We're stoked to welcome Alex Tiele to the Bondi Sports Massage team. Alex took an unusual road into massage therapy: eight years in the Navy, then straight into the world of sport, where he now works with some of Sydney's best-known teams. From the Navy to the treatment room Alex spent eight years in the Navy, deploying multiple times across warships and supply ships. Life at sea is long, physical and demanding, and it's where he saw first-hand how much his shipmates valued hands-on care....

Dry needling gets more misinformed opinions thrown at it than almost anything else we do in the clinic. Some people won't try it because they've heard it's dangerous or pointless. Others show up expecting it to fix a six-month-old injury in one session. Both are wrong, and both get in the way of people actually getting useful treatment. Here's a straight rundown of the myths we hear most often, and what the evidence and clinical experience actually say. Myth 1: "It's the Same as Acupuncture"...

Race day is nearly here. The 2026 TCS Sydney Marathon runs this Sunday, 30 August, and if you're reading this, you've likely already done the hard work, the long runs, the early mornings, the hill reps. What you do with your body in the next seven days, and the week after, matters almost as much as the training block itself. At Bondi Sports Massage, our Bondi Junction clinic sees a lot of runners asking the same questions this week: should I book a sports massage before the race? Is dry...