What is Physiotherapy?

Our focus is hands-on therapy and education to assist you to get back to your regular activities for both athletes and non-athletes.The skills of our highly trained clinical staff combined with the use of our equipment and rehabilitation programs (designed for the individual utilizing current evidence based practice), provide an optimum pathway for return to normal function. We treat and provide rehabilitaion for spinal and peripheral joint problems and injuries.

Please see 'Common Injuries' below for an indication of how we can help You

Treatments

Your initial consultation will include: an assessment of your body, especially your spine, if appropriate, and it’s overall influence on your issue; treatment and education, predominantly exercises and or posture correction. This will take at least 45 minutes. Your follow -up or standard consultations will involve at least 30 minutes with the physio, and more if necessary. We utilize some electrotherapy (ultrasound and tens)to but expect/consider that most clients want treatment by a qualified human, not a machine.

Equipment

Our clinic utilises a variety of equipment in treating the many conditions we are presented with.

We also sell the following items:

• 3 types of Sports tape

• Rigid 38mm
• Fixomull (hypoallergenic tape) and
• EAB tape (STRETCH)
  

(Note: We provide taping for rehabilitation for sporting injuries and or low back, sacroiliac, neck and shoulder, knee or ankle pain, to name a few. We can also teach you to tape yourself, where appropriate).

• Fitness mats, fitness or “swiss” balls (we sell the “gold standard” of swiss balls & in a variety of sizes to suit the individual) , and foam rollers
• Ice packs
• Massage cream
• Theraband and theratube (from yellow/x-lite resistance to red/lite, green/med , blue/heavy, grey/x-heavy to black/super-heavy
• Lumbar rolls for back support in your chair or for your car.
• Compression bandage (“Tubigrip”) for all post-injury muscle compression to minimise swelling and therefore speed recovery.
• Orthotics (Trio/Talar Made brand). We heat-mould for each individual. These are suitable for collapsed arches and heel pain and can also be appropriate where weak foot posture is contributing to back pain.
• Braces/ supports.
  We can order a wide variety of shoulder, knee, low back (if appropriate), and ankle braces which can often be delivered and available within 1 working day of order for you.
  

We loan the following equipment:

• Crutches (Canadian- elbow support)
• TENS units
• A variety of books and magazines on physio specific approaches to “back health” and “core strengthening” to name just a few.
  

Common Injuries

We do not claim to be able to miraculously cure you within one session... but we always endeavour to educate you about why you have found yourself in the position you’re in, treat you and show you how to stop the pain and then prevent it happening again.

We treat both acute and chronic pain affecting these areas:

• Low Back conditions which involve muscle and soft tissue, disc or nerve root issues.
• We are also experienced in treating back related conditions for the Mum- to- be and after you’ve had your baby - when your little one continues to place new loads on your spine and body.
• Thoracic spine conditions
• Neck and or shoulder pain
• Headaches (cervicogenic or posture related)
• Elbow (from lateral epicondyliltis/ “tennis elbow” to medial or “golfer’s elbow, to dislocations to post fracture rehab)
• Wrist, hand and forearm pain, especially “RSI” type conditions and carpal tunnel pain
• Hip, Sacroiliac Joint and Groin(adductor) pain
• Anterior (Quad &/or Hip Flexor) and Posterior (Hamstring) thigh issues especially those associated with sport &/or running
• Knee, lower leg, Ankle and Foot conditions.
• We have physios experienced with treating Dance related injuries (whether traditional; ballet etc or contemporary; jazz, breaking or other “urban/street” styles) and have catered to Dance companies such as “Bangarra” and “Brent Street Studio” over the last 8 years.
• We have extensive experience in treating common sports-related injuries with a special interest in:
• the sporting shoulder from throwing sports (cricket, tennis, squash, netball, basketball
• Swimming.
• Running injuries
• Golf
• Football (all codes, but with an ongoing commitment to junior indigenous rugby union through the “Lloyd McDermot Rugby Development Program inc.” and a local junior rugby league team).
• Triathlon.
• Gym related injuries.
• We do work strengthening and or job preparation in gym based programs run by physios.