Everything You Need to Know About Diastasis Recti
Diastasis recti is the partial or complete separation of the rectus abdominis, or “six-pack” muscles, which meet at the midline of your stomach. Here is everything you need to know about this commo...
Haemorrhoids? Wait, what? They weren’t in my birth plan!
The first poo after childbirth is no joke. I went to the toilet to make sure my uterus was still in place and felt my way up to some new members of my anus. Little pea like structures, very bloody ...
What Are The Benefits of Cold Showers?
Cold showers definitely get the heart racing! There are many reasons why you might be curious about cold showers and the physiological benefits for recovery, stress, mood, sleep and even weight loss.
Positive Mindset for Injury Recovery
No matter how you look at it, getting injured sucks. You were at the top of your game: and now forced to break from your training, your life, your established routine and the sports activities you ...
5 Energy Boosting Snacks for Pregnancy
Experts recommend women maintain a healthy weight during pregnancy, not gaining too much or too little depending on her pre-pregnant weight. But growing a baby takes energy. You may find that you’r...
Easy Ways to Boost Your Kids Gut Health
You put your kid’s health as priority number one. You do everything you can and everything else you can think of. Although you think you might have everything covered, from getting in their vitamin...
Have you got any good exercises for (insert some sports injury here)? It’s probably the number one question I’ve been asked as a sports physio. My answer is always the same; I have plenty of exerci...
Supporting Your Breast Milk Supply and Post-Birth Recovery
New mamas and mamas-to-be, this video by Caia practitioner Brittany Darling is a must-watch! Brittany gives some great advice on nutrition for supporting your breastmilk supply. You will also lea...
Your Breastfeeding and Baby Sleep Questions Answered!
Lactation and sleep consultant Rachel Ford answers your breastfeeding and sleep questions. Rachel is a Child and Family Health Nurse, Lactation Consultant and Sleep and Settling Consultant. She hel...
How to Boost Incidental Activity
Incidental exercise is activity you do every day without even thinking about it. Running up the stairs, playing football with your kids, washing the car – all these tasks get your blood pumping and...
Pre and post natal care with naturopath Bel Rowntree
In this video, Clinical Naturopath and Caia practitioner Bel Rowntree shares tips and advice on pre and post natal care and recovery. Topics include perineal healing, nutritional advice for tissue...
Cate Campbell: Australian Swimmer and Olympic Champion
As part of our #RecoverBetter series, Cate Campbell, Australian Swimmer, Olympic gold medalist and multiple world record holder talks to BodyICE about her injury management routine, how she recover...
Teaching Mindfulness to Children
Mindfulness is an ancient practice that is gaining more and more acceptance as part of mainstream medical treatments and overall wellbeing. Mindfulness helps us (and children too) regulate emotions...
If you’ve always thought that butter was bad for you, you’re not alone. Over time, food manufacturers have found fat-substitutions and offered low-fat options for almost everything. For over 5 deca...
Top 5 Tips for Exercising During Pregnancy
As a mum of 3, a perinatal physiotherapist, and founder of FitNest Mama, Kath Baquie is passionate about empowering women to help them have a wonderful pregnancy journey and after birth recovery. ...
Your Post ACL Reconstruction Game Plan
Being side-lined due to injury can be a very frustrating time for any athlete or active individual, but coming out from an ACL reconstruction surgery may at times simply feel hopeless. Fortunately,...
Perineal Recovery After Childbirth
Ok, your due date is approaching and you’re preparing yourself for what ever nature throws at you. So many questions and so many unknowns but we do the best we can to prepare. We take antenatal cla...
Top 5 Ways to Teach Kids Organisational Skills
When you know where stuff is, and have simple routines and habits in place, you can free up an incredible amount of otherwise wasted time and energy. Taking this a step further by guiding your chil...
