Get surf fit

Get Surf Fit

By Jack Nuske

Autumn 2023

Keep getting injured or niggles from all that time out in the water? Or are you finding that your surfs are getting shorter because the body isn’t holding up its end of the bargain?

Many people don’t realise how demanding surfing can be, without the proper endurance level you might find you’re physically cooked before you even make it out the back. And that’s before you have even got to your feet!

At Physical Edge Healthcare, all our physiotherapists actually surf and are well equipped to perform an assessment to figure out what your strengths and weaknesses are. We use our first hand experience in the water to provide treatments and develop a management strategy that knocks your surfing performance out of the water!

We commonly see injuries/issues like:

Neck and/or mid-back stiffness
Rotator cuff injuries
Rotator cuff related shoulder pain
Elbow injuries
Quadriceps, hamstring and calf strains
Knee/ankle ligament sprains

When it comes to rehab, we’re big believers in empowering and collaborating with you to achieve your desired prehab/rehab outcomes. Whether it’s to improve your pop up, driving off the bottom turn or that extra few degrees through a vertical snap; we can build structured and individualised exercise programs that get you surfing longer, boost your confidence in bigger waves, or get you back to doing what you love!