Sports and Spines

31/10/2024

Massive congrats to Tommy at last weekend’s Jiu Jitsu Pan PAC’s in Melbourne. Winning gold in 3 divisions:
Master 4 Gi (Heavy Weight)
Master 4 Gi (Open Weight)
Master 4 No Gi (Open Weight)
Tommy has been coming in for the past few years for various spinal injuries, generally Jiu Jitsu related and we have managed to keep him training and competing.
Just a couple of days prior to departing for the Pan PACs Tommy sprained a costovertebral joint in his upper back.
Well done Tommy 👏💪

05/08/2024

Good article highlighting the benefits of posterior chain strengthening with patients who have chronic low back pain. Posterior chain strengthening involves a number of exercises patients are fearful of or told to avoid including deadlifts, squats, RDLs.
PubMed 33683497

31/07/2024

Geoff suffered a lumbar disc injury in January (L5/S1 disc protrusion causing displacement of the descending S1 nerve root and a smaller disc protrusion affecting the left S1 nerve root). This resulted in neurological pain down the leg and pins and needles in the foot.
Geoff was able to make a full recovery (no cortisone, no surgery) and go on a planned 10 day surf trip in Indonesia without any issues. A great result. 💪

27/05/2024

The pictures don’t truely do it justice. All I kept saying was wow.

12/04/2024

08/04/2024

Great to be invited by to appear in his podcast to discuss various injuries and my 15 years as Head Physiotherapist at . Thoroughly enjoyed it.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6HJvm1akkTMvjhhMEyMevs?si=gwz85iX-SmGnHNfSkLCmug

25/03/2024

Podcast on Spotify.