Top Five Causes of Back Pain
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Pivotal Motion’s Top Five Ways to Blow your Back 1. Weekend Warriors A classic mode of injury, weekend warriors make up a...
Help, my whole body aches! – Recovery tips post-exercise to deal with DOMS.
So, you’ve started training again after some time off? Are a newcomer to exercise and your whole body feels like...
Help the Room Won’t Stop Spinning!
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...
Sports physiotherapist Dr Kristian Thorborg discusses optimal loading.
A world leader in sports physiotherapy, Associate Professor Dr Kristian Thorborg is from Copenhagen University. He is renowned for his...
How physiotherapy can improve your posture?
Have you just had a few weeks off work and gone back to work? Has this resulted in back pain? Don’t...
Update on School’s Out Summer Bootcamp
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]To finish off 2016 we at Pivotal Motion decided to run a ‘School’s Out Summer Bootcamp’. The aim was to...
Minimizing Post-Workout Muscle Pain
The pain of a workout is something we have all experienced at one stage or another. Whether it be our...
Latest on Hamstrings 2016
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 Physiotherapy we love our sports (gaelic footy, baseball, volleyball, rugby league, sevens). Below are a few foot...
How to deal with blisters
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
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
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.
As many of you may know 2 weeks ago Bobbie-Jo attended the SMA Conference down in Melbourne. Here on of...
Top 5 tips for getting better sleep with night pain
Some injuries can be known to be problematic even at night. At the time when the body is due to...
Groin Injuries – Latest Update
Groin pain is a common injury affecting athletes across the winter football codes, particularly soccer and Australian rules. It continues to...
What is the sural nerve?
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 figured...