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28/07/2026

Calf and Achilles strength is critical in running injury prevention, because it's exactly where your foot loads at toe-off on every single stride.

Weak here, and that load has to go somewhere else. Usually the shin, the Achilles, or the foot itself.

The Forward Leaning Calf Raise shifts the load onto the forefoot, closer to how your calf actually works when you run, not just how it performs standing upright.

Start with bodyweight, and add load once form holds under fatigue.

Ever start a run feeling like your body hasn't caught up with your legs yet?That's usually restriction and here's four a...
23/07/2026

Ever start a run feeling like your body hasn't caught up with your legs yet?

That's usually restriction and here's four areas worth checking. Thoracic rotation, hip flexors, calves and adductors.

Each is tied to a specific point in your stride.

Lock these in for five minutes after your next run. That's it.

21/07/2026

Do you want to improve your running in the back half of the race?

Start with the Barbell Step Up. It's a single movement that doubles as a screen and a training tool, with unilateral loading exposes hip, knee or trunk imbalances that a squat won't show you.

Asymmetry that's invisible at the start of a run often shows up as form breakdown late, which is exactly where most runners lose time or get hurt.

Does your left leg feel weaker? At SANO rehab is based on your individual, real numbers. Force plates measure the exact ...
15/07/2026

Does your left leg feel weaker?

At SANO rehab is based on your individual, real numbers.

Force plates measure the exact force each leg produces and how fast its produced.

This baseline becomes the foundation of your personalised rehab plan. Whether you're restoring everyday movement or training for an event, understanding your strength gaps changes what we train.

This is how rehab decisions are made.

Every stride you take is a single leg event. Yet most of us train with squats, leg press, or the bike. None of them expo...
12/07/2026

Every stride you take is a single leg event. Yet most of us train with squats, leg press, or the bike.

None of them expose the difference between your left and right side.

The step up with drive does just that. It loads each leg through your full range, and it shows us which side is doing the work and which side is weaker.

Don't find this out the hard way...mid training block.

Not many physios have stood on the podium themselves. 🤸Welcome Marissa Dahms to the SANO Physio team, a senior Physiothe...
09/07/2026

Not many physios have stood on the podium themselves. 🤸

Welcome Marissa Dahms to the SANO Physio team, a senior Physiotherapist and former South African national gymnast, with 10+ years across sports and musculoskeletal physio in South Africa and Australia.

Marissa combines hands-on treatment and exercise rehab with special interests in:
🔹 Gymnastics & dance
🔹 Child & adolescent rehab
🔹 Hip & knee surgery recovery
🔹 Chronic pain management
🔹 VALD ForceDecks testing

She's worked field-side across rugby, hockey, water polo, athletics, triathlon and endurance sport, and she's just as happy helping you get back to moving without pain.

SANO's small group classes run with a maximum of 4 participants. Every session is led by our sports physiotherapists, wh...
19/06/2026

SANO's small group classes run with a maximum of 4 participants.

Every session is led by our sports physiotherapists, which means the programming is clinically informed and the coaching is specific to what your body actually needs.

Who it's for: people coming out of injury or surgery, runners building strength between sessions, or anyone who wants supervised progressive training with clinical oversight.

Vanessa has joined the SANO team.She sees runners managing injury and working toward performance goals, patients in post...
16/06/2026

Vanessa has joined the SANO team.

She sees runners managing injury and working toward performance goals, patients in post-surgical rehab, general MSK presentations, and leads our small group strength and rehab classes.

If you've been trying to get an appointment and couldn't find a time that worked, Vanessa has availability now across the week.

Same clinical standard. Same approach. More capacity

Manual Lymphatic Drainage is now available at SANO, delivered by our formally accredited MLD therapist, a rare find in B...
12/06/2026

Manual Lymphatic Drainage is now available at SANO, delivered by our formally accredited MLD therapist, a rare find in Brisbane.

MLD uses light, rhythmic manual techniques to move lymphatic fluid and reduce swelling. We work with patients managing post-surgical swelling, lymphoedema, and chronic fluid retention; including post-mastectomy care and complex presentations.

Two sessions per week. Four exercises. The research on this is consistent, strength training reduces running injury rate...
09/06/2026

Two sessions per week. Four exercises. The research on this is consistent, strength training reduces running injury rates. The exercises above are the starting point. If you want to know exactly where your deficits are, we measure that with VALD isometric testing.

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Paddington
Brisbane, QLD
4064

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