This time of year often brings celebrations with family and friends. It’s also the time when diets go out the window and exercise regimes are forgotten. Of all the times of the year, now is often the culmination of the eating, drinking and being merry; when the over-indulgence reaches its peak. While it’s easy to […]

For many of us there is one constant: more and more we are at our desks each day. It’s hard to find the time to regularly exercise or stretch. We’re working late, we’re running late, we’re fitting in as much as we can whilst in the office. Finding the time to stretch isn’t a priority […]

It can be a humbling experience watching your once effortless movements become more difficult as you progress in age, after an injury or through lack of regular activity. Whilst there can be many factors that can contribute to reduced mobility, generally it can be vicious cycle; the less you move, the less mobile you are […]

As Melbourne gets colder, you may have noticed that your body becomes less mobile. Who can blame us? It is cold, there’s less daylight – it can be harder to motivate ourselves to keep moving – and movement is what we need to keep our mobility. When we move less, our body stiffens up and […]

By Emma Gray As Melbournians we love an active lifestyle – cue brunches in sports wear. We are spoilt with choice. From Yoga, to High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), from Pilates to Boxing, the options are overwhelming. Instead of trying something it’s much easier to sit home and watch The Bachelor (come on, someone had […]

We love helping our patients. Reducing and resolving pain, and enabling people to move better is our goal. Everyone from elite athletes, weekend warriors, mums & dads and kids – we have you covered. Our patients come from all over but we particularly service the local community – people from Carlton and Carlton North obviously, […]

Foam roller sessions have a great potential to improve your cycling performance, aid recovery and prevent injury. The humble foam roller should be a staple piece of equipment in every cyclist’s kit. As an osteopath I recommend all the cyclists I treat regularly do foam roller sessions to both improve performance and prevent injury on the bike. […]

How I solved pain and learnt a few things along the way! By Dr Bruce Duncan, Osteopath. My previous bike experience consisted of riding to high school.  I reached my peak when I cycled in a couple of Great Victorian Bike Rides whilst at university studying Osteopathy. I found out you could save half of the […]

Here is a fantastic whole body workout needing only a chair and a wall for equipment. It is high-intensity-interval-training neatly condensed to 7 minutes. The Scientific 7-Minute Workout The 7-Minute Workout App In 12 exercises deploying only body weight, a chair and a wall, it fulfills the latest mandates for high-intensity effort, which essentially combines […]

A great little workout especially relevant for office and computer workers… 5 Yoga Poses To Open & Tone Your Shoulders www.mindbodygreen.com Caring for your shoulders is about more than just looking good in a tank top. It’s about understanding how to access and enhance the flexibility of the joint safely, and balancing its natural.