Rethinking Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is a significant problem for many Mandurah residents, and can interrupt your ability to do the things you enjoy. In general terms, chronic pain can be defined…
Regular Exercise Prevents Chronic Muscle Pain
We all know exercise is good for you, but it's nice to have some good quality scientific evidence to prove it! The fact that people who exercise regularly are less…
Is My Child’s Schoolbag Too Heavy?
The start of the school year is often when we get an influx of rightfully concerned parents, worried about the weight of their child's heavy school backpack. Current recommendations suggest…
3 Exercises to Improve Your Hip Strength and Mobility
Perhaps second only to shoulder rotator cuff issues, persistent pain and stiffness at the hip joints is one of the most common non-spinal complaints we treat in the clinic. Patients often…
I Have a Disc Herniation – What Does it Mean? How is it Treated?
The discs in the lower back play an important role in acting as shock absorbers between the vertebra, while at the same time allowing us to perform a wide range…
2 Simple Exercises to Keep Your Shoulders Strong and Pain-Free
Following on from our blog last week on subacromial bursitis and shoulder impingement, I thought it would be useful to provide some information on two exercises I have found to…
Shoulder Bursitis – what is it and how is it treated?
Shoulder bursitis most commonly refers to inflammation of the subacromial bursa, which is a fluid filled sac, that sits at the outer-front aspect of the shoulder. Subacromial bursitis, is one…
5 Easy Stretches for the Busy Office-Worker
I see a lot of desk-bound office workers at the clinic, who often present with similar symptoms of neck and shoulder pain, and stiffness in the mid to upper back.…
4 Simple Exercises to Improve Your Core Stability
There are countless rehab exercise programs floating around, promising to improve core stability and cure low back pain, much of which all revolve around the same basic principles. That is,…
I have hip bursitis. What is it, and what do I do about it?
When people talk of having hip bursitis, it is most commonly the greater trochanteric bursa, which located on the boney knob near the top and at the outside of the…