience and the management is complex. Complex because sometimes the cause isn’t uniquely obvious, for example, Fibromyalgia. Usually, whatever the proposed cause, there
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Persistent pain is difficult to manage in general. Throw in a pandemic and even more barriers pop up. There are a few reasons why the current pandemic can lead to an increased experience of pain symptoms and flare up in people with persistent pain. There is so much uncertainty and usual lifestyles and routines have
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Chronic Pain vs Persistent Pain – What’s the Difference? Chronic! What are your associations with the word ‘chronic?’ Imagine you were told that you have something “Chronic”. How does it make you feel? Scared? Disempowered? Stuck with something.. ..FOREVER?!Now imagine you’ve been told you have something which is “Persistent”. What’s the difference? Do you
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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
