Sports Compression Tights: Do They Actually Do What They Claim? These days sports compression tights are fairly big business in the sports and fitness industry with several big company’s manufacturing them and more and more new manufactures popping up every year. Many of these manufacturers make claims regarding the benefits around wearing their sports compression… Read More >
What Is It About Fish Oil That Makes It Special? In Australia fish oil is one of the most commonly consumed supplements on the market and research suggests that taking fish oil can reduce inflammation and the morning stiffness associated with inflammatory arthritic conditions. Arthritic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, lupus… Read More >
The Difference Between A Chiropractor And A Physiotherapist What’s the difference between a chiropractor and a physiotherapist is a question I get asked by a several of my patients. Between an osteopath, physiotherapist and a chiropractor there is a lot of confusion with regards to what each health professional does, what differentiates one from the… Read More >
Ankle Bracing: An Effective Method For Preventing Ankle Sprains Ankle sprains typically occur as a result of a twisting movement from a miss timed step, awkward landing, or being on the receiving end of an ill-timed or aggressive tackle during sport. Such injury mechanism can potentially cause damage to several soft tissues around the ankle… Read More >
One Size Does Not Fit All With Regard To Lower Back Pain Exercises So, you have low back pain and are wondering what exercises should you do to “fix” it..? And your car has broken down, what should you do..? Different questions yes, but same answer. Not all broken down cars will be the result… Read More >
Shockwave Therapy: A Not So New Tool In Physiotherapy More accurately referred to as extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT in short) shockwave therapy in 2022 is now commonplace as a treatment modality provided in physiotherapy clinics across Sydney and Australia wide. The word “extracorporeal” refers to any procedure performed outside the body and with ESWT shockwaves… Read More >
TENS Machines And Physiotherapy Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation or T.E.N.S. for short is a electrotherapeutic device commonly used in physiotherapy and other allied medical fields such as midwifery and chiropractic care. In the acronym TENS, the “T” stands for “transcutaneous”, a word that simply means “across the skin”. Therefore a TENS unit basically stimulates your… Read More >
What Do The Different Coloured Exercise Bands Mean? So, you’ve been advised to start some strength exercises using exercise bands and don’t know what colour/s to get..? Exercise bands are also frequently referred to as resistance bands or sometimes Therabands after one of the original brands of resistance band. They are a common exercise tool… Read More >
Wearing Flip Flops: Everything In Moderation Summer is coming and that means flip flop season is fast approaching. Flip flops, thongs, jandals… whatever you call them, are a go to Sydney summer footwear staple. They are not the root of all foot evil as some may have you believe, but like everything else in life… Read More >
The Swiss Dolorclast Power Handle Has Arrived At Sydney Physio Clinic Sydney Physio Clinic is happy to announce that we now have the Swiss Dolorclast Power handpiece available at the practice. This new radial shockwave therapy power handpiece is perfect for the treatment of complaints requiring higher energy and target tissues at greater depths than… Read More >