WISHING YOU A HAPPY HEALTHY HOLIDAY SEASON 2019 has been an exciting year for the Move Better For Life team. This year we’ve grown our team, welcoming some wonderful new faces, and opened up our clinic in Tamworth. We’ve really expanded our Wellness Classes and our clients have benefited from the introduction of exercise physiology…
With the holiday season and beach holidays upon us it is worth looking at the injuries people present with in the practice after returning from holidays. One of these is shin splints. Shin splints present as a dull, aching pain and tenderness in the front of the lower leg adjacent to the shin bone. There…
Plantar fasciitis is one of those injuries that many people have never heard of until they experience it themselves, only to discover there are many other sufferers out there. What is plantar fasciitis and what does it have to do with the upcoming holidays? Plantar fasciitis is inflammation of the plantar fascia on the underside of…
The drought is taking its toll not only in my home in the New England area but across much of Australia, and as most of you would know, its effects are wide reaching. An unexpected effect is injury caused by carting buckets of water around. We have had several people present to the clinic with…
Hip or back? Which is it? Hip or back? Which is it? Back problems can masquerade as hip problems and conversely hip problems can present as back pain. There is a lot of overlap and I often see it in the practice when someone seeks treatment for their hip when in fact the pain is…
The life of a tradie is one that is particularly physical and involves a lot of repeated bending, lifting and squatting. I have met a few older tradies in the clinic who have come in with lower back, neck and shoulder problems. I have also met a few who have changed jobs because of the…
