Common lower limb acute injuries in kicking sports
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Kicking sports such as AFL and soccer involve a repetitive motion required to transition the ball from all sides of...
The importance of hip adductor strength for kicking and acceleration in soccer players
The hip adductors are a large group of muscles on the inside of the thigh which is made up of...
The effect of swimming and aquatic exercise on the body
Regular exercise has countless benefits including improved mental and heart health and reduction in risk of cardiovascular disease. Sometimes as...
How training gluteal muscles can improve your running
Running is one of the greatest forms of exercise – free, intense and outdoors. Most people think that calf and...
Tarsal Coalition
Tarsal coalition is when the bones of the foot fuse together. It is an abnormal bony fusion or connection between...
Stronger on the inside, Stronger on the outside
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Strengthening your core is essential to living an enjoyable, functional and healthy life without the presence of back pain. Not...
The importance of foot strength
Feet are complex and it is important they are strong. There are multiple intricate bones and joints in the foot...
Strengthening the Kinetic Chain for Injury Prevention
It's time to strengthen your kinetic chain! It may come as a surprise to some when your physiotherapist prescribes exercises for...
Are you suffering an injury from your footwear?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overloadcombinedwe Festival season is right around the corner! Here at Pivotal Motion, we'd like to talk about the common injuries seen...
How to best train for sports with obvious arm or leg dominance
There are a multitude of sports that have an obvious arm or leg dominance, and as such, maximising the ability...
Why is load increase important for the shoulder?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Loading the shoulder can be at times a fine art. Like most of our body tissues, especially our musculoskeletal system, preparation...
Is symmetry all that important for performance?
Most sports have a degree of asymmetry. Take baseball and cricket for example - throwers in these sports have a...
Scapular Stability Importance
To get the shoulder ready for common summer sports like cricket and baseball, it is important address the all-important shoulder...
Beating the Mid-Winter Exercise Blues
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Bang smack in the middle of winter, July often brings about the common mid-winter blues. We start off so motivated...
Is it time to do a deload week?
It is common knowledge that we exercise to improve our physical and mental health. We achieve these goals through a...
In-season Gym Maintenance for the Footy Player
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Most of our sporting population in the clinic are our footy players. Rugby is a gruelling sport challenging many aspects...
Our tips for in-season body maintenance during the sporting season
With the winter season upon us, our focus in the clinic shifts yet again to athlete maintenance. Proper maintenance of...
Why do we deload to reload?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What is de-loading? Deloading is a short period of recovery deliberately done as part of a training programme. This is characterised...
Is pain really that bad or harmful?
What’s the most common symptom us physiotherapists treat? This is by far PAIN. Almost all issues that patients come to our...
How Physio helps with Pain Management
How physio helps with pain management is in multiple methods! Physiotherapists are commonly viewed as manual therapists doing heaps of massage,...