rehabilitation


Advice for sport tournaments

There are a few big school sports tournaments coming up. Winter Tournament week for the High School teams this week and then AIMS Games for the Intermediate students the following week. This is a lot of exercise for school students in a small amount of time.  We need to make […]


Quick tips if you think you may have a sprain!

The term “sprain” is often used to loosely describe pain associated with muscles, tendons, and ligaments. It is a stretch or tear of one of the structures mentioned above. Some of the common sprains we see are: 1. Rolled ankle. When an ankle is rolled the ligaments on the outside […]


Why So Many Shoulder Injuries During Rugby? 1

As the team physio for Rangataua men’s premier and development teams, I am privy to the assessment and treatment of a multitude of injuries. Whilst we see a lot of lower limb injuries and concussions from rugby – we commonly get lots of shoulder injuries. Due to the nature of […]


What is normal?

  In every single treatment session, multiple times a session, we ask ourselves the question ‘what is normal’. There has been a lot of research into many different body parts to determine the answer to this question. They include anatomy studies, population studies, autopsies, radiology studies and many more. These […]


The Terrible Triad – A Major Knee Injury

As physiotherapists, we see a lot of knee injuries. And as far as joints go knees are pretty simple. This is because the knee is a basic hinge joint like you find in a door, and all of the structures have a specific purpose in regards to only two movements […]