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Pilates is Your Body’s Best Insurance Policy

Pilates is Your Body’s Best Insurance Policy

A great article posted on the mypilatesinfo.com website earlier this year offers a great explanation of exactly what Pilates is and how it can be used to keep your body strong and healthy and prevent all the unnecessary wear and tear on joints that can occur when your muscles become unbalanced. "Pilates is about strengthening your core. But the point of creating and maintaining a…

Active April Blog: Habit Formation

With cold days now on the horizon it is essential that health and wellbeing become your highest priority. Active April is all about staying focused on what you have already achieved this year. This blog has and our monthly newsletter have already explained how motivation, commitment and drive can be used in your health journey. Now is the time to put all these changes into effect and…

Why Pronation is not the Villain

Why Pronation is not the Villain

With the prevalence of running related injuries hot on the tongues of running enthusiasts and health professionals alike, we take a deeper look into why foot over-pronation is unfairly maligned as the cause for a slew of running-related injuries. The key point that is often overlooked by misinformed proponents of the ‘overpronation’ theory is that pronation is a normal part…

Returning to Training After a Break

Returning to Training After a Break

At Melbourne Osteopathy Sports Injury Centre, we have a special interest in treating athletes of all types, from weekend warriors to elite sportspeople. Many of our practitioners also compete at a high level. Many of you may not know that Dr Catherine Allison is not just a talented Osteopath but was also awarded the 2015 Female Athlete of the Year by Triathlon Victoria. Catherine…
TheraBand Exercises for Swimmers

TheraBand Exercises for Swimmers

Thera bands are simple to use and should be completed before you swim as part of your warm up. We recommend completing 2-3 sets of each exercise 10-20 times. The exercises should be controlled and the resistance modest. TheraBands ARE NOT designed to build power and add large amounts of fatigue, rather, they will build shoulder control, technique, mobility and subtle strength.

Get Up Out Of Your Chair!

Get Up Out Of Your Chair!

Research shows that the detrimental health effects of sitting are taking years off the life of the average office worker. It sounds incredible, but sitting for more than 3-hours per day can shorten your life expectancy by 2-years, and it is likely that you don’t even get a say in it. More importantly though, it’s the general health and quality of life which may…