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Load Management in Return to Exercise

Hurray! We’re on our way out of lockdown. And with that comes the excitement of lots of adults and kids around Victoria returning to individual, school and community sport. As training begins it can be easy to just try and resume where you left off, running straight back into the...

Management of Injuries Amongst Female Footballers

With another highly successful AFLW season run and done and the female winter sport season starting up again, the continued interest and contribution women are making to football in general is changing the football landscape as a whole. One area of particular interest is the current management of injuries amongst...

Get Ready for 2021 Footy Season with Pre-Season Strength Training

As we approach the 2021 Community Footy Season it is essential, more than any other year to be well prepared and do a thorough pre- season preparation. After the cancelled 2020 season and our kids spending a lot more time indoors on devices than out on the field, they will...

Rowing Core Strength

2021 Rowing Season is off with bang, with some great early regattas and school rowing programs in full swing. Early season form is starting to show who worked hard through 2020 Lockdown and now their hard work will be recognized in racing. Spring Physio Gym’s team of Rowing Australia preferred...

Staying Strong, Supple and Sane in ISO

We are all in this Together! This 2nd lockdown has certainly challenged us all on so many levels. Exercise, as one of the permitted activities we can do, can help our physical, mental and emotional health tremendously. Are you doing the right exercise to optimize your current health and wellness...

6 Tips for the Silly Season

Late nights, a couple too many vinos and some extra celebratory Christmas pudding are trademarks of the Christmas Holidays. Today we want to share some tips and tricks to make sure you keep up a little of your usual exercise routine and keep your body feeling good. 1. Aim 5...

Benefits of Strength and Conditioning

Resistance training has many different benefits and can assist in the management of many different conditions. The benefits that can be achieved through resistance training are not limited to, but include: improved muscle strength and prevention of sarcopenia maintaining flexibility and balance rehabilitation and prevention of injuries – strengthening weaknesses...

AFLW Season 2019 Conferencing, Contracts, Cruciates and Concussions.

With only two rounds left in the ALFW, I've taken the time to reflect on a few factors that influence the competition. In its third year ALFW is seeing a growing swell of talented young players coming through and with it improvements in speed, flow and scoring. How good is...

Summer Footwear

Thongs are a popular choice of footwear over summer and for a long time therapists have talked to clients about the potential side effects of spending many hours in thongs. Its not uncommon as a Physiotherapist to see an increase in foot pain over summer and it’s usually due to...

How fast should your weekend long run be?

Long runs are a stable to the diet of every distance running with most runners clocking out over an hour or two every weekend. Long runs help build the muscles fuel storage (glycogen), increase the number of muscle energy makers (mitochondria) and increase the oxygen available to the muscles (myoglobin)....

Are your bones strong?

By Eugenia Quach, Melbourne Univerity Physiotherapy Student. Bone density changes over our life span. Our greatest gains of bone mass occur during our years as children and teenagers, and peaks at around the age of 30 for both females and males. This is followed by a gradual decline in bone...

Breathe easy and connect to your core!

I’ve been a physiotherapist for 22 years and have also specialised in teaching pilates for the past 15 years, with additional specialist post grad education, training and focus on pelvic floor rehab and pelvic floor safe exercise for women and men. During that time, I have had to regularly remind...

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