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Easy Ways to Stay Pain-Free While Travelling
The holiday season is one of the busiest travel periods of the year, with many people taking to the skies, roads, and rails to visit loved ones or explore new destinations. While the excitement of travel is undeniable, the long hours spent sitting can lead to common complaints such as lower back pain, neck stiffness, […]
Five Holiday Challenges from your Physio
With the approach of the silly season, many people begin to consider their New Year’s goals. Unfortunately, we all know what the success rates are for the average new years resolution – most goals have been abandoned by the first day back to work. One way to improve your health and start your year strong […]
Achilles Tendon Tears
What is it? The Achilles tendon is a band of fibrous tissue located at the back of the ankle. Its main role is to connect the calf muscles to the heel of the foot. This tendon is the largest tendon in the body and when it tightens, as the calf muscles contract, it pulls the […]
Can Stress Affect my Pain?
A common fear for patients when discussing pain is the idea that their symptoms are ‘all in their head’ or that they won’t be believed either by friends, family, therapists or workplace. This fear can be worse when there appears to be no obvious cause for their pain or it has been present for a […]
Tips for Finding Your Perfect Exercise Match
Exercise is such an essential part of mental and physical wellbeing, however many of us find it difficult to make time to stay active. Often, when we think of exercise we imagine jogging or the gym. Exercise can be anything that gets you moving, and the trick to reaping the long term benefits is to […]
Shoulder Labral Tears
What is it? A ring of flexible, fibrous connective tissue, known as the glenohumeral labrum, surrounds the shoulder joint. This labrum increases the stability of the shoulder while allowing for the required flexibility of one of the bodies’ most sophisticated joints. One well-known muscle of the arm, the biceps, has an attachment directly into the […]
Physio Tips for Better Running
Distance running can be a surprisingly complicated sport. In this article, we offer some words of wisdom from our physiotherapists to help you get the most out of your training and avoid injuries. Choose your shoes carefully: Repeated stress from running long distances will show up any biomechanical flaws in your body relatively quickly. Choosing […]
Focus on Shin Splints
What is it? Shin splints, are a painful condition of the lower leg, also known as Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome, it is an overuse injury that causes pain along the inside of the tibia or shin bone. It is a common condition in runners, hikers and soldiers who march long distances. What are the symptoms? […]
Focus: The Broken Collarbone
CUMBERLAND PHYSIOTHERAPY PARRAMATTA: What is it? A broken collarbone, also known as the clavicle, is one of the most commonly broken bones in the body. The collarbone connects the front of the ribcage to the shoulder and is the only bony connection the arm has to the rest of the body. Many muscles attach to […]
Four Surprising Reasons Why Your Pain Is Not Improving
CUMBERLAND PHYSIOTHERAPY PARRAMATTA: Most tissues in the body have healed completely in six to 12 weeks following an injury, however, many people have severe pain that lasts much longer than this. We know that the intensity of the pain you feel is not always associated with a similar amount of damage. In some cases, there […]