How to Shake Off Your Exercise Rut It happens to the best of us. We have good intentions to exercise regularly yet it just doesn’t stick. So why do we pay for a gym membership only to go a handful of times? Or at 8pm promise ourselves we are going to get up and go […]
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At TPM Woolgoolga, we believe in getting you back to your full potential as quickly as possible. Our highly skilled and passionate physios will work with you to achieve your goals, no matter how big or small, keeping you strong and injury-free. To book a class, call TPM on (02) 6654 0237, email info@tpmwoopi.com.au or […]
WHAT IS A CERVOCOGENIC HEADACHE There are many causes of headaches – from migraine to tension headaches to those which are caused by irritation of the upper neck. Just as nerves in the lower back radiate into the legs and the nerves of the lower neck radiate into the arms, nerves in the upper neck, […]
Foot and Ankle Plyometrics This is where we take all the mobility, control and strength from a combination of the stretches and exercises in our previous calf posts and we add SPEED. So, what happens when you add speed? There’s an interesting feature of our muscles called the ‘stretch-shortening cycle’ where a quick stretch or […]
3 Stretches For Your Calves Here are 3 calf stretches that target different parts of the calf group which I frequently use before conditioning exercises. Now, why is it so important to have good mobility at the ankle? Stiffness of the ankle can contribute to a number of issues within the foot and ankle but […]
Shin Splints Shin pain is one of the most common problems affecting active people, particularly runners, military personal, and field/court sports that involve rapid acceleration, change of direction and jumping. Current literature states 13.6% – 20% of runners are experiencing some type of shin pain at any given time(Hamstra-Wright, Bliven, & Bay, 2017). There are […]
Pilates and Private Health Insurance Reforms – Can I claim my class on my Private Health? From 1st April 2019 changes were made by Department of Health to the legislation for using private health insurance to cover Natural Therapies, in short most of the natural therapies (including Pilates) have been removed from your private […]
Hydrotherapy, otherwise known as Aquatic Physiotherapy, is a specific form of physiotherapy treatment conducted in a heated pool and incorporates individual assessment, diagnosis to formulate a treatment program appropriate to each patient’s needs. By combining hands-on pool based physiotherapy treatment techniques and specifically designed exercises supervised by physiotherapists with specific training, hydrotherapy helps regain or […]
