Equip Rehab

Equip Rehab "Gold standard Physiotherapy service. Guiding you from pain back to the things you love."

Meet Ben, a dedicated and highly skilled physiotherapist with over eight years of extensive experience in the industry. His exceptional commitment to his clients is reflected in his personalised approach to care and continuous pursuit of education in the field.

The assessment is just the beginning. 🏃One of the biggest shifts in my career has been realising that getting someone ou...
22/08/2026

The assessment is just the beginning. 🏃

One of the biggest shifts in my career has been realising that getting someone out of pain doesn't mean the job is done.

It's helping them become a stronger, more resilient runner and leaving them in a better position than when they started.

That's why every running assessment is about so much more than identifying where it hurts. It's about understanding your training history, the main drivers behind your injury and creating a plan that builds your capacity for the long term.

The best part of my job isn't seeing someone walk out of the clinic with slightly less pain.

It's seeing them months later, running with confidence, smashing PBs, and no longer defined by the injury that first brought them in.

Because we don't just treat injuries, we build runners!

Most runners come in expecting us to focus on the area that hurts… and while those symptoms are important, they're often...
09/07/2026

Most runners come in expecting us to focus on the area that hurts… and while those symptoms are important, they're often only part of the story.

Running injuries rarely happen from of an isolated issue. More often, they're the result of several factors building up over time: training load, strength deficits, mobility restrictions, recovery habits, and running technique.

That's why a thorough running assessment isn't about finding every tiny imperfection. It's about identifying the few things that matter the most. Address those, and you often address the reason the pain developed in the first place.

From identifying the true drivers of your injury, we can create a plan that doesn't just reduce the immediate pain, but support you stay consistent, train with confidence, and keep progressing towards your goals.

Swipe through to see what we're actually assessing during a running assessment and why it matters!!

Too many runners chase pain relief when it’s only one piece of the puzzle. To recover from any injury, there are so many...
29/06/2026

Too many runners chase pain relief when it’s only one piece of the puzzle. To recover from any injury, there are so many more factors that need to be identified and addressed than just pain alone.

Common management strategies I've seen include passive treatments like massages, foam rolling, avoiding painful movements, or just hoping time will fix it. By only treating pain we miss other vital information that will explain why the pain is there in the first place. With any injury we need to assess movement quality, training load, previous injury, recovery, tissue capacity and psychological stressors.

You can be pain-free and still not be ready to run. There are three questions that need to be answered to test your readiness, which address capacity, control and confidence. Performance is built after meeting each of these, not just the absence of pain.

Can your tissues tolerate the demands of running?
Do you adequate strength through the whole kinetic chain?
Do you trust your body again?

A better approach to recovery involves expanding the focus beyond just the painful area. By gradually building running capacity, strength and focusing on proper recovery and nutrition runners can return to their sport with a purposeful plan rather than relying on guesswork.

By treating the whole athlete rather than just the symptom, you can achieve a more efficient return to performance, while also significantly lowering your risk of re-injury. This comprehensive approach also builds better long-term performance and instills greater confidence in your body's ability to handle the demands of running, ensuring you come back stronger with the ability to train consistently.

Your goal shouldn’t just be to reduce symptoms, but to build a body that can handle the demands of running again.

26/06/2026

Still stuck in the boom-bust cycle of running? 🏃‍♂️💥

Training errors, skipping strength work, ignoring your weak links - we've covered those. But here's one people almost never think about: how you actually run.

Getting a gait analysis can be a total game-changer. We're talking stride length, step rate, trunk position, arm swing. All small tweaks that shift where the load is going and can make a massive difference to keeping you injury-free.

When it comes to running injuries, there's usually a few things at play. So we want to cover all the bases: your training history, volume, intensity, strength levels, and how you move.

If you're ready to break the cycle, drop me a DM or follow along for more running content. 👇

16/06/2026

Want to run faster, stronger, and stay injury-free?

Strength training is one of the most effective ways to improve running performance. Building strength can help improve running economy, capacity, and resilience.

A lot of the runners I work with know strength training is important but most lift weights that are too light or only do banded work.

Ideally we want low reps with heavy weights building up to 85-95% 1RM for our strength training.

This leads to ⬇️
🏃‍♂️ More power
🏃‍♀️ Better efficiency
🏃 Reduced injury risk

Strong runners are faster runners and are better equipped to train consistently

Recurring running injuries are rarely a coincidence.They’re usually the result of a repeatable pattern: poor load progre...
10/06/2026

Recurring running injuries are rarely a coincidence.

They’re usually the result of a repeatable pattern: poor load progression, not enough strength work, returning too soon, and treating symptoms without addressing the root cause.

The research and the real-world patterns line up. Many runners get caught in a boom-and-bust cycle, and one of the biggest myths is that stretching alone will solve the problem. It can help in the short term, but it won’t build the capacity needed to stay injury-free.

The better approach is simple: manage load better, build strength properly, and progress back to running with intent.

If you’ve ever dealt with the same running injury more than once, this carousel will explain why, and what actually helps break the cycle.

05/06/2026

One of the biggest mistakes runners make is pushing too much intensity, too often.

Your fitness might be improving, but your tendons, muscles, ligaments and bones are still trying to catch up.

That's why so many runners feel amazing at the start of a training block, then suddenly end up injured a few weeks later.

Training harder isn't always the solution. Training smarter usually is.

If you're preparing for a marathon, half marathon or Hyrox and keep breaking downl better load management could be a key piece of the puzzle.

📩 Send us a DM or book a running assessment to find out what's holding you back.

One of the biggest patterns I see with runners isn’t just injury itself, it’s the cycle around it.- Train hard.- Somethi...
22/05/2026

One of the biggest patterns I see with runners isn’t just injury itself, it’s the cycle around it.

- Train hard.
- Something flares up.
- Back off for a week or two.
- Feel better.
- Jump straight back into training.
- Repeat.

Most runners aren’t fragile, they’re just chasing loads their body isn’t prepared for yet.

Running related injury is normally the accumulation of these small things:
– Too much too soon
– Running hard too often
– Not enough strength work
– Poor recovery
– Never properly building capacity

Rest alone rarely fixes the problem. It settles symptoms, but it doesn’t address why the injury happened in the first place.

The runners who stay healthy long term usually nail the basics:
Build easy volume. Gradually progress intensity. Consistent strength work. Recovery. Consistency.

Not flashy, but it works.

This carousel breaks down the “boom-bust” cycle I see all the time and what actually helps runners get out of it.

What do you think most runners overlook? Let us know in the comments👇

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Sackville Street 45-49
Collingwood, VIC
3066

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Tuesday 10am - 7pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
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