Heel Pain: Causes, Solutions, and Treatments
Understanding Heel Pain: Causes, Solutions, and Advanced Treatments Heel pain is a common issue that can significantly impact your daily life, making activities such as walking, running, or even standing uncomfortable. If you’re struggling with heel pain, understanding its causes and the available treatment options can help you find relief and get back to your […]
What is vestibular physiotherapy?
Vestibular physiotherapy is designed to treat vestibular disorders. The vestibular system includes the parts of the inner ear and brain that process sensory information involved with controlling balance and eye movements. Individuals with vestibular disorders often experience symptoms such as dizziness, vertigo (a sensation of spinning or whirling), imbalance, light-headedness, and visual disturbances. These symptoms […]
Back pain while golfing? Is it all in the wrists?
A good golf swing is watching poetry in motion. The best make it look effortless while they cannon the ball down the fairway, while the majority of us recreational hackers contort ourselves into positions our body fights against trying to replicate our favourite golfer’s swing. We are often left with 2 big questions from this […]
Shoulder hurts when you throw? Have you looked at your big toe?
Throwing is a very complex movement involving high rates of joint acceleration particularly through the shoulder joint. To generate this high rate of joint acceleration, one of the fundamental goals we are trying to achieve is a ‘tight turn’ through the axial skeleton by translating momentum from the foot to the hand. In executing the […]
Is your pelvic floor causing you knee pain?
Got knee pain? Knees caving in during a squat? Quite often, we demonise the position and blame weak musculature. Cue glute bridges, crab walks, clams and many other variations of glute exercises. A good chunk of the time, there is success with this but unfortunately the success rate isn’t 100%. What then? Perhaps we look […]
The Movement Domino Effect
It’s the old adage, everything’s connected. When I breathe, there should be a ripple effect which results in movement at my fingers and toes; when I balance on one foot, I rely just as heavily on the sensory input from teeth contact as I do from the sensory input from my foot. There are infinite […]
How we treat Plantar Fasciopathy
Plantar fasciopathy, also commonly referred to as plantar fasciitis, is a condition that involves inflammation and irritation of the plantar fascia—a thick band of tissue that runs across the bottom of the foot, connecting the heel bone to the toes. The plantar fascia acts like a supportive bowstring for the arch of the foot, and […]
Two UNIQUE ways of managing Knee Arthritis
TWO Knee OA treatments exclusive to 6S PHYSIO! At 6S PHYSIO we’ve always been leaders – taking up new treatment methods and delivering results that other practices are yet to discover. We want you to know how we can help you manage the chronic knee pain that your osteoarthritis is causing you. On top of […]
Self SNAG for upper cervical headaches and neck pain
Got a headache that radiates around one side of your head? You may have an upper cervical headache. (See our blog article on this topic) If so, you might want to try out this method for reducing symptoms. It’s called a SNAG and all you need is a towel or tea towel or belt. Check […]
Tennis Elbow Stretches – will they fix your problem?
Stretches for tennis elbow – do they really help? Tennis elbow can be a frustrating condition to have. Especially if you don’t even play tennis! So you have tenderness and pain in the outer point of your elbow and it hurts to grip things or lift things, especially with a palm-down grip. In the clinic […]