Five tips to...
Improve posture, reduce headaches, lose weight and manage acute injuries...
Improve posture
- Sit and stand tall
- Sit with your bottom to the rear of the seat
- Ensure desks are set up correctly when working at the computer
- Exercise often
- See your physiotherapist for a postural assessment and correction
Reduce headaches
- Maintain upright posture
- Limit time tilting head forward looking at screens
- Heat tight neck muscles
- Exercise regularly
- Have you neck assessed by a physiotherapist
Lose weight
- Move regularly
- Choose the right food
- Exercise often
- Drink water
- Have a consultation with our Accredited Exercise Physiologist who can prescribe safe exercises
Manage acute injuries
- Rest – to limit further damage and inflammation
- Ice – 20 minutes on, 40 minutes off
- Compression bandages or stocking can assist to reduce swelling
- Elevate the injured area above the heart
- Call our friendly team for a thorough assessment and treatment of the injury
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