Help the Room Won’t Stop Spinning!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Dizziness can be a recurring and debilitating problem. The most common type of dizziness is called vertigo. This feels like...
How a Sports Physiotherapist can help win a championship
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What makes a sporting team successful? Is it the individual moments of brilliance from players, the tactful decisions made by...
How physiotherapy can improve your posture?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Have you just had a few weeks off work and gone back to work? Has this resulted in back pain? Don’t...
Minimizing Post-Workout Muscle Pain
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The pain of a workout is something we have all experienced at one stage or another. Whether it be our...
Latest on Hamstrings 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Nirmala Perera @Nim_Perera with contributions from @KThorborg and @ryan_timmins Hamstring injuries: Hamstring injuries are common muscular injuries in athletics1 and in...
5 Common Myths about Physiotherapy
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 1. I can only see a physiotherapist if I'm in pain Hi how are you Incorrect. Although, pain is a common...
PODIATRY FOR THE ATHLETE
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]At Pivotal Motion, we love our sports (baseball, gaelic footy, volleyball, rugby league, sevens). Below are a few foot injuries Physiotherapist...
How to deal with blisters
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Foot blisters giving you problems? We have all heard that prevention is better than cure, and in the case of blisters...
The Ultimate Plantar Fasciitis Treatment Guide
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Ultimate Plantar Fasciitis Treatment Guide Plantar Fasciitis can cause severe foot pain. If you live in Newmarket, Windsor, Wilston, Red...
The Real Cause of Plantar Fasciitis
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Real Cause of Plantar Fasciitis By James Speck via Somastruct. Plantar fasciitis is a poorly understood condition. There is little consensus among medical professionals...
Sports Medicine Australia Conference 2016: A Summary Of The Best Bits.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Sports Medicine Australia Conference 2016 was held down in Melbourne and as many of you may know Bobbie-Jo attended...
Top 5 tips for getting better sleep with night pain
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Some injuries can be known to be problematic even at night. At the time when the body is due to...
What is the sural nerve?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The sural nerve is a sensory nerve in the lower leg that lies close to the small saphenous vein, situated...
Depleting levels of Vitamin D
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Soak up the sun: The problem with depleting levels of Vitamin D. Just when we thought we had it all...
Everybody dance now: Injury Prevention & Dance
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Did you go out last weekend and find that you were the least co-ordinated person on the dance floor? Well,...
The issue with body alignment
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Two words. Alignment; symmetry. As a physiotherapist in Brisbane (a city populated by relatively health conscious people), have discovered that...
Treating Ankle Sprains: Do You Really Recover From That Sprain?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] I came across a study about re-spraining ankles on my lunch break the other day. As a practicing physiotherapist, I...
STONE MAN SYNDROME (Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) is an extremely rare progressive disease of connective tissue that occurs due to a genetic mutation...
Understanding the Term Referred Pain
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] PAIN THAT MOVES - A BLOG ABOUT ‘REFERRED PAIN’ AND HOW IT WORKS We often have patients complaining of neck and back pains...