Up & Active Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Management

Exercise Physiologists are university qualified, allied health professionals who use exercise therapy as their primary treatment modality. Chronic disease (diabetes, cardiovascular disease etc.) A session with an Exercise Physiologist will always start by talking about your goals, finding out what is important to you and what you would like to work on.

Using a diagnostic ultrasound, your physiotherapist can watch different layers of muscles contract and relax, and most importantly look at muscle contraction, timing and size. Fatty infiltration may also be seen which can highlight a history of injury and dysfunction.

Real Time Ultrasound assists the practitioner demonstrate to the patient how to turn their core transversus abdominus, multifidis and pelvic floor muscles on to ensure the most beneficial outcome is achieved through exercise.

Running is a high impact dynamic activity that places significant stress on different parts of the body. A specific assessment of your biomechanics while running can provide valuable information about the cause of symptoms, and provide explanations for pain. Our physiotherapists are experienced in running technique assessment, and understand how your running technique impacts on your body.

Eighty percent (80%) of people will experience lower back pain at some stage during their lives. The main causes of lower back pain are usually musculoskeletal in origin and known as non-specific lower back pain. Most commonly back injuries are caused by muscular strains, ligament sprains and joint dysfunction, particularly when pain arises suddenly during or following physical loading of the spine.

Our experienced Physiotherapists and Exercise Physiologists can help you with all of your continence, pelvic floor, pregnancy and postnatal needs. Women and Men's Health Physiotherapy specialises exclusively in the area of continence management, pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation and physical conditions of pregnancy and the postnatal period.