Does listening to music help make you exercise harder? In today’s world, we now live with technology that has brought us closer to music than ever before, playing a role in our emotional and social lives. According to the available research, music in general can capture attention, trigger a range of emotions, alter or regulate […]
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These are 5 stages of a developing athlete: 6-10yrs of age – Train for Fun10-14yrs – Train to Train14-16yrs – Train to Compete16+ yrs – Train to win It is really important to remember these stages when coaching younger athletes. The overall goal of LTAD is to develop motor skills, firstly of a generalised nature
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Benefits of Hydrotherapy Hydrotherapy (or Aquatherapy) involves activities/exercises performed in warm water to help assist in rehabilitation of a variety of neurological and musculoskeletal conditions. When partly or fully submerged in warm water, a force known as hydrostatic pressure is exerted on the body. This increase in pressure and temperature promotes an increase in blood
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Lower back pain is a common compliant we see as a Physiotherapist, and the importance of regular stretching is often overlooked. Regular stretching of the muscles, ligaments and tendons that support the spine is a key element to any treatment for lower back pain. It may also be the most effective and cost-efficient way to
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What are they?Carbohydrates, also known as carbs or saccharides, is a group of foods that are converted into glucose during digestion. Glucose is a type of sugar that can be used immediately or stored away and be used later for energy. Once carbohydrates turns into glucose, it can raise your blood sugar level. It is
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Looking back at my 5 years at university, one of the areas I would say I had the MOST improvement/growth was my cooking skills and food knowledge. My first year of Brisbane my diet consisted of about 3 meals2 minutes noodles – the chicken flavour don’t even TRY and tell me the beef is better.
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I wanted to take the time to highlight Hannah MacDonald and the hard work she put in over the past year. Hannah has been working with me since the first week I started at Vector Health a little over a year ago now. At the beginning we had a lot of ideas and dreams about
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NEW YEAR JUNIOR CLINIC ????♀️ Start the year off right with this three-day intensive clinic where you will learn things about nutrition and technique as well as all things mobility, agility, speed, flexibility, strength, and aerobic fitness. Day one and three will be at Vector Health and day 2 will be out at a park
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The last day of this round of Mums and Bubs: First steps class, this called for a step up in exercises and we also got to wind down and learn how to do baby massage at the end with our Musculoskeletal Therapist Lacey Hayes! Thank you to all these lovely ladies for participating in our
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A question we get asked frequently is why this is happening. It could be for many reasons, one of the more common ones is called femoroacetabular impingement, basically what this means is the bone and the socket where your hip and leg meet, there can be rubbing of the bone which is where the pain
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What is it? Basically it is the knee dropping in sideways. You can usually see this when someone is doing squats, lunges and any sort of gait pattern. Why does it happen? It can be for a couple of reasons. Sometimes your abductors can be too tight or overactive, these are the muscles running on the inside
In this video Glenn Hansen discusses front squatting variations for all different levels using a barbell or dumbbell.
2 Day Clinic for $99 This clinic will be run in the first week of the school holidays.Day 1 – 11th of December at 9am – 3pm at Redeemer and Anytime GymDay 2 – 12th of December at 9am – 12pm at Redeemer12 people per session Day 1 will consist of testing the athlete’s abilities
