I’ve been very open with documenting my journey with intermittent fasting over the last 6 months on my social media (@enhanced physio), and I’ve become increasingly aware of more people trying it and asking to share my experiences with it. I’m slightly hesitant though and need to frame this very carefully. Not long ago, South...Read More
It’s no secret that the theme of this blog keeps stretching beyond what’s conventionally painted as “physiotherapy” or even ‘health-care” – which is good (in my opinion). It’s my profession, and my industry, but I am also running a business, having life experiences and all these parts make up the bigger whole so they almost...Read More
I’m ending my first year of this blog by almost going full circle – I’ve covered this topic in previous pieces (https://www.enhancedphysio.co.za/blog-1/whose-job-is-it-anyway-a-physio-s-perspective) and (https://www.enhancedphysio.co.za/blog-1/health-care-or-sick-care) and have gotten large amounts of feedback and comments from readers weighing in with their stories and experiences, it’s something that we really do need to speak about… Our profession is...Read More
In the modern era of sports, teams and team sport clinicians are always searching for interventions that may positively influence individual or team performances to achieve optimal results. One variable that has been in the spotlight in recent years has been predicting injuries in sport and specifically, preventing injury through the screening of athletes. In...Read More
As a rugby fan, and field side rugby physio, this is a topic that we look at with great fascination. We follow the head injury assessments, watch the viral videos of Sonny Bill-Williams, making consecutive tackles after appearing to be knocked out without the gravity of the severity of sports related concussion (SRC). SRC can...Read More
By Nick Pereira, MSc. Sports and Exercise Physiotherapy Candidate, University of Cape Town. Division of Physiotherapy & Exercise Science and Sports Medicine Division, Sport Science Institute of South Africa. Diabetes type 2 (DM 2) is a non-communicable lifestyle disease which affects more than 422 million people worldwide (Seib et al., 2018). The global prevalence is...Read More
“Gabbett (2016) describes the training-injury paradox, and the phenomenon whereby athletes accustomed to high training loads have lower injuries compared to those training at lower loads. This model is based on the evidence that non-contact injuries are not as a result of training per se, but more likely by an inappropriate training program. Excessive and...Read More
Craig Govender. Where do we start to describe who this gentleman is. Master in Physiotherapy, with a focus on cricket research. Former Lions Cricket Franchise Physio. Current Proteas Physio. Director of the Wanderers Sports Medicine Centre in JHB. More important than all these titles is the leader and industry role model that he is. Believe...Read More