Warrnambool Physiotherapy Centre

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Merry Christmas to all our lovely patients - Here’s to a Safe, Healthy & Active 2024! Charlie is available for appointments on Saturday 30th December (bookings online). The rest of us will return on Tuesday 2nd January. Sending extra love to all those that find this time of year a little hard 💚

Home Bradshaw Chiropractic is your local Hamilton Chiropractor. We are here to help with your back pain, neck pain, headaches.

Good luck to all those competing in football & netball grand finals this weekend - Especially our resident podiatrist Jordy
Here’s to injury free games 🤞🏻 - We hope nobody needs to see us next week!

Wishing all our wonderful patients and friends a Merry Christmas & a Happy and Safe 2023!
We will be back on Tuesday 3rd January ✨

She’s coming back! Sorry gorgeous Rosie but we are stealing your mumma back for a few hours each week 🙌🏻 Georgia will be back Mondays and Wednesdays 3:00-6:00pm from November 30th - ☎️ to book now! #5562 6777

From Adelaide West Physio + Pilates Headache Clinic

🎈🎈 IT'S HERE! 'Pain and Perception' by Lorimer Moseley and Daniel Harvie.

It's a very sexy book from an aesthetic point of view, but also in how it helps to explain how pain works and why we hurt.

'Rethinking how pain works can be flipping difficult.' However, this book makes that task easier and entertaining.

Full book review to follow

https://www.noigroup.com/product/pain-and-perception/

She’s only nine-and-a-half months old and already making the world a better place to be. Rumi O’Brien is the reason 21 local families will be spared the $96 cost of the hip dysplasia harness their newborn will need – just as she did, last year.

Commonly, this harness is worn for around three months to help treat dysplastic, subluxed or dislocated hips caused by the underdevelopment of hip joints. South West Healthcare (SWH) paediatrician Dr Christian Fiedler treats 10–15 children in this situation every year.

Heidi and Lachlan O’Brien say they knew very little about hip dysplasia before Rumi was diagnosed. Inspired by the medical care and compassion provided by Dr Fiedler and his team and acutely aware that, unlike them, some families would struggle to pay for the harness, the O’Briens decided to give back in Rumi’s name. Last November, Hike for Hips happened – a fundraising event where participants were sponsored to walk 50 kilometres over 30 days. They raised $2,000, which was enough to purchase 21 Pavlik harnesses for Dr Fiedler’s clinic.

‘This donation is a very kind and warm-hearted action that will help families cover the cost of the treatment,’ says Dr Fiedler.

The O’Briens are now planning their 2022 Hike for Hips fundraiser, Heidi’s working on producing a hip dysplasia information brochure for parents, and she and Lachlan continue to donate a percentage of the proceeds from their children's clothing label, littleroo.thelabel to the cause as well.

Happy Birthday to the leader of Warrnambool Physio and the best boss we could ask for!
Kind, Caring, Thoughtful… An not to mention a pretty good physiotherapist! Have a wonderful day Toby - See you tomorrow for cake 🎂

Here’s cheers to all the dads out there 🍻 The new dads, the old dads, the not-yet dads, the stepdads and the dads that are no longer with us. To Toby, Tony and Brian… We hope you were spoilt today just like you deserve!

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Injury impacts of prolonged lockdown by Dr Jacob Jewson The COVID-19 pandemic has presented us with many challenges as a community over the last 12 months, extending beyond the effects of the virus itself.

Thought that this was clever!
Get your jab…even if you’re a cat!

Dr Sandro Demaio on Twitter “GENIUS! This is how a vaccine works. https://t.co/YYUmnsvKfa”

Musculoskeletal Australia on Twitter “Our recent webinar "The doctor told me to exercise more to help my osteoarthritis. What does that mean and how can it help?" is now available for you to watch at your leisure. Presented by , it's a must see! https://t.co/TzmDM1OrF8”

Makes sense…

‘It sounds so basic’: How Tom Trbojevic is keeping his hamstrings healthy Tom Trbojevic has suffered several bad hamstring tears during his career, and is now following a strict training regime which goes against some conventional wisdom.

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Bared Footwear More than just great looking shoes.

Get asked this question all the time!
I’d say it’s obvious, but I may be bias!

Physio, chiro, osteo and myo: what's the difference and which one should I get? The scientific evidence supports the use of exercise rehabilitation, where you become an active participant in the treatment. Passive therapies like massage won't help in the long run.

NEW BLOG ALERT 📄

Tennis elbow is a common elbow tendon injury (tendinopathy) affecting up to 50% of amateur tennis players, however it is also common in office workers and the trades with repetitive wrist and arm work. Pain is located in the outside of the elbow and will likely be aggravated by gripping, opening jars and using the wrist and arm.

Treatment needs to be individualised but includes managing and modifying the loads put on the elbow, strengthening not only the wrist and elbow but the shoulder and kinetic chain and making any required modifications to technique and biomechanics such as backhand technique in tennis or computer set up in the office.

Want to know more? Have a read of our latest blog! Link below!
https://www.grandslamphysio.com.au/how-to-treat-tennis-elbow/

Happy Mother’s Day to all our mums! Those celebrating their first Mother’s Day, those that run their kids around to sport and appointments, those that are mothers, grandmothers, great grandmothers, god mothers, every mother! Those who are remembering their mum who may be no longer with us.
You all do an amazing job. There is no instruction manual, but you all seem to manage it pretty damn well!
Thanks.....

67 years ago today, on a cool blustery day, a young medical student named Roger Bannister ran the first sub 4 minute mile.
Apres moi, le deluge.

SSEAMS - apparel design magazine - un-sanctioned The conversation around sustainability can often draw sighs of ‘here we go again’. What’s right and what’s wrong and where we are supposed to sit along the scale of reaching the nirvana of sustainability is up for debate and one that we will probably never fully understand.

Physiotherapy is instrumental in managing osteoarthritis. It is the most common chronic condition of the joints and affects 48 per cent of Australians aged over 50.

Associate Professor Joanne Kemp, APAM, Associate Professor Christian Barton, APAM, Dr Allison Ezzat, Dr Danilo de Oliveira Silva, Joshua Heerey, APAM and Dr Marcella Ferraz Pazzinatto, present five discussion points about the role of physiotherapy in the diagnosis and management of osteoarthritis.

Read the full article in the May edition of InMotion at https://australian.physio/inmotion/five-facts-about-%E2%80%A6-osteoarthritis

This is a Physiotherapy Research Foundation (PRF) initiative supported by FlexEze Heat Wrap Therapy and Handwarmers.com.au, partners of the PRF.

AOC pays tribute to Olympic swimming great John Konrads The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has paid tribute to the late John Konrads, Olympic gold medallist from the Rome 1960 Games, who passed away yesterda...

Thank you..

Football Australia release Injury Prevention resources to support players & coaches Football Australia today released a suite of free Injury Prevention, Warm Up and Performance resources designed to assist players at all levels of the sport to reduce their risk of injury, perform better on the field and to be available to play more football, more often. Football Australia’s Perfo...

Hamstring Strain Rehab 🦵 The Hamstring is the most commonly injured region in fast paced sports and of concern, has a high re-injury rate, with one third of athletes going on to reinjure in the future (Comin, Malliaras, Baquie, Barbour, & Connell, 2013) (Orchard & Best, 2002). When rehabbing a hamstring injury, we suggest the best chance to ensure a successful recovery is to target both hip and knee dominant hamstring exercises in the realm of strength, capacity and power when appropriate. Mid-late stage rehab should also include eccentric based exercises as there is high quality research to suggest that reduced eccentric hamstring strength is a predictor of hamstring injury (Opar et al., 2015). Across, Holly shows us some good examples of exercises which may constitute a hamstring rehabilitation program, yet as always, each case is individual and we strongly advise an appointment with one of our physios to decide which is the best approach for you.