We are excited to announce the first FREE MINI CLINIC enrollment announcement. There will be two Junior Performance Clinics held at our open day. 9.15am – 9.45 am & 10.30am – 11.00am on the 18th May 2019. At this stage enrollment numbers will be capped at 20 children per session. If you and your children […]
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Groin and hamstring injuries combined are probably the most common reason athletes are out of action from a non-contact injury – that is one that wasn’t caused through a collision with either another player or the ground. However, the good news is that there are 2 exercises that reduce the chances of these injuries by
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Whether you are a serious athlete or just play sports for fun, it’s always important to stay hydrated before during and after exercise. Drinking plenty of water helps regulate your body temperature; lubricates your joints and helps transport important nutrients through your body keeping you energized and feeling healthy. If you’re dehydrated your body simply
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Are you wanting your kids to continue enjoy rugby league? Maintain longevity in their sport? Reduce injuries? Rugby league is a very high intense contact sport, that requires a great level of agility, aerobic fitness, speed, strength and power for both senior and adolescent rugby league players. The demands of positions on the rugby league
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1/3 people over 65 fall once a year. In Australia that’s 1 million a year and with aged percentage due to increase, by 2050 looking at over 2.5 million falls in the aged population costing about 1.5 billion dollars out of the healthcare budget. Falls happen due to a change / deterioration in the
Let’s talk about the, who and when should you use strapping? Firstly, you can’t just ‘strap’ something, you need to know what and why you are strapping it. Let’s use the ankle, which is a commonly strapped joint, as an example. Probably 90% of ankle injuries are inversion sprains, that is you roll your ankle
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Resistance training: a scientifically proven method of treatment for depression! Depression is a sad reality of human existence with most of us suffering with symptoms at one time or another during our lifetimes. But good news this year was released in the form of a meta analysis and meta regression, a very high form of
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The push up plus is known to be a simple movement but its role in muscle activation and shoulder stability is invaluable. The push up plus can be performed several ways, either in a neutral push up position or alternatively on a wall, bench or on your knees. These versions all require the same movement
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What is Hypermobility? Hypermobilty refers to excessive joint laxity, or a lack of integrity of the tissues that support the joint and prevent excess movement. This can be congenital or developed in individual joints following trauma or injury. It is more commonly seen in women and younger people. Many dancers and gymnasts have hypermobile joints.
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What is the minimal load that you need to use to build muscle? Recent research looking into the minimum load required to stimulate muscle growth shed some light on this question. The authors were able to come up with a suggested threshold. 4 groups performed leg and bicep exercises with different 1RM % loads. The
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•3.84 Million Australians suffer the indignity of urinary incontinence •3.1 Million Women and 780,000 Men. •Major impact on physical, emotional and social health and wellbeing. •Consequences: embarrassment, social isolation. Stigma and financial cost. Normal bladder/bowel control •On average we pass urine 4-6 times during the day and up to twice at night. •Your bladder should
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Optimal bicep training: How many sets per week do you need? A recent study investigated this by testing 3 weekly set protocols in trained subjects. Groups preformed either 9,18 or 27 sets of bicep exercises per week for 6 weeks. What they found was that there was an inverted U response. The study showed optimal
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Machines vs free weights: which is better? Depends Often I get asked, should I use machines or free weights? The fact of the matter is this, your muscles don’t know the difference. Sure, with free weights you may activate a few more joint stabiliser muscles particularly if you are doing unilateral work. But that is
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