Category: Injury Prevention & Load Management

How to Recover properly in the Gym

How to Recover Properly in the Gym

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Train Hard. Recover Harder. When training in the gym, there’s no doubt recovery is vital to repair damage done to the body. This means you can train more consistently and get more out of the sessions, setting you up for success! Continue reading to learn more about gym recovery

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Progressing overload training

How to ensure you don’t overload while exercising!

Progressive overload is one of the key principles when it comes to exercise and rehabilitation. The principle infers a challenge must be present in order for adaptation to occur. A physio’s role is centered around strengthening and stabilizing injured body parts, which is why this is important. This can’t occur

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endurance exercise female

How to avoid overuse injuries?

Running season brings about a unique profile of injuries called overuse injuries. These are injuries resulting from repetitive microtrauma of musculoskeletal structures such as muscles, tendons, bone and ligaments, occurring over a period of time. Acute vs Overuse Injuries In contrast, acute injuries occur from a single traumatic event. Examples

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Prehab and its’ benefit in a non-complicated recovery post-surgery

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Recovery following surgery can be long-winded and frustrating for many patients. At Pivotal Motion, we understand this and therefore try to promote a non-complicated speedy recovery. Our goal is to get you moving at a desirable level as soon as possible. Prehabilitation has been proven to reduce admission to

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Elderly man lifting two dumbells.

Prehab in Retirement

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Prehab in retirement is a critical component of physical, emotional and mental wellbeing. At Pivotal Motion, we cater to a wide range of patient demographics. An interest in our clinic is the Elderly population (65 years and above). As we are clinic that is all about movement.  We believe

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Prevention tips for achilles tendon issues.

Prevention Tips For Achilles Tendon Issues

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The achilles tendon is the biggest tendon in the human body and injury to this tendon can be quite debilitating for most people. It’s no wonder that when referring to a person’s weak quality, people often use the term ‘achilles heel’. The complexity in treating issues with achilles tendon

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Shoulder and scapular exercise | Featured Image for the Shoulder Impingement Treatment Page of Pivotal Motion Physiotherapy.

Posture Bras help women’s posture

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Are you struggling with upper back pain? Come see us at Pivotal Motion, the physiotherapist Brisbane relies on to get them moving again. Did you know that 80% of women are wearing the wrong sized bra?  Posture bras help women’s posture if you have a larger chest size. Women with a

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Woman running down a rural road | Featured image for running load management blog.

Running Load Management

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Running load management is a great topic for our everyday runners. Too often people leave their training a bit late and try and do ‘too much too soon’; they end up overloading their tissue resulting in pain and injury. Have a read below to see how to prevent those ‘niggling’

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