The Mechanist - Sydney

08/07/2024

THE MECHANIST patient and student, Ayva, off to Korea to compete in Taekwondo! We’re so proud of this girls drive and determination. We can’t wait to see you do big things 💪🏼

Join us in supporting Ayva as she strives to represent Australia at the Junior World Championships in Korea in October 2024 and make her mark for the first time on an international stage!

07/03/2024

TAKING GUESSES BELOW 👀😏

14/02/2024

Prone to ankle sprains? ❤️‍🩹
I have been known as the ‘ankle whisperer’ 😂
SO…
Try these PRE-performance tricks to help ground your body and improve the connection points in your lower limb! 💪🏼🦵🏼

15/11/2023

Another mega SLAY! 🔥
dancer smashing her pre-pointe assessment first time around.
We can’t wait to see you en pointè 😍

06/07/2023

The last of our very hard working girls to receive their Pre-Pointe certificates for this year!
Holidays means getting fitted for their first ever pointe shoes 🩰 we can’t wait to see what you both achieve 🥰

18/06/2023

Sometimes a pre-pointe assessment is not just a pass ✅ or fail ❌.
We work very closely with our patients ballet teachers to ensure they are equipped with the knowledge on their students body and know when to pull them back if necessary.

A ‘conditional’ pass of our pre-pointe assessment puts in place a tailored plan for the patient that allows them to begin their pointe work while working with them on the areas they need improvement in.

Here is our beautiful patient Eri from who received a conditional pass on her first pre-pointe assessment last week. Have fun getting your first pair of pointe shoes and keep up your exercises, otherwise I’ll take them back 😂 🩰

04/06/2023

Congratulations to Dakota & Jasmyn from Powerhouse Dance Factory. These girls have proved they are safe and strong enough to start pointe work! 💪🏼🩰

06/04/2023

Wishing all my patients (including these 3 cute littlies) a very happy, chocolate and family-filled Easter! 🩰🍫🐰
Happy running those Easter Eggs off… and if that’s not happy, get in contact to see how we can help keep you moving comfortably 🏃🏽‍♀️

Wishing everyone a Happy Easter! We hope this weekend is filled with joy, love and of course, some much deserved time off. Enjoy the holiday and we look forward to continuing our dance journey together in Term 2 🐣💃🏽🐰

RAD Australia will be closed from 5pm today, and return on Tuesday 11th April.

13/01/2023

Does this sound like a mother you know? Or maybe you have a child this is happening to?

While growth plate pains can’t be fully stopped, they can be made more bearable! 🔥🚿

Coming into the back to school period, school shoes can make a big difference to your childs severs.

As a rule of thumb:
KMART ❌
Target ❌
Big W ❌
The Athletes Foot ✅✅✅✅✅

And if you want to know more/why/what/WHATEVER, drop a comment below!

07/12/2022

“YeAh buT THey maKe yOUr feEt wEak” - ??????
Do you know who said this?

No one. A common myth surrounding orthotics and I’ll tell you what I tell my patients.

📢 We have 28 bones in the foot.
Every time a bone touches another bone, we have a joint. We have 33 joints in the foot.
How do our joints stay together? Ligaments (too many to count)
Ligaments act like joint sticky tape. But sometimes they can act more like rubber bands and struggle to hold our bag of bones together 🦴

So the body puts a call out for help.
Q. WHO CAN HELP STABILISE THE FOOT? 🚨
A. “I’ll help!” - Muscles 💪🏼
But that’s not their job…
Result = plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendinitis, tibialis posterior tendinopathies, shin splints, knee pain, big toe pain, calf strains etc etc ETC 🔥🔥🔥
What happens when you’re overworked at your job? You quit. Muscles are the same.

✨Orthotics are designed to aid stability ✨
Which means that if anything - they actually help strengthen your muscles by instantly taking away their need to compensate for the slacking co worker - the ligaments- and allows them to work how they were MEANT to. ❤️‍🩹

01/11/2022

A big congratulations to The Mechanist - Sydney patient Eli on this fantastic achievement!!! We can’t wait to see where you go 😍🦶🏼🩰

12/10/2022

HELLO DANCERS 👋🏼

Pre-pointe assessments are the new standard in making sure your body is safe to hit your goal of being en pointe!

With all the evidence we now have, THE MECHANIST can assess your current ability and provide hands-on treatment coupled with a strengthening program to get you ready for your first pointe shoes 😍🩰

As a dance teacher, the last thing I want to see is my patients injured and not being able to live out their dreams 🥺.

So if you’ve just started Grade 5, are also doing a pre-pointe class or you’ve began Intermediate Foundation and are struggling, book in for a Pre-Pointe Assessment and give your body the best chance at succeeding and preventing injury 💪🏼