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Pediatric Physiotherapy

Just like with adults, children can have a variety of problems that arise from trauma (falling over), to progressive disorders that come on gradually. A paediatric physiotherapist uses play-based therapy to assess and treat your child, depending on the child’s age.

Nutrition For Healing… Fuel Your Recovery!

Depending on your stage of recovery and type/severity of injury, different fuel sources and nutrients will be necessary for a speedy recovery. Read on to find out what your body might need as you move through your recovery journey!

Don’t Forget To Train Both Sides

Are you training your 'bad' side? Or are you only training your favourite side? I could never perfect that combo on my bad side like I can on my good side, so why bother right?!

12 Days of Physiomas

On the first day of Christmas my physios said to me...!

Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis – what does it mean?

Did you know that "Scoliosis" is not actually a diagnosis but, in fact a term used to describe an observed curve and rotation in the spine?

Spring Into Running – But not too quickly…

People of Melbourne are itching to get out into the fresh air and exercise! Now is a great time to take up running. But it is not as simple as that!

Ergonomics & Corporate Health

We know that as we move into a more virtual, online working environment the needs of corporate workers and teachers are changing.

Trans Health – the effect of hormones on your bones

What happens to our bone health if we are transitioning genders? Find out how hormones can impact our bone health and why it is important to stay strong.

A Balancing Act

A Balancing Act… Life in this day and age can be busy…really busy! Between work, family, social life and all the other things we try and cram into our lives, it can feel like we’re trying to balance 100 things or more all at once. And then you pay a visit to your physio to […]

Keeping Warm at Competitions

Keeping Warm at Competitions Now that winter has definitely set in, it’s important to remember to keep your body warm whilst at competitions! Leotards, tights, and tutu’s are not the warmest of costumes and we all know that dancing cold is not the way to dance at your best. Often competitions are held at community […]

Posterior Impingement

Posterior Impingement By Dance & Vocal Physiotherapist Maddie Hicks Pain on rise and en pointe? Discomfort in plie? Tender and puffy behind the ankle? Pain that’s slowly increasing Morning stiffness in the back of the ankle If your answer to all these is yes, then you might have posterior impingement While common in the dance […]

DANCER’S HIP PAIN: Why surgery isn’t a silver bullet

Dancer’s Hip Pain – Why surgery is not a silver bullet For all those dancers out there, hip pinching, grabbing and pain can be your biggest barrier when you are in class or rehearsals, or, when you are trying to do a retire, développé or grande battement (or anything for that matter!). Naturally, when […]

THE HISTORY OF THE POINTE SHOE

THE HISTORY OF THE POINTE SHOE Ballet has constantly evolved we see this in the quintessential symbol of ballet – the pointe shoe. From heels, to darned slippers to the block shoe of today, ballet shoes have changed significantly over the centuries. Let’s get to the point-e Courtly Dance – In Heels! Ballet found its […]

The Elusive Turnout

The Elusive Turn Out What is it? How do I get it? Can I improve it? As a young dancer, I was guilty of forcing my turn out despite great teachers because as dancers, when do we ever feel we’ve perfected something?! I was always striving for more, better, further and higher. However, when […]

BEAT THE HEAT

Beat the Heat How to Keep to your Exercise Regime I love summer. In the cold of winter, while I hunt for any sun patches, I dream of a blissful life lived in the summer sun. Then it arrives and I remember the realities of a Victorian summer. Blistering heat, hairdryer winds and the need […]

Rehab- How to be better, fitter, and stronger after injury

How to be better, fitter, and stronger after injury Injuries aren’t always avoidable, yet despite their prevalence it can still be a scary, confusing, and confronting time for a lot of dancers, singers and performers. Especially if it’s an injury requiring a duration of time away from work or the thing you love. The best […]

TEXT NECK

TEXT NECK As we become more dependent on technology in the 21st century, new sustained postural positions are created causing imbalances in our muscles. “Text Neck” is an overuse syndrome or a repetitive stress injury to the neck caused by holding your head in a forward and downward position for extended periods of time. When holding […]

Fear of Injury

Fear of Injury Written by: Haydee Ferguson, Physiotherapist When you ask a performer what their biggest fear is – many will say it is the fear of getting injured. However, it is important to remember that your performing life is not necessarily over because of an injury. In fact, an injury can turn out to […]

Confessions of a Crack Addict

Confessions of a Crack Addict The truth is I’m a crack addict. A hip crack addict that is… Growing up in the ballet studio it was the norm to click, clunk, crunch, crack, snap, pop, and grind. It’s almost a rite of passage as a dancer, and when friends and family looked at me horrified […]

Twelve Tips of Christmas

The 12 Tips of Christmas Myotherapist, Alana Pryor Excited for Christmas? We are! In the midst of parties, decorations, food and fun we have a few tips that can help you get through the silly season. 1. Lifting. It’s December. You can now officially start decorating. But wait…before you sling that christmas tree over your […]

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