A tradies’ health is their most important tool, yet Australian tradies experience some of the highest rates of injury and time off work compared to other workers. In fact, 3 in 5 serious workplace injuries involve a tradie, despite tradies making up only 30 percent of...
Back Pain Back Pain is a very common complaint and is experienced by almost the entire population at some stage in their lives. Physiotherapists are most qualified to diagnose, treat and resolve Back Pain. Chronic back pain can be painful and frustrating. Recent...
Lifting injuries are a common cause of back pain. You can protect yourself against damage with good lifting habits, both at home and in the workplace. How Lifting Can Injure Your Spine When you lift, your spine is put under stress. Twisting or jerking while lifting...
What is good posture? Posture is the position in which you hold your body upright against gravity while standing, sitting or laying down. Good posture helps to minimise the amount of strain imposed on our muscles, joints and ligaments whilst performing our daily...
The reason that driving or sitting for that matter causes your back to ache is fairly simple. The entire back in standing is very cleverly designed to form an “S” curve when viewed sideways in order to cope with the everyday stresses placed on it. This creates...
There are a variety of reasons for rib pain or mid back pain. One of the common reasons is injury to your mid spine (thoracic) or one of the small joints joining the ribs to the spine. Often these problems produce only referred rib pain around the chest and not a...
