Many sporting injuries, conditions or postural pain, particularly back pain, can often be partially attributed to poor core stability.  Even athletes who are not experiencing any pain can benefit from improving their core stability by improving muscles and movement efficiency and reducing the wear and tear on various structures.  A Physiotherapist is ideally trained to advise on the appropriate exercises to improve core stability and correct muscle activation.  Contrary to popular belief, doing hundreds of sit ups is not going to improve your stability - there are smaller, deeper abdominal muscles and deep pelvic muscles that are mainly responsible for this.  Your Physiotherapist may use Real Time Ultrasound Imaging to accurately assess the function of these muscles and instruct you on the best way to train them for this purpose.

Physiotherapists with a special interest in this area include Gordon McDonald, Sophie Heywood, Melanie Omizzolo and Liana Cope.