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Matthew Licastro
40 posts
Hydrotherapy - Revive Physiotherapy and Pilates

Hydrotherapy

Adults, Exercise, Hydrotherapy, Injury, Seniors
5 years ago
Whilst a lot of treatment fads will come and go, today we’re looking at a method of treatment first regarded as beneficial in the days of ancient Egypt, Greece and…
Hip Replacement - Revive Physiotherapy and Pilates

Hip Replacement

Adults, Arthritis, Injury, Physiotherapy, Seniors, Services
5 years ago
Our hips are classed as ‘ball and socket’ joints. They are designed for stability and weight-bearing. The bony surfaces of the hip joint are covered with articular cartilage, a smooth…

Knee Replacement

Adults, Arthritis, Injury, Physiotherapy, Seniors, Services
5 years ago
Knee replacement surgery was first performed in 1968. Since then, improvements in surgical materials and techniques have greatly increased its effectiveness. If your knee is severely damaged by arthritis or…
Achilles' Tendinopathy - Revive Physiotherapy and Pilates

Achilles’ Tendinopathy – A Runner’s Worst Nightmare…

Adults, Exercise, Footwear, Injury, Physiotherapy, Running
5 years ago
In today’s blog, we are going to talk about a runner’s worst nightmare… Achilles’ tendinopathy (previously known as Achilles’ tendinitis). Yes, this condition generally creeps up on you and has…
Tennis Elbow - Revive Physiotherapy and Pilates

Tennis Elbow

Adults, Dry Needling, Exercise, Injury, Physiotherapy, Sport
5 years ago
Lateral epicondylalgia. I am guessing most of you have never heard of this term and I promise it is English. It is the technical name for a condition most people…
Long-haul flying with an injury - Revive Physiotherapy and Pilates

Long-haul flying… with an injury (and how to keep moving)!

Adults, Injury, Sitting, Stretching, Tips
5 years ago
Flying up at 30,000 feet and stuck in a tight economy class seat isn’t the best place to enable maximal injury recovery. For many people, sitting for long periods might…
Foam Rollers - The Core Essentials

Foam Rollers – The Core Essentials

Adults, Clinical Pilates, Exercise, Stretching
5 years ago
Last year I penned a blog Foam Rollers: 4 must do exercises which focused on common ways to use your foam roller to stretch and loosen your tight, sore muscles.…
Seated stretches and exercises - Revive Physiotherapy and Pilates

Sitting exercises for lower back pain

Adults, Back injury, Exercise, Lower back, Physiotherapy, Posture, Sitting, Stretching
6 years ago
Following on from last week’s blog investigating lower back pain when sitting, today our focus moves to prevention! Some jobs can be quite physically demanding without leaving the office chair…
Sitting posture - Revive Physiotherapy and Pilates

Sitting posture

Adults, Back injury, Health, Physiotherapy, Posture, Tips
6 years ago
Do you have pain in your back when sitting? Well for many people, this is a very common occurrence! Many patients are often quite surprised that their back pain gets…
McConnell Knee Taping

How to: McConnell knee taping

Adults, Exercise, Physiotherapy, Sport, Strapping
6 years ago
In today’s How to blog, we are looking at the basic, yet very effective McConnell knee taping technique for Patello-femoral pain syndrome (PFPS). This pain, as described in a recent blog,…

Hamstring Exercises

Adults, Exercise, Health, Injury, Muscle, Physiotherapy, Sport, Stretching
6 years ago
Last week we looked at the most common injury in the AFL, the hamstring strain! This week it’s all about prevention and maintenance. Here are 4 exercises to try at…
Hamstring Injuries - Revive Physiotherapy and Pilates

Hamstring injuries

Adults, Clinical Pilates, Dry Needling, Exercise, Injury, Muscle, Physiotherapy, Running, Sport, Stretching, Training
6 years ago
With footy season starting this week, I thought it would be perfect timing to discuss footy’s most commonly injured body part… the hammy! In the AFL, each club will average…
Choosing the right mattress - Revive Physiotherapy and Pilates

Choosing the right mattress

Adults, Exhaustion, Health, Posture, Tips, Wellness
6 years ago
Some of the most common questions our patients ask us in the clinic are in relation to pillows and mattresses. For most people, a good night’s sleep is as easy as…
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome - Revive Physiotherapy and Pilates

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome: What you ‘knee’d to know

Adults, Exercise, Injury, Kids, Physiotherapy, Seniors, Sport
6 years ago
Often called movie-goers knee, pain behind your patella (kneecap) is one of a few tell-tale signs you might be suffering from this common knee issue. Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS) is…
Beat the Heat - Revive Physiotherapy and Pilates

Beat the Heat: Top 7 Tips for Exercising Safely This Summer

Exercise, Exhaustion, Health, Running
6 years ago
Beat the Heat Top 7 Tips for Exercising Safely This Summer Exercising in hot weather increases our body temperature. Sure, our bodies have built-in cooling systems that help us adjust…
Pillow Talk - Revive Physiotherapy and Pilates

Pillow Talk

Adults, Health, Posture, Research, Stress, Tips, Uncategorized, Wellness
6 years ago
Are you having difficulty getting to sleep at nights because of a sore neck? Are you waking up in the morning with neck pain or a headache? Or are you…

Preventing Lower Back Injuries in Cricket

Back injury, Clinical Pilates, Cricket, Exercise, Injury, Services, Sport
6 years ago
  Cricket may be a relatively slow-paced game, but many injuries still occur. Although most are unavoidable (or not if you are fielding at silly point). For example, fielders (who…
Gettnig back into exercise in the New Year - Revive Physiotherapy and Pilates

Getting Back into Exercise in the New Year

Adults, Clinical Massage, Exercise, Health, Physiotherapy, Tips, Wellness
6 years ago
What Happens When We Get Out Of Shape? If we quit working out for 2-3 months, we can lose at least half our aerobic fitness! Our lungs lose elasticity, blood…
Tackling depression with exercise - Revive Physiotherapy and Pilates

Tackling Depression with Exercise

Adults, Exercise, Health, Men, Mental health, Wellness
6 years ago
Pharmalogical and psychological treatments are common management strategies for many mental health conditions. Just recently, Australian researchers from The Black Dog Institute have found that 12 per cent of depression…
Good Mental Health - Reive Physiotherapy and Pilates

Good Mental Health

Adults, Health, Men, Mental health, Research, Stress, Wellness
6 years ago
Today’s blog is all about mental wellness. Anxiety, depression, and suicide prevention are 3 areas Movember is shining the spotlight on, with fundraising efforts going into awareness, research and mental…
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