New fees for 2013

There will be a small price increase in fees, effective from Term 1 2013. The new fees are as follows: Beginners 10 week program $390 Intermediate and Advanced 10 week program (off peak) $320 Intermediate and Advanced 10 week program (peak times) $350 Assessments $149 One on one Pilates or treatment...

Exercise of the Month: Snow Angels on the Bolster

**Treat your thoracic spine with Love** As you may be aware, our thoracic spine or mid back does become increasingly stiff as we spend more and more time in sedentary postures. Although, along with the ribs it is there to protect your lungs, heart and other internal organs, your thoracic cage should...

Draft - Term 2 Sydney CBD Timetable

Dynamic Stretching – The Newest Way to Warm Up

**Melanie explores: Dynamic Stretching** I've been researching stretching lately as I am embarking on creating a DVD. When Luke Fuller, a former Fix instructor and now Physiotherapist and Osteopath for the ATP world tour sent through his first published article I was very excited to read that it was...

Pelvic Floor problems in Men

**For the boys....Do I even have a pelvic floor?** I was recently referred to this magazine article in an American digital mag. Pelvic floor dysfunction is often thought of as a 'woman's thing', but as this article explains, men can suffer from the range pelvic floor troubles too, from incontinence...

Pelvic Floor Problems in Women

**Further Reading for 'discovering' Your Pelvic Floor** On the topic of all things women (sorry boys), I've found you a great website and book worth checking out from Queensland women's health physiotherapist, Mary O'Dwyer. Her experience managing all things women and pelvic floor make for a fun, ye...

Can exercise decrease your chances of dementia?

**ABC's Tonic Program – Exercise and Neurological Disease** There is recent evidence out there that only 150 minutes of exercise per week of cardio vascular exercise can halt the decline in cognitive ability as is seen in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and dementia. This exercise only need...

Exercise of the Month: The slump slider

## Get your sciatic nerve moving As you may be aware, nerves and associated neural tissues need to be mobile, just as muscles and joints do. We know that nerves that slide and glide well in the body are also well nourished nerves with great blood supply. This means happier, less sensitive nerves. An...

Pace it, don’t Race it – Goal Setting and Safe Pacing Strategies

## Set your goals and don't be afraid to go after them! I am often asked "how do I get fitter?" or "how can I ever get to carrying the shopping without my neck pain?" or "how can I learn to sit longer at my computer comfortably?" The consistent answer I give to all of these questions is "pacing". Pa...

Pain: Knowledge is a Powerful Tool

Physiotherapist, Lorimer Moseley talks pain. Research over the past decade has shown that in the management of chronic pain, education and knowledge about pain provides best long term outcomes, particularly if coupled with an exercise based program for these individuals. Lorimer Moseley, a most wond...