The Benefits of Sleep that we never talk about

We always hear, “remember to get your 7 to 8 hours of sleep if you want to function”, yet no one is actually listening. Apart from wal...

How can your Osteopath help your child?

Osteopathy is a holistic approach to the body that considers the interconnectedness of the body's muscles, joints and systems. Typically adults are the ones getting treated, but at Ascot Vale Osteopathy, we treat children f...

Why Does Your Osteopath Make You Walk Strangely? The Role of

Have you ever wondered why your osteopath asks you to walk back and forth while carefully observing your every step? We promise it’s not just for entertainment purposes or to make you feel self-conscious. Gait analysis is...

Overtraining: Understanding the Causes, Effects, and Prevent

In the pursuit of fitness and athletic performance, it's important to strike a balance between training and recovery. Increasing training load when implemented correctly, with appropriate rest and recovery, yields great res...

Have a break, lift some weights

The importance of keeping physically active!

Protect Your Shoulders

Let’s talk about one of the most functional, but prone to injury areas in the human body, the shoulder complex.

 Shoulder Anatomy

The shoulder is comprised of three bo...

Love your knees!

The knee joint is the largest joint in the human body and is also quite a complex one, as it is actually made up of 2 joints. There are 3 bones that form these two joints. They are the femur (thigh bone), tibia (shin bone) and the patella (knee cap). The ...

Pain!

Pain has been a huge topic for discussion for a long time now. Nearly everyone feels it (I say ‘nearly’ because there is actually a very small minority of people with a special condition that does not allow them to feel pain), and it varies in charact...

Take A Deep Breath

Breathing is one of the most basic and fundamental functions of the human body, yet, a lot of us seem to do it all wrong. We don’t seem to worry about our breathing at all, until our breathing becomes abnormal. What we don’t understand is how importan...

What is pain and how do you get rid of it?

Pain is an unpleasant, subjective experience which is associated with actual or potential tissue damage. Physiologically, pain is critical for survival, but when pain starts to affect our quality of life, we ask, “how do I get rid of this feeling?”. W...