Time Trial (TT) bikes have always been somewhat scorned in the cycling community. If you roll up to many group rides on a TT bike and you will often be met with grunts of disapproval.  ‘Real’ cyclists only ride them a week before a Time Trial race and they are much happier discussing weight than they are aerodynamics. Iconic American cyclist Greg Lemond forced cyclists to pay attention to aerodynamics when he was the first to use extender/TT bars to win the pivotal Time Trial stage that give him the

Everyone is talking about the new gym studios known as F45.

So here is a quick snapshot on what it is, and our take on it’s usefulness and safety.

What is F45?

F45 stands for Functional 45 minutes. It’s a high intensity workout that changes every day. All equipment can be pushed to the side, allowing for a constantly changing workout. Each day the same workout is done for all F45 studio. There are 1-2 trainers instructing on technique and keeping motivation high, and the exercises and time clocks are displayed

Undoubtedly, many of you that read this will have had a running related injury at some point in your lives, statistics show that at least 10% of marathon runners will sustain an injury in a year, and that figure rises to 65% in ultra-marathon runners!

Now, I am also pretty sure that when you’ve sought help you have been told you have done too much for your body to handle, that you have loaded your body beyond its capabilities and this has caused you to break down.

The research shows us that

Looking through fitness magazines and websites, there is certainly no shortage of information for the runners out there when it comes to performance and injury prevention, however, our other love at Malaysia Physio; Cycling, seems to be getting ignored, even though the rate of cyclists (and cycling related injuries) are growing almost as quickly as that of runners.

I’ve delved in to what research is out there, and even though some of it was older than myself, consistently over the years knee pain continues to be a persistent area of issue,

Along with almost every other health professional we were educated to extoll the importance of stretching before exercise and also to use it as a main go-to treatment for several types of injuries. However over the past few years there have been several studies showing that stretching may not reduce injury rates at all. These took me back to the many cumulative hours of stretching I’d done during my years of weekly football training and games at Curtis Oval, in the suburbs of Sydney. They turn out to be nothing

As physiotherapists we have a great relationship and work closely with many surgeons. But despite this, much of what we do is trying to put these guys out of work. When musculoskeletal pain or injury strikes there is a relatively narrow range of treatment options. It often comes down to surgery or physio. And as our understanding of the human body progresses and more research is published, in many situations the case for surgery has diminished. In conditions such as tendinitis, non-specific lower back or neck pain, osteo-arthritis, ligament strains,

In the die-hard ski community it has been said that you’re not a real skier until you have ruptured your anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). While this might be over-stepping the mark a little, there is no doubt that the rate of ACL ruptures in skiers is quite high. Invariably an ACL rupture occurs after a fall or twist when the ski did not release from the binding. A ‘pop’ or ‘crack’ may be heard or felt I the knee. The injury is often not as painful as people expect, which

The Hippocratic Oath is a pledge that all doctors take when they are first registered to practice medicine. It includes the well known and oft-repeated, “First, do no harm”, from the Greek ‘Primum non nocere’. This is certainly a good principle for doctors and physiotherapists to have in the forefront of our minds when we consult a patient; but sometimes it can actually lead us down the wrong path. How can doing trying earnestly to ‘do no harm’, actually leave the patient worse off and possibly even cause harm? It’s complicated

Human movement is more enjoyable when the body is flexible and capable of performing without restriction. Many tend to relate stretching to Yoga or Pilates. Some experts have advocated prolonged 60-second stretching as the gold standard for individuals and athletes.

We lose flexibility due to underlying medical or physical conditions, chronic abnormal posturing, muscle imbalances, effects of aging, rapid growth periods etc. These are all factors contributing to the need to stretch. However sometimes, stretching may do more harm than good.

Physiological finding proves that static stretching for longer than 5 seconds

As we have a special interest area in endurance sports and running we see a lot of people who have pain in their buttock that can be quite debilitating. It seems the classic case is the middle aged man with pain in their calf and the poor female runners suffering from pain in their butt! The condition can be very stubborn and frustrating for the athlete. Typically the pain occurs near the lateral side of the hip (closer to the outside of the body) and begins soon after running. There are