Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, Menopause & Bladder Health: How It All Connects The term “pelvic floor” is everywhere now, but many people still aren’t sure what it actually is – or why it can cause so many issues, especially around peri‑menopause and menopause. At its...
Nurses and Musculoskeletal Injuries Healthcare workers often suffer from musculoskeletal injuries. Nurses are considered a group of healthcare workers with the highest prevalence of work related musculoskeletal injuries. This is due to high physical demands associated...
Don’t forget about the Adductor Muscles! We hear a lot about the hip abductors, but much less about the hip adductor muscles which are the muscle that sit on the inside of your thigh between the hip and...
McGill Big 3 and Low Back Pain You’ll see many social media posts and blogs mention the McGill ratios/McGill endurance test/McGill big 3. These tests are an approach to causes of low back pain (LBP) and muscular imbalance or weakness, let’s have a look at what they...
Common injuries for trades people Here at Myothrive we see a lot of tradespeople or tradies from varying backgrounds, ages and physical work. People with high physically demanding jobs such as tradies and labourers have a higher rate of injuries related to or directly...
Achilles Tendinopathy Tendinopathy is generally an overuse pathology leading to changes in the tendon matrix leading to pain and reduced capacity of the affected tendon and surrounding muscular. Locations This pathology occurs at 2 different points along the tendon:...
