Did you know that 497,300 Australians were injured in the workplace last year? And 66,500 sports injuries lead to hospitalisation stays. As Physiotherapists, we play an integral role in attempting to reduce these numbers, so here is what you need to know. Injury Prevention is the effort to prevent or reduce the severity of injury caused by external and internal mechanisms. In other words, we make every effort to reduce your risk of workplace and/or sporting injuries by looking at and addressing all possible risk factors.

Heres what our expert Women’s Health team recommend to keep you out of pain and reducing the discomfort of pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy.

We’ve all heard the saying “move it or lose it”. So should you exercise through your shoulder pain? The shoulder is what’s called a multidirectional joint which means that it moves in many different directions. Unlike most joints in the body the shoulder doesn’t contain many ligaments or passive support structures so it relies solely on correct muscular control for movement.

Persistent neck pain has become a common problem in our modern, sedentary lifestyles, often resulting in discomfort, reduced productivity, and decreased quality of life.