Being a parent is physically and mentally demanding, meaning pain and injury are almost guaranteed. This blog series talks all things pain and parenting, but also how to overcome it.
The Parent Performance Back Pain Series — Chapter 2: Rob. When Back Pain Threatens More Than Your Body. When Rob first walked into the clinic, he wasn’t the usual “I hurt my back at work” case. Yeah, he was a tradie.Yeah, he’d done a number on his lower back — again .But the part that rattled him the most wasn’t the pain. It was the fear that he was becoming a dad who couldn’t keep up anymore. And that hits different. Rob’s Story: Rob is 30. Two kids — 8 and 10. Gym-goer. Lov
The Parent Performance Back Pain Series — Chapter 1: The Breakdown My back failed when I became a dad and even as a physio, this had me floored. It was a back pain so debilitating it had me questioning myself as a physio. But, more importantly it was severely limiting me as a dad. My Story It all started way back when our daughter was a few months old, and as some of you might have been lucky enough to experience, she didn't love sleeping. So I would spend hours walking her a
