Your glutes are in fact a group of three muscles - each with a slightly different role - but all of them are important in keeping you feeling better, performing better and looking better. They aren’t just there to look good in jeans! Reason 1: The feel better factor. Your Glutes are primarily there to extend your hip - give you the power to push off your leg, to stabilise your hips and to stabilise the pelvis and low back. If for some reason your glutes aren't coming to the p

Top 5 mistakes to avoid during your Glute bridges, and how we like to see them done. Happy strong glutes are the key to so many of our daily activities - running, bending, lifting , and even just getting off a chair. They help to keep your hips healthy, and they can stabilise the pelvis and low back to reduce those aches and pains. If however you think your glutes are a little bit lacking or have been told to “get off your lazy butt and do something!” - what can you do? Well,

Sports Blog Even though I treat everyone, I probably consider myself as a sport- based therapist. I suppose it comes with the territory as a lover of most sports: both as a spectator and participant. It is this passion that feeds my drive to help people who are pursuing an active lifestyle. So, What Does Myotherapy have to do with Sport? Myotherapy is defined as the assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal conditions. Largely based in Victoria, “Myos” usually exist in 2

Introducing the QL Muscle What is QL? QL or quadratus lumborum is a muscle that is deep within the abdomen and is either side of the spine. Think core muscles. The QL helps with stabilisation and movement of the spine and pelvis. If you flex this muscle on one side your body will bend it towards that side. If you flex both sides it will extend the spine. Due to being attached to the twelve rib it also helps you to breathe out. The QL is a team player and works in with iliopso

You hear people say the cold and flu season is upon us but in reality it's always around , we are just more susceptible when the weather cools off. Your grandmother has probably said as you rushed outside " put on a coat or you'll get a chill", and as usual she was right. Chills are bad for us but they are not the whole reason we get colds and flu. ( I tend to say the flu when I mean a cold as well. We all do this and there is a difference but for our purposes we are using th