Praxis What You Preach Blogs
Sporting Injuries
Are you a weekend warrior who is plagued by injury or an aspiring athlete trying to find that extra 1% or somewhere in between? We know how frustrating it can sitting on the side lines and not being able to be involved in the things that make you happy. All the Praxis...
Shin Splints | Physio Guide to Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome
SUMMARY Shin splints are essentially an overuse injury Numerous factors contribute to symptoms but mainly involving the poor control of force through the lower limbs Important to stop symptoms to avoid developing stress fractures, which require lengthier time away...
Fact or Fiction – Preseason Training
Answer - FACT With preseason training just around the corner, this blog is a timely reminder that turning up to preseason training consistently will give athletes the best chance of being able to play most games next year. Murray et al (2017) reported that AFL players...
Fact or Fiction – Strength Training
I’ve been doing my exercises for two weeks religiously and I’m no stronger! This will never work! ANSWER: Fiction How long does it take to have strength gains? The answer is actually in two parts. Increasing muscle size (hypertrophy) takes a minimum of 6 weeks, and...
Chronic Groin Pain (Athletic Pubalgia)
GROIN PAIN Groin pain, referred to also as athletic pubalgia, is a common problem for a number of athletes, particularly those who engage in sports that require specific use (or overuse) of lower abdominal muscles and the proximal muscles of the thigh. Predominantly,...
Podcast
PODCAST Something a little different for Praxis Physio recently with our principal physio Stephen, having a chat with Matt from Back Yourself fitness. The latest episode is all about rehab, recovery, Praxis Pilates and physio assessments. Some interesting stories...
FACT OR FICTION: Meniscus Tears and knee surgery
All meniscal tears need surgery 🤔🔪🔪🔪🔪 ???ANSWER: FICTION In a recent meta-analysis (multiple studies combined), Kise and colleagues concluded that a small but inconsequential benefit is seen from treatment interventions that involve arthroscopy. However, this small...
ROTATOR CUFF TEARS || Do I Need Surgery?
That age old question in which the answers seems to be becoming increasingly more difficult to answer. We have looked over the research and tried to simply things for those who are unsure about what to do with their shoulder. SUMMARY: A rotator cuff (RC) tear is a...
FACT OR FICTION – I’m in pain, I’m damaging something
FICTION! Stay with me on this one as it can be confusing. Pain = An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. The best way to sum it up is the above photo. This unlucky gent stuck a nail through his shoe. He was in...
FACT OR FICTION: Is running bad for your knees
We at Praxis think that patient education is the cornerstone of good physiotherapy. We particularly enjoy discussing people's understanding of their injuries or the beliefs around certain activities. As such we are starting "Fact or Fiction Friday's" in which we...
Pilates: Mat vs Reformer Pilates (Part 2 of 3)
In part one, we unearthed that pilates has a role to play in reducing the severity of chronic lower back pain. In part two, we tackle a common question from our patients and delve further into the research to see if there is a difference between mat and reformer...
Pilates: Reforming our back pain rehabilitation (Part 1 of 3)
With our 30 day pilates challenge starting today, we thought we would take a look at why we love pilates so much for our patients, and what some of the benefits are. Part 1 looks at how pilates affect those with chronic lower back pain. Part 2 looks at the difference...
Kicking Goals! Praxis looks at AFL kicking mechanics
KICKING As per usual the Praxis team delved into an area of clinical interest to better understand the demands of our athletes. Last session we discussed throwing technique which you can read about here. SUMMARY There are differences in kicking techniques when...
Congratulations Nancy!
GRADUATION A massive congratulations to our resident remedial massage guru Nancy! She recently "doffed the cap" during her graduation ceremony. Nancy successfully completed a Bachelor of Health Science (Myotherapy) at the Endeavour College of Natural Health....
Throwing Injuries
THROWING This week in professional development session, our physio team delved into throwing techniques and links to injury. Proper throwing mechanics are important to understand as they may enable an athlete to achieve maximum performance with minimum chance of...
Praxis in the Alice
ALICE SPRINGS Cam and Steve finish their week at the National Indigenous Cricket Carnival (NICC) as the central Physiotherapists representing Cricket Australia and Praxis. The NICC has been created to further advance and develop Indigenous cricket. The competition...
Private Health and Pilates – Changes for April 1st 2019
SUMMARY: Private Health Rebates don't apply for Pilates after the 1st of April After April 1, Members can still claim private health for Pilates when classes are lead by a physio The term "Clinical Pilates" will be replaced with "Physiotherapy Exercise Sessions" To...
Praxis Represents
We pride ourselves on using our skills to help athletes, weekend warriors and every day recreational exercises perform at their best. We also revel in the opportunity to tour and represent Praxis at national and international events. In the first time in our short...
A Winning Australian Cricket Side
Apologies for the obviously topical and sensationalist headline, but it is worth mentioning that our principal physio Stephen, is abroad at the moment looking after the Aussie U19 Cricket side in Colombo. The side which was name in mid December, arrived in Colombo on...
The Single Leg Squat
For those of you who have ever read a research article and thought it was a tough read, i'd like to let you in on a little secret. Doing the research is far worse! If only memes were a thing when I started my Masters of Applied Science thesis, I'd have changed my...
Is running bad for your knees?
Running. Probably one of the most maligned exercises when it comes to knees and overuse injuries. The thought that running 'wears' out your knees and causes osteoarthritis (a chronic disease often associated with joint pain and stiffness, reduced mobility and reduced...
Why lifting is your missing endurance link: A guide for long distance runners (Part 1)
You have the shoes, the GPS watch, training schedule and alarm set for 5am. You are dedicated and that race is right around the corner. Whether it is your first 5km or your 50th marathon, the thrill of crossing the finish line drives us all. Whilst you may know your...
Timms on Tour (again)
Another month and another Cricket Australia tour it seems for our Praxis Principal, Stephen Timms. Stephen is providing strength, conditioning and physiotherapy support at the training camp to the MRF Academy in Chennai as a part of the National Performance Squad...
Graduation Day!
A massive congratulations to our resident netball, pilates and now graduated dietician guru Naomi! Naomi has recently added to her Bachelor of Exercise and Nutrition Science with a Masters of Dietetics from the University of Queensland. We are all proud as punch!...
Congratulations 30 Day Challengers
Final measures have been taken. Numbers crunched and the results are in... But first, a massive congratulations to all our 30 Day Challengers who recently completed a gruelling but rewarding 30 days of Reformer Pilates. Participants completed a suite of baseline...
Happy Birthday to Praxis!
This July marks the second birthday for Praxis Physiotherapy, Pilates & Massage. We are all so very thankful for all our support from our staff, patients, referrers and sporting organisations. Our Principal physio's Cameron and Stephen remain busy as ever. Stephen...
Private Health Preferred Provider Schemes
PRIVATE HEALTH Firstly it is important to point out that when seeing a practitioner at Praxis Physiotherapy, you will be able to use your private health insurance (PHI) towards the fee if you have appropriate cover (usually called ‘Extras’). It must be said that we...
Pilates Launch Day! Northside Clinic
OPENING DAY || Exciting times at Praxis! We are stoked to be launching our reformer pilates classes @clubcoops on Saturday March 17. We have FREE 30min classes starting at 8am with Emma and Tara! Opening day specials available! Email admin@praxisphysio.com.au or call...
Bris Nth Cougars – Setting up for a big 2018 Netball Season with Praxis!!
About half way through the pre-season, Zac has been preparing the girls with a rigorous Strength & Conditioning Program. Prevent Prepare Perform.....I think so - Keep it up girls! #praxisphysio #brisbanenetball #northbrisbanecougars #qnsl #strengthandconditioning
Praxis What You Preach – We are Blogging!
Hi Praxis Preachers! As many of you are aware - we are unreservedly physio geeks! We love keeping up to date on all the new developments in rehabilitation, sporting injuries, clinical research, manual therapy techniques as well as reformer pilates and massage. Our...