Evolv Physiotherapy

08/06/2026

03/06/2026

7:30am start in Newcastle.
10-hour shift.
Home at 8pm.
Kids to bed.
Gym.

Not every day looks perfect, but consistency beats perfection every time.

A little bit each day might not feel like much in the moment, but those small efforts add up to something significant.

Just keep showing up.

03/06/2026

🐾 Animal Physiotherapy at Evolv Physiotherapy 🐾

Whether your animal is recovering from injury, returning to competition, managing age-related changes, or simply needing support to perform at their best, physiotherapy can help optimise movement, comfort and function.

Services may include:

✅ Comprehensive musculoskeletal assessment

✅ Manual therapy techniques

✅ Therapeutic laser therapy

✅ Dry needling

✅ TENS and electrotherapy

✅ Individualised exercise prescription

✅ Rehabilitation following injury or surgery

✅ Strength and conditioning programs

✅ Mobility and flexibility management

✅ Performance optimisation for sporting and working animals

Every treatment plan is tailored to the individual animal, their goals, and the demands placed upon them.

From rehabilitation through to performance enhancement, the focus is on helping animals move better, recover well, and maintain quality of life throughout every stage of life.

🐴 Equine Physiotherapy

🐶 Canine Physiotherapy

💪 Rehabilitation & Recovery

🏃 Performance & Conditioning

✨ Mobility & Movement

Because every animal deserves the opportunity to move well and thrive.

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01/06/2026

Just a plyo dance party 💃

Hot tip set your bpm by searching your desired speed on Spotify - set and forget and never lose rhythm 🙌🏻

30/05/2026

Consistency isn’t about doing everything perfectly. It’s about showing up often enough that progress becomes inevitable.

28/05/2026

Late stage rehab is where rehab starts to resemble performance. 🔥

At this stage we’re no longer just chasing “pain free”.
We’re building:
• force production
• deceleration control
• trunk stiffness
• unilateral stability
• movement confidence under load

Because sport doesn’t happen slowly.

Whether it’s rugby league, horse riding or returning to the gym, athletes need exposure to speed, power and unpredictability before returning to full performance.

Strength lays the foundation.
Power is how we express it.

The goal?
Build resilient humans — not just symptom free ones. ⚡️

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26/05/2026

Strong legs aren’t just about size. They’re about resilience.

In field sport, riding, and return to performance rehab, your lower body needs to absorb force, produce force, and tolerate repeated load under fatigue.

Building resilient athletic legs means training:
• Strength
• Tendon capacity
• Single leg control
• Power
• Deceleration
• Rotational stability

It’s not just “leg day.” It’s preparing the body to handle the demands of sport and life without breaking down.

Some key principles:
🏋🏼 Heavy bilateral strength work
🦵 Single leg stability and control
⚡️ Plyometrics for stiffness and force transfer
🏃🏼 Change of direction and braking mechanics
⏳ Progressive loading over time

Athletic legs aren’t built from random burnout circuits.
They’re built through consistent exposure to the right stress, with enough recovery to adapt.

Strong. Explosive. Durable.

That’s the goal.

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23/05/2026

Hanging scapular retractions (scap pull ups) are one of the best drills for building the foundation for:
✔️ Pull ups
✔️ Shoulder stability
✔️ Overhead strength
✔️ Grip endurance
✔️ Trunk control

This movement trains the scapula to upwardly rotate, depress and stabilise under load without compensating through the neck or lumbar spine.

For riders and athletes, this matters. A strong shoulder girdle improves force transfer, posture under fatigue and tolerance to upper body loading. 🐎🏉

Key cues:
🔹 Long neck
🔹 Ribs stacked
🔹 Elbows stay straight
🔹 Pull shoulders “down and back” slightly
🔹 Small controlled movement > big swinging reps

A lot of athletes skip this step and jump straight into pull ups before they’ve earned the control.

Sometimes the basics are the missing link. 👌

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17/05/2026

Speed isn’t just about getting stronger.
It’s about how quickly you can produce force ⚡️

That’s where plyometrics come in.

Plyometric training helps improve:
🏃‍♀️ Acceleration
⚡️ Explosiveness
🦘 Elastic rebound
🛑 Deceleration control
🔄 Change of direction speed
🧠 Neuromuscular coordination

In field sports and riding athletes alike, we’re often chasing better force transfer, not just bigger gym numbers.

A well designed plyometric program can help athletes:
✔️ Reduce ground contact time
✔️ Improve tendon stiffness and energy return
✔️ Develop better landing mechanics
✔️ Produce force faster
✔️ Bridge the gap between strength and sporting performance

But more isn’t always better.

Good plyometric training should be:
🎯 Intentional
🎯 Progressive
🎯 Sport specific
🎯 High quality, not just high fatigue

Because endless jump circuits aren’t necessarily improving speed, they’re often just making you tired.

At Evolv Physio we use plyometrics strategically in end stage rehab and performance training to help athletes return to sport with confidence, power and resilience 💪

16/05/2026

Horse riders are athletes - but their rehab is often under-dosed.

For many riders, rehab stops once symptoms settle.But returning to riding well requires far more than being “pain free”.

Riders need:🐎 Dynamic trunk control🐎 Single leg strength and stability🐎 Rotational control through the thorax and pelvis🐎 Hip mobility with strength🐎 Load tolerance and endurance🐎 The ability to stay reactive under fatigue

End-stage rehab should prepare riders for the physical demands of riding - not just everyday life.

This is where we start bridging the gap between rehabilitation and performance.