I have always been super active and was a competitive dancer for many years. I did unfortunately have many injuries during my time as a dancer and pilates really helped me in my recovery. I injured my foot a fair few times and it really set me back. I couldn’t train or compete and I felt like I was falling behind. […]
Over my years of working as a physiotherapist, pilates has been the one constant thing that has helped every person who has tried it. It can be used in all stages of rehab to help you recover from injury, but then to progress your strength and conditioning and finally to help you to perform at […]
Pilates first popped up on my radar a couple of years ago. Funnily enough, the way that I found myself launched into the Pilates world was actually through an injury. At the time I was heavily into the gym, mainly focusing on powerlifting and Olympic lifting. Throughout this period, an unexpected hip injury lead […]
Moving Beyond Cancer If the effects of exercise could be purchased in a pill, it would be prescribed to every person with cancer. Even if the exercise pill had just a few of the positive health benefits that exercise provides, it would still be viewed as a miracle drug Exercise and Sports Science Australia’s (ESSA) […]
I have always had a passion for staying active and being as healthy as possible. From previously being a gymnast and springboard diver, I am very familiar with lots of strength and conditioning programs. However, believe it or not I think my very first Pilates class left me the sorest! What I love most […]
I have always had an equal interest in the realms of physiotherapy called rehabilitation as well as a newer idea called pre-habilitation. Everyone has heard of rehabilitation where a person comes in injured and we use our manual therapy and exercise prescription skills to help and coach them back to being pain-free and functional […]
I’ve always been into activities – racing motocross, running around a tennis court, attempting to surf, I’ll give anything a go. Pilates wasn’t on my radar until I lived in San Francisco and was trying out every gym and studio that was on my commute. At first, it wasn’t for me, but then I broke […]
I started out my career as a Physiotherapist back in 1998. I soon realised that treating our patients would get them better but only temporarily because we weren’t fixing what caused the problem in the first place but rather treating the symptoms and current injuries. I quickly worked out the cause – people (pretty much […]
Life expectancy is at its all-time high, the fact that so many people are living longer, well into their 80s and 90s is a wonderful ideal. However, the sad reality is that living longer doesn’t always include a good quality of life, it’s not a package deal. Many people outlive their children and their pensions, […]
