Recovery is the most forgotten about part of our training regime! . We spend so much time and work so hard during our training, but we neglect to spend any time or effort after our sessions to give our bodies the best possible recovery. . This ultimately leads to training at a lower potential and increases your risk of injury. . Foam rolling has been found to increase performance, flexibility and reduce muscle fatigue and soreness. . Here Jimmy is seen foam rolling one o

DO YOU GET KNEE PAIN WHEN YOU SQUAT OR RUN? . Patellofemoral pain is a common term used to describe pain in the knees. It is caused by overloading or overuse of the knee joint . Overload occurs when we do too much too soon. Unfortunately we are seeing a lot of this with everyone going back to their gym classes and sports without appropriate conditioning . The pain is commonly aggravated during activities such as running, jumping and squatting, but can also increase whilst go

After countless setbacks and 2 preseasons, footy is finally back! . Unfortunately, time away from sport is one of the biggest predictors for injury in amateur sport. This means we are at a much higher risk of injuring ourselves this season than any other season in history! . Luckily, here at Coastal Fitness Physiotherapy we have your injury needs covered. We provide a thorough initial assessment to identify the extent of your problem and provide hands on therapy combined wit

Welcome to Coastal Fitness Physio! My name is Jay McGuinness I graduated from the University of Sydney in 2017 with a Masters in Physiotherapy. After uni I began working with some of Sydney’s top orthopaedic surgeon’s rehabilitating patients with ACL reconstructions, hip and knee replacements and all sorts of other surgeries. Since then I have been working in a largely sports orientated private practice developing my clinical skills to allow athletes to return to performing a

Do you get wrist pain when doing push ups, chin ups, burpees, or bench press? How about knee pain when squatting? Or even lower back pain when running? Then this post is for YOU! . Gyms were closed for over 12 weeks during the COVID lockdowns. Many of you thought a break that big in your training would be long enough to heal any pre-existing injuries.. but now that we have been back training for a few weeks you might have noticed those injuries are still around and are preven

If you do, you’re not alone. Wrist sprains or injuries to the scapholunate ligament are among the most common injuries in gym goers and they rarely go away on their own! . The injury occurs due to repetitive trauma whilst your wrist is in extension. (Such as extending your wrist whilst doing burpees, push ups or lifting weights) . Pain presents in the upper side of your wrist and can reduce your movement and strength. You may also feel a “click” or have swelling . Treatmen

A labral tear is an injury to the cartilage of the hip socket. It occurs due to excessive forces being placed on the hip and causes reduced flexibility, weakness and pain in the front and side of the hip . Rehab for labral tears often focuses on strengthening the hip flexor and glute medius muscles due to their lack of muscle activation . These smaller muscle groups are often forgotten about as we tend to focus on our bigger muscles groups like our glute max and hamstrings. T