Tennis Elbow pain can be a real frustration for those who need to use their hands, wrists, and forearms. In this article, we discuss three simple exercises you can do to help solve your Tennis Elbow. Interestingly, the root cause of Tennis Elbow may actually be more than just overuse or repetitive strain. Here’s why:

For decades we have turned to ice to treat acute injuries. But are we missing something? Does the reason we use ice - to limit pain, swelling, and inflammation, contradict what needs to happen in order for our tissue to heal? Read on as we discuss the merits of ice and whether it’s time to reconsider its use.

When stretching your hamstrings, where do you feel it? Ideally, we should always feel it in the heart of the thigh at the back. However many seem to feel it down at the back of the back. Interestingly, this isn’t actually the hamstring being stretched. Instead, it’s actually an over-tensioned Sciatic nerve. Here’s how to solve it and find the right hamstring stretch for you:

Neck pain is all-too-common on the bike. Many see it as an acceptable consequence of doing something you love. But it needn’t be. Here’s what’s likely to be causing your neck pain when cycling, why it’s preventable and what you can do to try and solve it!

When looking to improve your knee pain and function, it’s easy to focus on just the knee itself. Interestingly there are a number of exercises that don’t directly involve the knee which can have a substantial impact on how it feels. Here’s one of the most important exercises to do for a healthy and pain-free knee.

Do you suffer from shoulder pain? If you do, how much time and energy do you put into treating the tissue around the shoulder? Interestingly, a large percentage of shoulder pain is the consequence of poor mechanics, and the trick is to figure out where the dysfunctional tissue is in order to get to the root cause. Here are three unique areas that may be setting your shoulder up to fail, and what to do about it.

Do your knees creek and groan at you when you move? If so, are you like many who feel it’s a sign of Arthritis? Thankfully, you may be pleasantly surprised to hear this isn’t the case. The orchestra of sounds is more likely a consequence of less than perfect knee mechanics rather than anything that shows up on an x-ray. And it’s also something you can change. So let’s delve in to why noisy knees should not be thought of as a sign of knee arthritis.

Flat feet afflict so many people, yet aren’t always symptomatic. However those that are tend to be met with tunnel vision. We traditionally see flat feet as solely a foot concern, when in actual fact its an issue with the entire leg. Here’s why your flat feet are more leg-related than foot-specific.

Knee pain is rarely just knee-related - particularly on the bike. If you or someone you know is having their time on the bike interrupted by knee pain, here are three hidden, non-knee specific areas to have checked out and an exercise to rectify them.

When your back hurts, how likely are you to blame what you were doing at the time for causing your pain? Interestingly, there’s often more to the moment your back became sore than many realize. Here’s what you need to understand if looking to get to the bottom of why your back became sore and what to do about it.

Looking to decrease pain and speed up your recovery from injury? We have recently purchased a new LightForce EXPi Laser Machine for these very reasons. Here’s a quick look at what it can do for you!

If you’re looking to improve your Pickleball game consider adding these 8 dynamic warm up exercises to your pre-game routine.

A tight chest muscle is easy to stretch. But did you know that chest muscle tightness it’s often the consequence of a stiff upper back? It’s an important piece of information to consider as the way to long-term chest muscle mobility is more than just stretching those Pecs. Here’s what else you need to consider:

It’s easy to devote your time and energy to a painful shoulder. Interestingly, it’s equally as easy to miss the bigger picture. Clinically, the upper back has a gigantic say in the health and function of the shoulder but doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Here’s why...

Have you ever taken a moment to think about how you breathe? For something so simple and automatic, having a good breathing pattern is not the fait accompli we often think it is. Read on as we go through some important points to consider about the way you breathe.

There’s confusion as to whether cracking your joints is bad for you. Some think it may lead to Arthritis, some don’t. Clinically there are some interesting things to consider when discussing joint-cracking, one of which is vitally important. So click through to find out whether cracking your joints is bad, and what may be the most important thing to consider going forward.

Headaches can be a debilitating issue. Frustratingly, they can also be hard to understand. Clinically, a large proportion of headaches (and migraines) are neck-related. The result of overloaded and irritated tissue, neck-related headaches can be treated and solved quite thoroughly - if you know where to look and what to look for. Here is what’s important to understand.

The majority of non-traumatic knee pain can often feel mysterious. The pain is obvious but the cause less so. Because of this, we tend to fall back on cliched terms like ‘bad luck’, ‘age’ and ‘moving the wrong way’. Interestingly, once we take a big enough step back, there are often three foundational reasons for a knee to become sore. Here’s why…

We wear shoes every day. But how often do you stop and think about their impact on your physical health and function? With modern footwear heavily effected by our thirst for technology, we can easily loose sight of what’s important for our feet - a category thick heels may not belong. Read on as we discuss why shoes with any heel might be doing you a huge disservice. All without you even realizing.

Looking to solve your low back or shoulder dysfunction? We run free low back and shoulder workshops each alternating month and would love you to come! Located at our LORPT facility in Laguna Niguel, we hope to arm (pun definitely intended) you with the right information and help you reach your rehab goals. Register your interest so you don’t miss out!