Strength and Conditioning Essentials Is your strength and conditioning keeping up with your activity levels? Sports Focus Physiotherapy offers expert guidance to enhance your sporting performance or rehabilitation. We understand that life can be very demanding on our bodies, no matter what we do. Whether it’s playing soccer, going for a jog or lifting our [...]
What’s the Difference Between a Sprain and a Strain? Simply put, you sprain a ligament and strain a muscle. When a muscle is strained, it usually means that a few fibres have been torn within the muscle. The fibres surrounding the torn ones will contract in an attempt to protect the area from further damage. [...]
Rock Climbing Injuries Rock climbing and bouldering are popular sports in Sydney. And it’s no surprise, given the number of centres there are around Sydney. While there is always a risk of traumatic injury with this sport, climbers are very likely to experience an overuse injury at some point in their rock climbing careers. Elbow [...]
Achilles Tendinopathy As many of us returned to sports and training after lockdown and isolation due to COVID-19, we are keen to return to our pre-COVID fitness and shape. With all good intentions, some of us went back to exercising with gusto and as hard as ever at the level we were at pre-COVID after [...]
Sports Physiotherapy in Sydney CBD While you can’t prevent all sports injuries from occurring, you can reduce the risk. Some of the most important things you can do to avoid sports injuries include: warming up properly before exercising, using the correct equipment, not exceeding your limits seeking professional guidance from a sports physiotherapist to learn [...]
Exercise Physiology Benefits Exercise physiology involves analysing your fitness in order to help you improve your health. This treatment option is used not only to treat illness and chronic conditions but is also used to plan exercise programs for all kinds of athletes. An exercise physiologist can support patients across a wide range of fitness [...]
10 Tips to Assist in Recovery from your Chosen Sports Performance One of the areas of greatest recent advance in Sports Injury management is what we do to assist in our bodies recovery immediately after playing our favourite sport. The following pointed guidelines come from the elite side of sport and are appropriate for athletes [...]
How to Manage a Groin Injury A groin strain is a common groin injury that occurs on the inside of the thigh. Often referred to as a groin pull, this injury occurs when there is a tear in the adductor muscles. Sufferers may experience a sudden sharp pain ranging from mild to very severe. Groin [...]
Teen Sports Injuries Teen sports injuries aren’t just frustrating – they can also turn into long term issues when left untreated. Managing these injuries when there’s a busy school and sporting schedule can be overwhelming for both the teenager and the parents and coaches. But Sports Focus is here to help you understand how to [...]
ACL Injury Recovery ACL injuries are something we see often among athletes. It commonly occurs amongst football, rugby and tennis players. After sustaining this kind of injury, you might be keen to get back on the field as soon as possible, but it’s crucial that you follow a step by step ACL rehabilitation program in [...]
