Kids get arthritis tooMost people are aware of arthritis and may even know someone with arthritis but what many people don’t realise is that kids are also affected by arthritis. In fact, it is the most common as well as most severe persistent medical conditions of childhood with 1 in 1000 children affected.
When I tell people I am a physiotherapist who works with kids, I often receive looks of puzzlement. “Surely babies can’t sprain their hamstring, nor should a four-year-old get sciatica right?”
This year marks a decade of dedication from Allsports Camp Hill Director and Physiotherapist, Jonathon Hennessy, and his work with Queensland’s Elite Youth Football teams at the Football Federation Australia National Youth Championships.
Each year, under the Smiling for Smiddy marquees, our team of physiotherapists and masseurs volunteer their time to tend to the often exhausted and weary bodies of Team Smiddy members at the Noosa Triathlon Multisports Festival.
Screens are everywhere these days and as a result, managing a child’s screen time has become even harder for parents. So what is screen time? What are the effects of screen time? And how can we manage how much time children spend watching screens? Screen time is defined as any time spent watching TV, DVDs, using computers, playing video or hand-held computer games or using tablets or smartphones.
Listen to Allsports Director Tony Ganter talk Sports Injury & Physiotherapy Management in this radio broadcasted interview.
At Oxfam, they believe all lives are equal and that no-one should live in poverty.
For more than 60 years, Oxfam has been tackling poverty and empowering communities to build better lives for themselves. That’s why they’re there on the ground, not only to save lives in times of crisis but also to develop lasting solutions.
The month of February 2018 saw Optomo Altitude cyclist and Allsports sponsored athlete, Faye Goodyear out of competition due to a serious crash and in excruciating pain.
What is all the fuss about? A quick google search of the term reveals a myriad of articles written by physiotherapists, occupational therapists, teachers and parents. Many of these popular articles say that w-sitting should be avoided at all costs! But do we need to demonise it?
The latest Allsports Physiotherapy Professional Development Seminar held at our Indooroopilly Clinic, resulted in “The Smiddy Room” brimming with physiotherapists and podiatrists from across the group. The seminar was held by Queensland Combined Orthopaedic Specialists and QSports Medicine industry professionals; Dr Mark Young, Dr Sherwin Goh, Dr Colin Chong and Dr Ben Forster – to discuss the developments in sporting field foot and ankle injuries and their treatment.