As 2017 rushes towards its end, we look back at another crazy year that almost only left a blurry line behind as it sped past.  To reflect on 2017 and everything that happened in it from a professional point of view, I have decided to get this site going with its very first blog post. ...Read More

My masters journey thus far has highlighted the apparent lack of between scientific research and ‘real world’ clinical practice. All too often we as physiotherapists base our therapeutic decisions on anecdotal evidence and habit however, in an age where scientific information is freely available the adage of ‘this is just how it has always been...Read More

It’s 2018. Sports Medicine is evolving daily. Research is filtering into practice quicker and quicker thanks to the internet, social media and infographics! In the spectrum of managing injuries and sporting performance (in SA) we have, Sports Physios, Biokineticists, Sports Doctors, Chiropractors, Sport Scientists, Strength & Conditioning Coaches, and Sporting coaches – we’re all here,...Read More

“Why do you give your patients exercises without booking them into follow up sessions? Surely that’s bad for business” A comment made by a friend who works outside of the healthcare industry – on some level they’re 100% right. For me to stay in business as a physiotherapist, one view might be that I need...Read More

We’re back with part 2 of our interview with Chris – it’s stimulated some interesting thought and conversation regarding stretching in our community and as always – we’d love to have you weigh in again… This time around we’ve asked our fellow professionals for questions regarding stretching and posed them to Chris. This entry follows...Read More

We’ve had the privilege of sharing a discussion we had with Physiotherapist Chris Allan about Stretching! It’s an interesting topic where the aim is to stimulate some thinking about WHY and HOW we stretch and what we THINK is really happening in our body by doing this sometimes ARCHAIC, sometimes USEFUL technique! Chris is a...Read More

Ask a healthcare practitioner what their thoughts on Crossfit are… then ask them if they’ve ever tried it! In my experience, there’s not many positive comments around when talking to my fellow health professionals about Crossfit (in South Africa at least), yet many of the nay-sayers are knocking it before giving it a try. As...Read More

An article I read in the PhysioSA journal from February has provided the inspiration for my first blog. The main theme of the article was a call for physiotherapists to improve our treatments using more optimal load management strategies. This is due to our profession being under threat by other qualified exercise-based professions. It was...Read More

I’ve just hit the big 30 – when I reflect on my professional career, including my student days over the last 10 years, there are so many lessons learnt that have placed me in my current situation. I’ve been the junior, the always working weekends, I’ve worked with coaches, Dr’s sport teams in a host...Read More

You’ve got goals – you want to run your first marathon, 21km or 10km – you’d like to do a 5 day hike in the Drakensberg, you want to ride the Cape Argus Cycle tour next year – play touch-rugby with your friends from work twice a week… we all have these goals or have...Read More