GalleryCelebrating Women Who Run
It’s a Pilates Party!
Do you know someone who runs? Are you training for a big event or just starting our with running? Perhaps you just like sipping on champagne to support a good cause!
Either […]
GallerySki Injury Prevention for desk workers – Part 1
Our Physio Caitlin Reid and friends hiking the Toilet Bowl face up The Remarkables, NZ in 2016
How your gear can prevent ski injuries
Snow is falling across the country so this month we’re focused on the ski season. […]
GalleryLearn More About the Calf Muscle and How to Prevent Injury
Calf injuries are one of the most prevalent muscle injuries in athletes involved in running-based sports, secondary only to hamstring injuries.
We see calf injuries as a result of sports involving a lot of high-speed running like AFL, soccer and […]
GalleryWhat is the Gluteus Medius and Why is it so Important for my Running?
Injuries are common amongst runners, particularly as athletes increase speeds, distances or vary training programs.
The Gluteus Medius is one of the most important, yet often forgotten muscles in preventing and rehabilitating running injuries both […]
GalleryHand and Wrist Injury: The typical injuries and how to treat them
Sophie Halsall-McLennan has kindly written this month’s guest blog. She has a special interest and clinical expertise in hand injuries.
The hand and wrist are certainly one of many complex structures in our body. Given the importance of our hands […]
GalleryHow to Prevent and Recover from Acute Hamstring Injuries
Hamstring injuries are common with sports, particularly with sprinting (from 80% to 100% sprint effort), changing direction and movements that involve stretching the muscle such as kicking and tackling. With sprinting, often overload in training which can […]
GalleryHow Do I Avoid Injury? Prevention Is Always Better Than A Cure
The new year has turned over and everyone is having a fresh start.
It’s the time of year most team sports are into pre-season training, new year resolution fitness regimes are taking off and excitement is high for new […]
GalleryTips to Avoid Common Summer Holiday Injuries
Holidays injuries are common during the holiday season when we tend to get relax more than usual or get more active than usual – both triggers for some of the common injuries below. Learn the signs and find out […]
GalleryA New Way of Streamlining your Pilates Experience
We have made some exciting changes to the way our Viva Pilates studio works in the past couple of months and so I thought I’d take the opportunity to tell you all about it.
Excitingly we now have the […]