What is the pelvic floor? A deep layer of muscle which attaches from the pubic bone to the tailbone and forms a sling/hammock that provides support for the bladder and bowel. Imagine the pelvic floor as a muscular elastic trampoline that moves up and down in a dome-like shape as we contract and relax the […]
Clinical Pilates – How To Get The Best Results
What is Clinical Pilates? Clinical Pilates is set up as a low impact form of exercise focused on the recruitment, integration and coordination of deep spinal and pelvic stabilising muscles. Whether you are trying to recover from injury or using it as a preventative tool or performance enhancer, it can be difficult to know how […]
How Do I Engage My Core, or “Transverse Abdominals”?
What is my core? A group of muscles which help to strengthen and stabilise the core. There are three muscles that make up your deep core, these are the Transverse Abdominis, the pelvic floor and Multifidus. The transverse abdominis (TrA) is the deepest layer of your core and plays an extremely important role in postural […]
Avoid Overuse Running Injuries
With all the marketing hype around, you might be forgiven for thinking that footwear is the key to preventing running injuries. Especially now, with most runners at least aware of the “barefoot” craze, it’s becoming harder to know what is the right shoe. The “old” advice around finding the right shoe for a particular foot-type is […]
Acute Low Back Pain – Treatment & Management
What is Acute Low Back Pain? ‘Acute’ indicates onset within the last 6 weeks. 80% of Australians will have an episode of acute or chronic low back pain – you are not alone. Acute low back pain may involve one or more structures around the spine such as the intervertebral disc, the facet joint, the ligaments […]