We’ve talked about how to train yourself into good posture…. now it’s time to master holding it for longer.This week, we’re looking at posture slightly differently. We’ve talked previously about how you can help your existing posture; such as stretching the hip flexors, the thoracic windmill stretch, the pec stretch and trigger balling to loosen theContinue Reading »
This week, we’re looking at stretching out the lumbar area of the back. This is particularly helpful for anyone who has tension through your lumbar area – especially anyone with a sway back or “lumbar lordosis”. If that’s what you’re dealing with, we want to combine today’s exercise with a hip flexor stretch which we have previouslyContinue Reading »
In the past, we’ve shared some core exercises to help with your lower-back strength. Today, I want to show you the difference between our abdominals and our deep core stabilisers. Abdominals are usually recognised as our “six packs” (or rectus abdominis). Today, I’m going to take you through an exercise to activate your transverse abdominal area.Continue Reading »
I had a patient come in during the week and present with a sharp pain within the neck itself.The onset was that she woke up with it and ‘slept awkwardly’. While unfavourable positioning of the neck during sleep may be a common trigger for general neck pain, this may not always be the primary cause.In herContinue Reading »
Do you have hip and knee pain? Fixing it might just be one step away with this week’s exercise.Rectus Femoris is the muscle that works between the knee and the hips and the slightest tending to it can make a huge difference to the functioning of your hips, knees even lower back too. I had a patientContinue Reading »
Do You Spend a Lot of Time at The Computer?How about the tight shoulders, traps and headaches that come with it? Let’s fix it. I had a patient this week with pain running through the trapezius muscle – which goes from the shoulder up into the neck. She spends a lot of time at the computer withContinue Reading »
This week, we’re going to take a look at ankle mobility.In particular, dorsiflexion – which is the forward and backward bending of the foot when you’re walking. Having restricted dorsiflexion can have an affect up the back of the leg, into the knee and also into the hip and lower back areas. In particular, looking backContinue Reading »
Yes, we’ve heard it all before.Sit up straight, walk tall, breathe deeply, don’t slouch, don’t roll your shoulders. Putting in effort to have decent posture has many benefits. Try these this week – here are 4 key reasons why bettering your posture will better your lifestyle1Breathe Better – An upright posture means greater airflow through your cardiopulmonaryContinue Reading »
If you haven’t met me before I am Ryan Mulvahil, the resident acupuncturist and musculoskeletal therapist here at Osteoworks. I’ve been a member of our great team here for over 7 years now – and am a formally qualified Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine practitioner, as well as a musculoskeletal therapist. Anyone experienced tennis elbow before? This week, IContinue Reading »
We had a really interesting case last week with a lady for a running issue. She presented with pain underneath the inside of the knee. It’s a very common running problem, so we did our standard assessment addressing;Tightness of the lower backTightness in the hip areaTightness in the inner-leg area We went through all ofContinue Reading »
