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General Physiotherapy

Friday, December 13, 2019

What is Core Stability?

The phrase “core stability” is one that gets thrown around a lot by trainers, athletes, therapists and doctors. The average person probably knows that they need good core stability...

By

Ben Balcomb

Physiotherapist

General Physiotherapy

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Finding time for fitness as a family

As a parent, it is important for you to encourage your children to be physically active.A child should try to do at least 40–60 minutes of exercise each day. To achieve this goal, plan some family togetherness time...

By

Damien Cummins

Physiotherapist, Practice Director

General Physiotherapy

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) defined

When muscles are stressed, small microscopic tears occur in the ligaments, coupled with the stiffness and inflammation that accompany these tears, causing the pain and fatigue. The soreness is felt most strongly...

By

Adam Leslie

Physiotherapist

Monday, September 16, 2019

Headaches and Related Migraine Treatment

The continual use of pain medication to combat headaches is akin to removing the warning light that alerts you to a problem in your car!

By

Josh Bailey

Physiotherapist

Headaches & Migraines

Thursday, August 8, 2019

Exercise Headaches - why you get them

Exercise headaches can also have symptoms similar to migraines, such as nausea and vomiting, sensitivity to light and sensitivity to sound.

By

Josh Bailey

Physiotherapist

Headaches & Migraines

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Kids need to practice good ergonomics too

Physiotherapists are treating more young patients suffering from the effects of working at computer stations that are either designed for adults or poorly designed for children.

By

Adam Leslie

Physiotherapist

General Physiotherapy

Monday, August 5, 2019

Tradesmen’s Health and Physiotherapy

Tradies have among the highest number of injuries. Every day 10 tradies are badly injured at work. That is 3650 tradies a year on workers compensation.

By

Damien Cummins

Physiotherapist, Practice Director

Monday, July 22, 2019

Ben's Blog: Headaches from your neck

Many headaches originate in the neck. Technically, they are called Cervicogenic Headaches. They are a result of dysfunction within the top three vertebral segments of the spine.

By

Ben Balcomb

Physiotherapist

Headaches & Migraines

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

You don't have to put up with pain

1 in 5 Australians experience chronic pain at some stage in their lives, and it is estimated that chronic pain is the third most costly health problem in Australia.

By

Damien Cummins

Physiotherapist, Practice Director

General Physiotherapy

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Why do people cancel their appointments?

Recently, we have been analysing our online booking system. Often, we get emails requesting an appointment for physiotherapy only to find out that when our reception follows up with these requests...

By

Damien Cummins

Physiotherapist, Practice Director

General Physiotherapy

Friday, June 28, 2019

Government Funding for Physiotherapy (Part 2)

We recently posted a blog about the government’s system of funding for physiotherapy treatment of chronic musculoskeletal conditions.

By

Damien Cummins

Physiotherapist, Practice Director

General Physiotherapy

Thursday, June 20, 2019

For the Ballers' - Jumper's Knee

As the name suggests, Jumper's Knee is an injury that affects athletes in sports that involve a lot of jumping. Research has demonstrated that in sports like volleyball and basketball, as many as 40-50%...

By

Adam Leslie

Physiotherapist

General Physiotherapy

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Back Treatment

Back
Treatment

We believe we are a high-quality spinal physiotherapy practice in the Newcastle region. All of our physiotherapists have specific spinal training.

Neck Treatment

Neck
Treatment

Newcastle’s neck physiotherapists. Our team is continually engaging in research and treatment of chronic neck and head pain. And we do not crack necks.

Headaches & Migraines

Headaches
& Migraines

We routinely treat movement and position faults of neck joints that specifically relate to the production of head and neck pain and/or migraine.

General Physiotherapy

General
Physiotherapy

Our skills are in manual and exercise therapy. We can use a myriad of different techniques applied to muscles, ligaments and joints to improve movement.

Back Treatment

"Within 2-3 treatments we can figure out if you have a mechanical spinal component that is related to the pain you feel."

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