The Melbourne Strength Movement       I recently met up with Michael Grogan who is a strength and conditioning trainer who is running the Melbourne Strength Movement sessions at Crossfit South Yarra on Saturday mornings. Thanks to Osteopath and S&C coach Heath Williams of Principle Four Osteopathy in Melbourne CBD who put us in […]

Getting back into running Getting back into running Injury Tip One – Increase Slowly: Many people get so excited by the warmer weather and impatient at their slow progress that they go from 3 months on the lounge to attempting a marathon in 4 weeks – this is a recipe for disaster. Make sure you increase […]

Commonwealth Games Track Cyclist Josiah Ng came in for a last tune up session before heading off later this week to Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games. He has been working hard this year developing power and strength off the track and extensively in track sessions to bring his form up after a horrific crash in […]

Sky Sports Interview 2010 Sky Sports Interview 2010, Osteopath Ben McChesney has an interview with Sky Sports in London prior to 2010 World Cup regarding Rio Ferdinand’s knee injury.   “The England captain broke down after a tackle in the final few minutes of his team’s first training session since landing in South Africa, and […]

Golf Enhancement Golf Enhancement Getting back into the swing of golf this year? At Balance Osteopathy we offer Golf Enhancement sessions which focus on increasing mobility in areas where you may have an injury, restrictions or tightnesses that may affect your golf swing without you being aware of this. For example, ankle mobility issues may […]

  Getting into riding or recently got a new bike for commuting or weekend blitz’s? Getting setup properly and ensuring you have adequate flexibility for the individual setup of your bike and the way you ride may help reduce the risk of discomfort or injury when you get cranking. At Balance Osteopathy, by using a […]

Balance Osteopathy congratulates Aidan Cleary’s Silver at Dragon Boat World Championships Irish Engineer Aidan Cleary, who comes to Balance Osteopathy, after only starting training with Dragon Boating 18mths ago in Melbourne with the ‘Melbourne Flames’,  managed to get onto the Australian national team ‘Aurora’ and compete recently in the 2013 world championships in Hungary to […]