Knee pain can put a downer on your everyday life and makes you realise how much you use your knees; getting in and out of the car, going up stairs and if you love to exercise, knee pain can really ruin your day! How do you fix knee pain? It depends on the reason for the…
Caitlin Stawaruk is a dancer with Zuric ballet and scholarship winner of the prestigious dance competition: Prix de Lausanne. She tells her story ‘I have been living in Zurich for six years and dancing with the company for four when I injured my left foot on stage performing in Giselle. I tried managing the injury…
12 week challenge Some of the team decided to get fit and try out a 12 week challenge, after a lot of hard work we have some outcomes! Ollie was knocked out of the race early with a clavicle fracture but did make an appearance for the before and after shots. …
Strengthening, part one– Deep neck musculature Following an injury (even a minor one), the neck muscles switch off and then become weaker- something that can persist despite the symptoms having gone away (1). There is a large amount of evidence that activating then strengthening the deep muscles in the neck can reduce neck pain- not…
New graduate Cameron has just completed his degree at UC (with honours no less!) and is looking forward to being part of the STC team. Cam has a particular interest in musculoskeletal rehab and community based rehabilitation as well as injury prevention and a research interest in military fitness and injury patterns. He enjoys working with local sports teams,…
Having learnt the hard way how hard painting walls white is, we are excited to have opened the doors to STC’s newest adventure; a mini clinic located inside Local Podiatry’s Gungahlin clinic. Providing services ranging from general podiatry through to orthotics, biomechanics and sports injuries, our physiotherapy services are already fitting right in at Local…
