Motus Physiotherapy

12/04/2023

17/08/2021

With the move to Alert Level 4, all in-person appointments will be cancelled for the rest of this week.

We will be offering Telehealth appointments and if you had an appointment this week, your physio will be in touch.

Keep safe!

24/06/2021

Great to join in and support the opening day of Tinana Community Gym. Come visit us from 10-2 today

04/06/2021

Due to Queens Birthday weekend the strapping clinic will be closed Saturday and the clinic will be closed Monday. Normal hours will resume Tuesday 8th of June.
Have a great weekend and keep safe!

23/04/2021

for your fun Friday fact today! Especially as we come into the winter sorts season.
🔹️Sprinting for Hamstrings!🔹️
High speed running is a common mechanism for hamstring (and other muscle) injuries. Often, the hamstring most commonly injured in sprinting is biceps femoris (lateral hamstring).
A study (1) measured hamstring strength and activation before and after maximal sprinting, determining that sprinting selectively targets the biceps femoris (long head), as evidenced by reduced activation.
👉Why is this important? Progressive exposure and loading to sprinting is important for injury prevention (e.g. it’ll make your hamstrings stronger), injury rehab (required to rehab hamstring injuries), and increasing speed (need to sprint to get faster).
👉Importantly: the load, especially how quickly you build into sprinting load is important for injury risk. Running technique, base-strength, lumbo-pelvic control, neural and spinal mobility are all important.
Reference:
1. Timmins, R. G., Opar, D. A., Williams, M. D., Schache, A. G., Dear, N. M., & Shield, A. J. (2014). Reduced biceps femoris myoelectrical activity influences eccentric knee flexor weakness after repeat sprint running. Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports, 24(4), e299-e305.

18/03/2021

Here at Motus Eastcare we are pretty excited to sponsor and be the Physio’s for Sumner rugby, New Brighton rugby, Shirley rugby, Linwood rugby and Linwood Keas. We wish them all the best for the their preseason games over the coming weeks!

04/03/2021

Have any pre season niggles or injuries? Don’t wait any longer and book in today! We have a great team with a great amount of knowledge in sports injuries.

19/02/2021

for today’s Friday fact! Thanks I have found great use, clinically, in reframing pain as a driver of behaviour.
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This is distinct from a passive experience that reflects the state of the peripheral tissue.
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Reframing pain this way has helped shift the focus from structure and biomechanics to having honest conversations about why pain may emerged and how WE could minimise the disability associated with it.
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NB: yes this one theory of pain. There are numerous interpretations. However, this simple sentence resonated with me several years ago, from the great Lorimer Moseley, and helped me escape my deep biomedical roots.
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This paper maps out how this interpretation is drawn directly from Melzack and Walls pain neuromatrix theory

05/02/2021

Today’s Friday fact for you all!! Posted • You won’t believe what % of people have knee abnormalities on MRI 🤯

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➡️ Well - a new study found that 97% of asymptomatic adults showed abnormalities in at least one knee structure😱 Interesting, right? 🔎 Here are a few of the key findings:✅ Meniscal tears: 30% of all knees✅ Articular cartilage abnormalities: 62% of all knees✅ Bone marrow oedema: 52% of knees ❓What to find out the rest?➡️ We’ve summarised this paper (in audio format) for you so that you can easily understand and apply the findings in the clinic 🔗 Click the link in bio now to listen to the audio review by Todd Hargrove📚Easily stay on top of the latest research with Physio Network

28/01/2021

Don’t let those summer injuries get you down! Book with us today! 🏃‍♀️👊👍😎

21/01/2021

Good luck to our very own Tom competing in the Tauranga Half Iron Man!! Go hard! We look forward to hearing how it goes. 🏊‍♂️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♂️💨🥇

14/01/2021

Thanks to for today's insightful fact!

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Never underestimate the importance of rest days! 🙌🏻

This study was done on endurance athletes, look up the study for more details.

Thoughts? 👇

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26/11/2020

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Todays friday inspiration to keeping moving and keep active especially as the nicer weather roles on in! Find an outside active activity you enjoy this weekend and keep moving.

19/11/2020

Thanks to for todays exercises top tip!!
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💥𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐮𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠💥
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📚The soleus muscle is located in the posterior compartment of the lower leg and is a powerful plantarflexor of the ankle joint. Together with gastrocnemius, these two muscles unite to form the triceps surae or calf muscle group.
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🧠Unlike gastrocnemius (a 2-joint or biarticular muscle), soleus only crosses the ankle joint. In order to most effectively isolate this muscle, the knee must be positioned in flexion to put gastrocnemius on slack. When a two-joint muscle is placed on slack, it is placed in a mechanically disadvantageous position and, thus, able to develop less torque (termed active insufficiency).
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🔎Following this logic, three exercises (swipe left) are presented, which demonstrate how the solei can be trained. Such training may be used as a part of a program aimed at addressing achilles tendinopathy, plantar fasciitis and, more recently, research has shown that training soleus may also help protect the knee (see citation).
1️⃣Seated Dumbbell Raise
2️⃣Tip-Toe Farmer’s Walk
3️⃣Single-Leg Solei Raise
✅Give these a try and let me know if you have any questions. 3 sets of 12-15 reps will work well for most people.
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📕Reference: Maniar N, et al. Muscle Contributions to Tibiofemoral Shear Forces and Valgus and Rotational Joint Moments During Single Leg Drop Landing. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2020.
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