Exercise for Cancer
We all know someone that has been affected by cancer at some point in their life. Many face the challenges of returning to normal life and daily activities after being diagnosed or when in remission. [...]
How Often Should I Change My Exercise Program?
The importance of variation - Nick D’Amelio Exercise Physiologist You have a training goal; get fitter, get stronger, lose body fat/weight, gain muscle/weight, improve performance, improve function, improve mental health or some combination of all. [...]
Snap, Crackle, POP – the in’s and out’s of Manipulation in treatment!
Osteopathy is a very broad discipline within manual medicine that uses a lot of different techniques to treat our patients. This diversity within our treatment “tool kit”, so to speak, is what gives us the [...]
Common Causes of Lower Back Pain
Nick D’Amelio Exercise Physiologist And some quick and easy things to try at home to help settle it down Low back pain is one of the most common injuries we see at Beyond. Often it’s [...]
What does it mean to have a ‘Strong Core’ ?
We’ve all heard it somewhere before - perhaps at the gym, or from your health practitioner - that it’s important to have a ‘strong core’. But what exactly does this mean, and how does having [...]
Exercise Physiologist, how do you describe it?
When your friends ask you what is an Exercise Physiologist, how do you describe it? Nick D The way I describe my job is that I help people find exercise solutions to particular injuries or [...]
Pelvic Girdle and Low Back Pain in Pregnancy
Dr Victoria Chambers (Osteopath) Pregnancy presents many challenges to a woman’s body, but without a doubt, one of the most challenging, and often painful, is pelvic girdle pain! This pain can present either as low, [...]
What Is Myotherapy?
Myotherapy is a branch of manual medicine that focuses on the assessment, treatment and management of musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction. The aim of myotherapy is to not only treat the presenting symptoms, but also to [...]
Which position should my baby sleep in?
Is there anything that new parents discuss more than sleep? Is your baby sleeping through night yet? How often are you up to feed? Are you sleeping when the baby’s sleeping? We seem to all [...]
How can I help my epic leg cramps during pregnancy?
Have you been jolted awake by what can only be described as the world’s worst cramps in your calf muscles? You know, ones that literally make you jump out of bed in agonising pain? You’re [...]