Week 8: Great Ocean Road Running Festival 2017
Wk 8: One month to go – get testing! The next two weeks sees the peak of our training mileage before starting to taper. This provides the prime opportunity to…
Week 7: Great Ocean Road Running Festival 2017
Week 7: My Shins Hurt! Does This Mean I’m Getting A Stress Fracture? How to Identify 1. Location The location of pain is the first tip for unravelling a stress…
Week 6: Great Ocean Road Running Festival 2017
Why Cross Train? Running is a high impact exercise, which means there is a lot of stress being put through your bone, ligaments and muscles with high training loads. As…
Week 5: Great Ocean Road Running Festival 2017
My Favourite Spikey Ball and Foam Roller Techniques! Foam rollers and spikey balls are a form of self-myofascial release/self massage, which helps release adhesions in your muscle and connective tissue.…
Week 4: Great Ocean Road Running Festival 2017
The Benefits of Running Up Hills Hills are a fundamental part of a running program. As we approaching one month into the training schedule our bodies are starting to adapt to…
Technique Spotlight: Dry Needling
Dry needling is often used as a form of trigger point therapy, and is an effective way of alleviating soft tissue tension in the presence of sensitivity. Its various benefits…
Week 3: Great Ocean Road Running Festival 2017
Week 3: Should I Change My Running Style? Running technique is very individualised as a reflection of our own anatomy, muscle strength and environmental influences. The perfect technique is has…
Week 2: Great Ocean Road Running Festival 2017
Surface Tips Before you get stuck into your training program, an important thing to consider is the surface you run on. Runners are all very familiar with their mother, colleagues…
Week 1: Great Ocean Road Running Festival 2017
Team players. The Pure Physio team had such a great time at the Great Ocean Road event last year – we’ve decided to head it up again in 2017. We’ve…
Tips To Finding Your Best Sports Bra – By Guest Presenter Tish Monahan
By Tish Monahan, founder of Speciality Sports Bra Store, She Science Written for Pure Physio Tips To Finding Your Best Sports Bra It’s pretty safe to suggest that most ladies…