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Not your Achilles heel after all…

Pain at the back of the ankle is quite common amongst dancers. Often the pain is ascribed to the Achilles tendon where more often than not it is actually a case of posterior impingement syndrome of the ankle.

Continual demi-pointe, pointe, jump work and deep plies can all irritate the ...

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Achilles Tendinopathy

Achilles tendinopathy is an unfortunately common complaint seen in our clinic.  The  pain is usually from damage and inflammation to  the Achilles tendon.  This may occur due to a single incident of overstretching or straining the tendon, or through general overuse where the ...

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How Good are Summer Holidays

How good are Summer Holidays?! – Well, not really…..

I have just spent 3 weeks on a summer break with my family at the beach- so awesome! WOO!

On holidays there’s more time in the day to think about all the things I want to do this year.  In fact, I bet most peopl...

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To Pointe or not to Pointe…?

That is the dancer’s question.

Working en pointe is a challenging art. Not only does it take significant foot and ankle strength and control but the whole body needs to be finely tuned to balance on a small block of wood.

Starting to work en pointe work can be an exciting time...

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Yoga vs Pilates

Yoga and Pilates is pretty much everywhere these days! At PhysioHealth we get many questions about what the differences are. Both yoga and Pilates are wonderful for your body and involve putting your bodies through a range of strength building motions. They both require balance and focus, to...

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