Core stability plays a vital role in how our body performs and copes with everyday life. Poor core stability can lead to a number of injuries, particularly those involving the back, groin, hamstrings and knees. Physiotherapists regularly prescribe core stability exercises for injury rehabilitation purposes, but also as part of an injury prevention strategy, particularly in the case of athletes. Core Stability Exercises Within the repertoire of ‘core stability’ there is a large range of exercises that can be prescribed by your physiotherapist, the suitability of which will vary according to the injury and therapeutic needs of each individual patient....

The QSP team once again had the pleasure of joining Liz and the Athletes Foot team at their Wintergarden store for the Athletes Foot Annual Health Professional Breakfast. We were brought up to speed on the latest products and services that the Athletes Foot offer that may assist some of our patients suffering from foot or lower limb conditions or injuries. We also took the opportunity to catch up with some of our health professional peers from the podiatry and exercise physiology fields to discuss some of the current concerns faced by our ever-growing running population. Also present at the...