By Daniel Graham, Principal Podiatrist, Quay Health Sydney Mechanism of action Even after the extensive research into shockwave therapy, the exact mechanism of action remains unclear. Currently, the proposed theories are as follows: Physical Phase; the shockwaves causes positive and negative pressure and tensile forces through to...
What is joint hyper mobility? Joint hypermobility simply means that you have more flexibility in some of, or all of your joints than the normal person. It is more common in young girls/ women and is generally thought of as being genetic. Hypermobility itself isn't a medical...
By Daniel Graham, Principal Podiatrist, Quay Health Sydney Shockwave Therapy was originally used to treat kidney stones almost half a century ago. Now due to the remarkable biological and therapeutic effects, it is used by registered health professionals to treat numerous soft tissue conditions. “It's a...
By Ryan Dorahy Sydney CBD Physiotherapist We now know that a grade progressive exercise approach is beneficial when starting to undertake new exercise regimens for tendon health. Increasing your training load too rapidly can cause tendons to overload and become pathologic. Tendinopathies (tendon overload) can...