by Wade Brennan | Oct 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
Research shows that many children today are struggling to meet their daily-recommended targets for physical activity. We know that inactivity is a risk factor for a multitude of chronic diseases and many of the habits that shape our adult lives are set in childhood....
by Wade Brennan | Aug 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
By now it should come as no surprise that prolonged periods of inactivity are bad for your health. It seems that the science is in, and the bad news is that long periods of sitting or inactivity is a risk factor for many diseases, independent of other factors such as...
by Wade Brennan | Mar 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
Pilates is a “body-mind exercise that focuses on strength, core stability, flexibility, muscle control, posture and breathing” (Wells, Kolt & Bialocerkowski, 2012). Pilates exercises can be either done on the floor or a reformer. A reformer is “a carriage...
by Wade Brennan | Feb 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
Clinical Pilates is specific pilates exercises prescribed to a patient depending on their individual needs (Wajswelner, Metcalf & Bennell, 2012). The practitioner will assess the patient’s problem and will prescribe exercises to carry out on the pilates reformer...
by Wade Brennan | Jan 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
FOCUS ON SHIN SPLINTS Taking up running as a new years resolution? Make sure you increase your load (kilometres) slowly. One of the most common faults we see when a runner comes in injured is a sudden increase in training load (training error). After this we see a...
by Wade Brennan | Oct 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Exciting to see surgeons are now using functional movement training to treat back pain. Check out this video below to see back pain sufferers in action. We are fully equipped here at Central Physio & Health and utilise both the SFMA (selective functional movement...
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