Run Free (from pain…)

Over the past year, there has been a significant surge in individuals embracing running as their preferred exercise. As the Melbourne Marathon approaches, an increasing number of both novice and seasoned runners are participating in events, setting new goals for...

Clicking Knee? Don’t Stress.

As an Osteopath, I frequently encounter patients expressing concerns about peculiar sounds emanating from their knees: Why does my knee make a clicking sound when I walk? I’ve been avoiding running lately because my knee clicks. My knees tend to click during...

What Is Dry Needling?

Curious about the buzz surrounding dry needling? You may have noticed our practitioners incorporating this treatment modality or even experienced it during your consultation. Widely utilized by numerous allied health professionals, dry needling proves effective across...

Osteopathy & Pregnancy

Pregnancy is an incredibly transformative journey, which reveals the body’s remarkable capacity to adjust and adapt. There are essential changes that occur to the physiological, biomechanical, and hormonal systems, all required to facilitate the growing baby and...

Growing Pains In Children

Many children, from three years, up to around age eleven, experience harmless muscle aches known as “growing pains”. Growing pains are usually described as an aching or throbbing pain in the legs, often in the thighs, calf muscles or behind the knees. Some...

Common Myths Of Sciatica

Almost everyone has heard of sciatica, but as it gets thrown around more, it can be quite unclear as to what it means. As a consequence, we start associating it with any type of back pain with little to no referral into the leg. Before we do a little myth-busting,...

Is WFH the cause of your chronic pain?

With many of us required to work from home over the past two years, the unfortunate affect of this has been an abundance of musculoskeletal injuries due to poor ergonomics from makeshift workstations, such as working on laptops, sitting on the couch or at a kitchen...

Remedial Massage For Cyclists & Runners

Remedial massage and sports massage is a highly effective treatment and preventative measure for athletes and weekend warriors who participate in endurance activities such as cycling and running. These activities place recurrent stress on the body, particularly...

Remedial Massage For Shoulder Pain

Unfortunately, restriction and muscular imbalances throughout the shoulder can lead to chronic conditions such as Frozen Shoulder, Tension Headaches, Torticollis (wry neck). Due to daily activities at work and home, such as excessive computer use, we often position...