Exercising during Lockdown

With the every changing COVID restrictions it is a great time to remind ourselves of the things we can do to maintain and improve both our physical and mental well-being. Of course, doing the things that keep us healthy are not always easy, and the increased stress, frustration and cabin-fever that accompany our lockdowns often comes paired...

Abdominal Separation (DRAM) during Pregnancy

DRAM (a.k.a. DRA/RAD) stands for Diastasis of the Rectus Abdominus Muscles and is not tearing but actually the stretching and thinning of the connective tissue called the Linea Alba between the two muscle bellies of Rectus Abdominus (RA). DRAM is very common in pregnancy. In fact, one study found that at 35 weeks pregnant 100% of women in their...

Bone Stress Injuries

Bone stress injuries occur when the load being place on the bone is too much for it to adapt to and it starts to breakdown. They occur along a spectrum but will broadly be labelled as a stress reaction or a stress fracture. A stress fracture happens when the stress reaction has persisted too long and the bone begins to form a fracture line...

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