Why Your Tendon Pain Keeps Coming Back
If your tendon pain keeps flaring up just when you think it has settled, have a chat with our team at Health Wealth on 0421 595 153. Recurring tendon pain, whether it is in your Achilles, your elbow or your shoulder, is one of the most common issues we see, and the encouraging news is that it usually responds well to the right kind of loading over time.
Why You Ache Two Days After a Workout: Understanding DOMS
If you have ever felt fine after a tough workout only to hobble down the stairs two mornings later, you have met delayed onset muscle soreness, or DOMS. It is one of the most misunderstood parts of exercise recovery, and it is worth sticking around, because there is a simple recovery routine near the end that can take the sting out of your next session. That deep, achy post-workout soreness is incredibly common, and understanding why it happens makes it far easier to manage.
Understanding Muscle Cramps: Why They Strike and How to Ease Them
If muscle cramps keep catching you out, whether mid-run or in the small hours, our team at Health Wealth can help you understand why and what to do about them. Cramps are common, usually harmless, and often very manageable once you know what is driving yours. Here is what is going on.
Shin Splints Explained: Why They Happen and How to Keep Training Through Them
Shin splints have a way of turning up right when your training is finally going well. That nagging ache along the inside of your shin, also known as medial tibial stress syndrome, is one of the most common complaints we see in runners, dancers and anyone who has recently upped their mileage. The good news is that shin splints are usually manageable, and in many cases you can keep moving while they settle. Stick around for the load rules near the end, they are the part most people wish they had known sooner.
Returning to Exercise After Having a Baby
Returning to exercise after having a baby is rarely the triumphant montage social media suggests. It is more often a quiet question asked at 2am: is my body ready, and where do I even start? If that is you, the gentle, sensible plan further down is exactly what we want you to read.
Hamstring Strains in Sport: Grades, Recovery Times and Why They Keep Coming Back
If you have ever felt that sharp grab in the back of your thigh mid-sprint, you have met a hamstring strain, and you probably have not forgotten it.
Heart to Heart
Our body responds constantly to temperature. In cooler conditions, it works to conserve heat. Blood flow shifts slightly, and muscles receive less immediate circulation. How should that affect training?
Seasonal Shifts and Stiff Joints
Patellofemoral pain syndrome, often called ‘runner’s knee’, is one of the most common knee complaints we see in physiotherapy. It affects runners, gym-goers, cyclists, and people whose longest daily run is through their inbox. The common thread is not just what you do, but how quickly your routine changes.
From Stiff to Strong
Our body responds constantly to temperature. In cooler conditions, it works to conserve heat. Blood flow shifts slightly, and muscles receive less immediate circulation. How should that affect training?
Overcome Runner’s Knee
Patellofemoral pain syndrome, often called ‘runner’s knee’, is one of the most common knee complaints we see in physiotherapy. It affects runners, gym-goers, cyclists, and people whose longest daily run is through their inbox. The common thread is not just what you do, but how quickly your routine changes.