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Hi guys, Justin here – the much taller, only slightly younger (in case Steve reads this), two thirds legs physio at Crest Health Physiotherapy Yanchep and Butler. With Steve stealing all the limelight last year with his superb effort in coming 3rd in the World Amateur...

Hi all, Justin here again. With today marking the start of a crackdown on pain medications and ease of purchasing, Steve and myself thought it would be prudent to chat to you guys about low back pain and its management. Low back pain is one of, if not the most common...

Hi everyone, this is my first time blog for Crest Health Physiotherapy and I wanted to share my knowledge on dry needling and acupuncture with you from some common questions we are asked in clinic. What is it? Well, acupuncture is a part of Traditional Chinese...

“Dad, we have a Father’s day soccer game kid’s V dad’s after our last home game, we will smash you” said our son George at the prospect of getting one up on his dad. It’s been some year’s since I’ve played but I’m...

Did you know that musculoskeletal health issues are the most common cause of repeat GP appointments and account for around 1 in 5 of all GP appointments? Better still do you know that most of them can be dealt with effectively by a physiotherapist without any need to...

My back’s gone…it just went… Back pain is the most common musculoskeletal complaint, more common than you think. It is estimated that between 70-90% of Australians will suffer an episode of back pain during their lives. You will know somebody that...

Happy New Year, happy new you, away you go into the exercise and ouch you’re laid up for weeks. Just the same as last year and the one before. Well not this year as I am going to share with you some tips on exercising without injury. 1 – Seek a medical...

We have heard it many times growing up and I’m sure our children will say the same… Just sit up. In today’s sedentary lifestyle and ever evolving social media and electronic World we find ourselves looking down. For those that work in offices, have a...

 Here’s the latest blog from Crest Health Physio. Hope you are well. Today I am going to go through how to use a Spiky Ball to help you at home, work or even on holiday for those ‘knots’. So this little tool to my left, which come in an array of...

“It will be my last one” I said to my ever supportive Wife and business partner Emma, “I have to, I want to try and qualify for the Worlds and then we can have a great holiday!!!”. Sadly 5 months without running training will put a stop to that but at least I...

The goal was to qualify for the Sunshine Coast World Champs, so a good finish would have been in order. Unfortunately no running for several months put a stop to that goal. So the second target was to bike hard and thanks to Coach Boyd of TSO, we achieved this....