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What Is My Rotator Cuff & Why Is It Important?

Peak Physio November 8, 2018

What is the rotator cuff?

The shoulder is the the most unstable joint in the body and comprises by 3 main parts the glenoid, the humerus and the scapula (shoulder blade). The shoulder joint is stabilised by several structures; ligaments, capsule and the tendons of the rotator cuff. The rotator cuff is made up of 4 muscles, SUPRAPINATUS, INFRASPINATUS, TERES MINOR and SUBSCAPULARIS. These muscles work together to rotate the arm inwards and outwards and also work to take the arm away from the body to the side. These muscles can be injured in several ways with repetitive movements, trauma, muscular imbalance or adaptive postures.

In anatomy, the scapula (plural scapulae or scapulas)

Why is it important?

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Desk Exercises!

Peak Physio October 23, 2018

Check out these basic exercises that can help prevent stiffness whilst sitting at your desk all day.

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Hip Rehabilitation Exercises

Peak Physio August 16, 2018

In this video we look at three key exercises for Hip Rehabilitation.

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Runners Knee Rehab

Peak Physio July 31, 2018

In this video we look at the early, mid and end stage rehab for Runners/Jumpers knee rehab

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Ankle Sprain Video Rehab Collection

Eoin July 16, 2018

In these 3 video’s we look at early, mid and end stage Rehab of an ankle sprain.

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Why Does Everyone Keep Telling Me To Do Pilates? Here’s Why!

Eoin March 29, 2018

German-born Joseph Pilates invented the classical pilates method while working to rehabilitate soldiers badly injured in war. He used resistance devices attached to beds to allow bed ridden patients to exercise their muscles. He only wrote one book on his technique before he died. Since the passing of Joseph Pilates, the techniques have been modified and enhanced. The principles have been refined to reflect current understanding of anatomy, physiology and kinesiology.

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Are Your Bum(Gluts) Muscles Important In Cycling?

Eoin February 13, 2018

This is a must read for all you avid cyclists!

Having previously talked about the importance of the gluteal (bum) muscles. Now I’m going to look at this from the aspect of cycling, during the initial phase of cycling (12-4 o’clock) the glutes were an important muscle group for generating power, and by improving one’s ability to deliberately activate these muscles and improve their strength/power, one could reduce quadriceps (thigh) fatigue and improve cycling power output and performance. Frustratingly having looked extensively over the past week for some body of QUALITY research that would back up these ideas, I have found it a fruitless task.

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Do You Suffer From Lower Back Pain?

Eoin February 7, 2018

What should you do if you suffer from lower back pain?

Get it checked out by a medical professional to make sure it’s nothing serious (physio, doctor, osteo etc.)
Short-term physiotherapy interventions can be very useful in the acute stage of lower back pain.
Exercise has the best evidence behind it for lowering pain levels at 3 and 6 months.

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What is Yoga All About & How Can It Help You?

Eoin February 2, 2018

Why practice Yoga?

Through the practice of yoga, we become aware of our postural holding patterns, our weaknesses and our imbalances. Some of these things can lead to pain and injury. With awareness, we can learn how to balance the muscular and skeletal systems of the body, create strength and ﬂexibility and correct postural dysfunctions before they become troublesome.

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Does My Bum Look Big In This?

Eoin September 18, 2017

For many years, that question has been a stalwart presence in the national psyche. But more recently, there has been a paradigm shift towards developing the all too neglected
buttock muscles.

The main buttock muscles are the Gluteals; Gluteus Minimus,Gluteus Medius and Gluteus Maximus. These muscles are of vital importance to the biomechanics of a well-functioning
body.

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