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Massage of the Rectus Femoris

Rectus femoris is often overloaded and restricted in athletes, and soft tissue therapy can be very effective to improve muscle length in a short period of time.

8 October 2019

Cupping Therapy for the Plantar Fascia

Many manual therapy treatments of the plantar fascia involve compressive treatments such as massage and spikey balls. Vacuum cupping is an alternative method of treating the tissue, a technique that involves tissue distraction rather than compression. In this video I demonstrate a cupping technique ...

3 September 2019

The Best Exercises for Snowboarding with Belle Brockhoff

Elite snowboarders work really hard in the gym to improve their strength, power, neuromuscular control and aerobic condition. Belle Brockhoff is an Australian snowboarder who has represented Australia in Snowboard Cross at the Olympic Games and World Championships.

9 August 2019

Massage of the Hamstrings (Four Ways)

Running and field sports such as soccer and football place enormous demands on the hamstrings muscle group. As a result, the hamstrings can become fatigued and tight, requiring soft tissue therapy. In this video I demonstrate four different ways to massage the hamstrings on an elite footballer.

29 July 2019

Can all ACL Injuries be Managed Non-Operatively?

If you go back 20+ years, you’ll be hard pressed to find research papers looking at non-operative management of ACL injuries. Then the 2000’s came along, and interest started to grow on the back of some promising research showing that there are some ACL injured athletes (both elite and non-elite...

23 July 2019

Wobbly Knees and Knee Pain

You may have noticed whilst watching the pros on television their knees moving in and out during the pedal stroke. Some cyclists will drift inwards to such a degree that the inside of their knee and thigh may touch the top tube.

15 July 2019

Brodie Summers' Favourite Exercises

Mogul skiing is a tough sport requiring full-body strength, co-ordination, power and control. Brodie Summers from the Australian Ski Team demonstrates five of his favourite exercises for on the road and when he’s training in Melbourne.

11 July 2019

Partial Tears of the ACL

With Dale Morris (Western Bulldogs AFL player) making a recent return back to football, just 3 months after what has been reported as a partial tear to his left ACL earlier this year, I wanted to discuss partial tears to the ACL and how they are managed. Eerily, it was a case of déjà vu for Dale M...

8 July 2019

How Premax Can Improve Sporting Performance

For those motivated sports people who are looking to improve their performance most will look to train harder, change their diet, get stronger in the gym, or spend up on the latest sports tech. All those tactics may work, however some of the smaller aspects of an athlete’s regime such as the type ...

4 July 2019

Expectations and Psychological Readiness to Return to Sport after ACLR

I recently shared an article that revealed 64% of over 2000 non-professional ACLR patients returned to any level of sport after their reconstruction; with 36% not returning to play at all. On average, all the ACLR patients returned to sport at 17 months post-op. When the authors looked a bit deeper,...

1 July 2019

Laura Hingston’s Favourite Exercises

The sport of diving requires amazing strength, power, control and co-ordination. Athletes require full-body strength and conditioning programs and spend hours in the gym every week preparing for dives that only take a split second in competition.

27 June 2019

When will Professional Athletes Return to Sport following ACL Reconstruction?

It has been really interesting watching some of the commentary surrounding Klay Thompson’s ACL injury sustained that he sustained in the NBA finals recently. Some people are suggesting that he could be back as early as Christmas this year (approx. 6 months post-op), and some are suggesting that he...

24 June 2019

Aggressive Sports Injury Management

There’s one question that is on the top every athlete’s list when they sustain an injury – when can I play or race again? It’s a question that I usually answer with another question; when do you need to? Sometimes there’s an important event or competition coming up and it needs to be consi...

20 June 2019

Step Width and Running Injuries

Stride length gets plenty of attention when running biomechanics are considered in running related injuries. However, step width is something that may also contribute to ITB, knee and shin pain in particular, so in this blog I’ll take a look at the research and offer a couple of exercises that can...

17 June 2019

Massage of the Cervicothoracic Junction

Could the neck and upper thoracic spine be the most common area people request massage therapy treatment? Probably. It’s a body region that can get painful and stiff in office workers and athletes. In this video I demonstrate some techniques to treat the cervicothoracic junction in hand cycling ch...

13 June 2019

Return to Performance following ACL Reconstruction

There’s all sort of statistics, systematic reviews and meta analyses in the sports medical literature on how athletes will suffer terrible things following an ACL injury. The media, and many sports medical practitioners feed into a festival of negativity when people injure their knee. You only nee...

11 June 2019

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