Exercise Unpacked Archives - SportsTec Clinic

Movement Myths Part 1 - Knees Over Toes - Friend or Foe?

Credit: Knees Over Toes Guy It’s more than likely that if you’ve ever stepped into a gym or watched a youtube squat tutorial that you’ve heard the typical advice: not past 90, shins vertical, don’t let your knees go past your toes. This belief stems from the idea that letting your knees drift forwards will […]

Exercise Unpacked #9: Load Management

Posted in Exercise, Exercise Unpacked, General Information, Uncategorised on 20 October 2020

Whether recovering from injury, or looking to prevent future injuries, how you manage your training load is critical. Training load is the sum of internal load factors, and external load factors. Internal Load - the physiological stress on the body. Internal load will be influenced (positively or negatively) by factors such as age, gender, genetics, […]

Exercise Unpacked #7: Weighted Thoracic Rotation

Posted in Exercise, Exercise Unpacked on 6 December 2018

Here's how to increase your upper back rotation and improve your performance and pain... Summer is here! Well, on some days anyway. During Summer, more upper body dominant sports have their competitive seasons such as tennis, cricket, baseball and softball. If you are transitioning from a lower body dominant sport into an upper body dominant […]

Exercise Unpacked #6: Advanced Pistol Squat

Posted in Exercise, Exercise Unpacked on 7 November 2018

We’re upping the game with this next exercise for our Exercises Unpacked series. This one is for our more advanced patients looking to really challenge themselves. The advanced pistol squat is another great whole body exercise which targets our glutes, quads, hamstrings and calves amongst many other muscles. With the addition of a weight overhead […]

Exercise Unpacked #5: Triple Extension

Posted in Exercise, Exercise Unpacked on 9 October 2018

Following on from our step-up exercise in our last Exercise Unpacked, we’ve got something a little more challenging this week for people who have kick-started their running routine since the weather has warmed up, but are feeling those pesky niggles starting to develop. This exercise not only works our hip, knee and ankle but also […]

Exercise Unpacked #4: Step Up

Posted in Exercise, Exercise Unpacked on 23 September 2018

In the 4th instalment of our Exercise Unpacked Series, we're looking into the staple Step Up. The good old step up is something that seems quite easy but if done right can be very challenging—perfect for people returning from knee or hip injuries and especially good for runners who are always getting niggles! The key […]

Exercise Unpacked #2: W-Row With Band

Posted in Exercise, Exercise Unpacked on 27 August 2018

In the second instalment of our Exercise Unpacked series, we're delving into a W-Row with band. This exercise can be beneficial for people with shoulder, neck and upper back problems. We use this exercise to target the trapezius muscles as well as the external rotators located in the shoulder, and it's great as a warm […]

Exercise Unpacked #1: Gluteus Medius Activation Against A Wall

Posted in Exercise, Exercise Unpacked on 12 August 2018

In the first of our Exercise Unpacked series, we are taking a look at one of the exercises we most commonly see performed incorrectly in clinic; a gluteus medius activation against a wall. The gluteus medius plays a key role in the strength and stability of the hips, making it an important focus for runners […]

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