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Top tips for moving house!
Moving house soon? Read our latest blog by Caitlin to hear her top tips to avoid pain and injury during the process!
Here we are again, in lockdown for a fifth time.
I wanted to write a quick blog to give everyone an insight into how lockdowns have led to various injuries in the community and how you can prevent this happening to you! Injuries usually occur from one of two different events: Traumatic injury Sudden change in...
Exercise During Pregnancy
Can I exercise during pregnancy? Exercising can feel hard enough at the best of times, so it is no surprise that many women will stop their normal exercise routine, or put off starting one for fear of doing any harm to themselves or their baby. However, “women with...
Postural Variation and Working From Home
What is the perfect posture? I hear this question a lot with people presenting with neck and back pain that is believed to be stemming from a poor posture. And the answer – there is no ‘perfect’ posture. In studies that compare the postures of people with and without...
Dry Needling
DRY NEEDLING – What you need to know Do you suffer with persistent tightness in muscles that just don’t seem to respond as well tomassage? Do you experience headaches that feel they might be related to neck and shouldertightness? Or have you tried various therapies...
Returning to the gym post-iso? Don’t go too hard, too early!
Are you returning to the gym post-iso? Gyms are open again, and everyone is ready to jump straight back into old routines! But this is a time when you are at a greater risk of injury. If you’ve been doing home workouts, or nothing at all, for the past few months, your...
Movember
This November we are supporting Movember to raise vital funds and awareness for Men's Health. If you would like to support the cause please follow this link below https://moteam.co/watsonia-physio-community
Is your world SPINNING?
Did you know that your physiotherapist can treat your Vertigo Is your world SPINNING? Ever felt the world is spinning when bending down to look in the mailbox? Perhaps just getting out of bed? Or even looking up to hang the clothes on the line? If so, chances are you...
How can you safely manage an increase in your physical activity this summer?
With summer around the corner it is likely that most people will try to increase their exercise levels. Whether it is to improve your physique/health or football preseason starting soon, we want to highlight the importance of training loads.It is very common for us to...
GLA:D Program
Watsonia Physiotherapy is proud to be commencing the GLA:D Program, an international initiative aiming to decrease pain and dysfunction associated with knee and hip osteoarthritis. What does it involve? A combined treatment program consisting of 6, 2x per week...