Exercise for Low Back Pain (LBP): A Paradigm Shift from Enhancing Stability to Lowering Tension and Enhancing Circulation
Personal Historical Perspective 2003 to 2012 – In 2003 prior to undertaking Physiotherapy at the University of Queensland, I completed an assignment with three other students as an assessment item for Advanced Topics in Functional Anatomy, a course convened by Vaughan...
Physiotherapy Exercises that draw more from Qigong & Tai Chi than Pilates or Yoga – Why?
How did a Physiotherapist come to teach therapeutic exercise classes that draw more from Qigong and Tai Chi than from Pilates or Yoga, the disciplines that Physiotherapists more commonly base their classes on? Deep and thorough trial and error is the answer. I...
From YogaChiGungPilates to Resilient Health Body Technologies: Why the name change?
From Yoga Chi Gung Pilates to Resilient Health Body Technologies: Why the name change? Those that have attended my workshops will know that up until 2016 been using the name “Yoga Chi Gung Pilates” and had a website called yogachigungpilates.com.au. After due...
What Type of “Massage Therapy” Helps Relieve Pain?
Dear Sunshine Coast Resident, Since commencing Physiotherapy practice in 2005 I have had success treating conditions as diverse as ankle sprain to carpal tunnel syndrome as well as the more common conditions of neck & shoulder pain & hip, knee, & lower...
Lower back pain: The low-load to high-load stabilizing exercise treatment revolution.
The blog below was written in 2012. Over the last twelve years later I have undergone a paradigm shift in my perception of the cause of LBP and, accordingly, in my approach to treating it. I leave the 2012 blog below in my website partly to avoid a “the server could...
Before I blogged I found out what the word meant!
According to the English Oxford Dictionary a Blog "is a personal website or web page on which an individual records opinions, links to other sites, etc. on a regular basis" (oxforddictionaries.com). Blogs are becoming more common as a marketing tool in commercial...