Six weeks ago, early on a bright and sunny Wednesday morning, the staff from our three clinics gathered in the Brisbane City Botanical Gardens. There were some looks of apprehension, excitement and also sleep deprivation as we awaited the beginning of our first group training session aka “Boot Camp” (also dubbed “torture morning” by some). What we were up against we weren’t sure but with a group like Committed Training at the helm we knew we were in safe hands. Committed Training is a Brisbane City based personal training company headed by Jason Clark and Brent Coglan. Collectively they have...

Try this: Close your eyes, standing feet hip width apart with a slight bend in your knees. Now turn your focus onto your breathing, in and out, leaving all other thoughts to the wayside, in and out. Sounds fairly simple just focusing on breathing, nothing else. Until that errant thought runs through your head, “What should I have for lunch today?” or “Did I send that email?” And then your mind is away thinking about anything but that most basic human function: breathing. Recently Marcello from Tattersalls gym kindly organised for all our staff to attend six weeks of Qigong...

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...