When it comes to injury prevention and performance enhancement, there are few exercises that get more coverage than the squat. It is very functional for day to day life and great for building lower body strength to protect the lower back, knees and hips. It is also a great exercise for runners, building strength in […]
Why do we experience pain without any obvious cause of injury? This is a common question we get asked at Barefoot and the answer is most commonly, due to accumulative strain. Let’s firstly summarise the main reasons we may feel pain: Due to traumatic injury – we have a broken bone, torn ligament, or other […]
This year Barefoot Physiotherapy is celebrating 10 years as a Brisbane based physio clinic, helping you to achieve your rehab and lifestyle goals. So, who is Barefoot and what makes us ‘physio with a difference?’ What makes Barefoot Physiotherapy – Brisbane Physio with a difference? That would be our Barefoot Physiotherapy plan! This is a […]
Chronic, or persisting pain can have a large impact on all facets of our lives. Chronic pain has typically been defined as pain persisting for more than 3 months. Experiencing chronic pain takes up a portion of your daily energy and brain space, leaving people unable to fully participate in social or work situations, struggling […]
Most recent data (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2017–18 National Health Survey (NHS) tells us that 16% of Australians experience chronic back pain. This is a significant contributor to decreased quality of life for individuals and disease, economic and productivity burdens on a national level. Chronic back pain is pain experienced for a duration of longer […]
What Is Chronic Pain? Chronic pain has typically been defined as pain persisting for more than 3 months. This pain can be experienced throughout the entire body, or at localised body parts. Pain is a wonderful tool for our body to protect us from perceived threat of tissue damage. However, so often our ability to […]
Pain and injury in the shoulder can have a variety of causes. One of the most common issues we see is shoulder impingement. So what is shoulder impingement? Shoulder impingement refers to a condition where poor co-ordination causes certain structures within the shoulder to get squashed or compressed when moving. Everyone is different and there […]
Questions by CaitlinA passion for anything health and fitness paired with a bubbly personality make Jacki a delight to have in the clinic and a great role model for living your Barefoot lifestyle! 1. Pre COVID you were regularly competing in Masters swimming, including National championships. Can you tell us more about how you got […]
1 – What’s your favourite activity outside of work and how does it help you live your Barefoot Lifestyle ? I always love reading books! I have found it a very effective strategy to help my brain relax and reset with some quiet time. This sets me up perfectly to engage more fully in […]
How to Fix Tennis Elbow: Our Approach Tennis elbow, or lateral epicondylalgia, is a diagnosis of overuse injury to the elbow. It can be a painful injury that usually occurs when the elbow is overloaded, typically due to repetitive motions of the wrist and arm. Tennis elbow is defined as a tendinopathy of the extensor […]
