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Our Clinic will close from Monday 6th April and re-open Monday 20th April 2020 in consideration of public health and safety in this challenging time. During this period, we will only provide services by special appointment only.

Our phone line will remain open. If you have an urgent condition, please contact us on (07) 3273 8887 and we will try our best to help you. We can do online consultations, home visit, consult in the clinic by special appointment (limited number), or even give you advice over the phone. It is important that you let us know if you have any flu-like symptoms, in self-isolation, or have contacted suspected or confirmed COVID-19 cases.

Otherwise, we would advise you to stay home for your safety and postpone all non-essential visits.

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Pain Free Physiotherapy and Allied Health

Online Consultation Available

For those who are still under quarantine or simply don’t feel safe leaving home, we are introducing Online Physio Consult so that you can continue to access quality assessment and treatment throughout this time.

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The lat muscle can become overused and tight with excessive pulling, lifting or sports. Without proper maintenance, it may result in pain. Muscle rolling is an effective alternative to stretching. Video Demonstrated by Anthony Ton

We’re going to be talking about foam rolling,
especially with the lats here, the muscles on the side of the arm, straight down the torso there.
You can get tight lats with a lot of swimming, a lot of pull-ups, or any sort of activity or work that requires you to do lots
of pulling, essentially.
Now what you’re gonna need is a foam roller and a mat or the ground.
So we’re gonna pop that foam roller on the ground there.
You want this right under your armpit towards the back, not the front.
Then we’ll adjust on it, find a good spot,
roll up, roll down.
When you find a tender spot, you wanna hold it right there.
Now you’re gonna feel a bit of pressure and discomfort if you’re on a tender spot.
But that means that you’re just letting the muscle release.
Now hold it there and roll up and down and find another tender spot.
Now a way you can progress this is by lifting up your hip to give you that more pressure and push and release into that lat muscle.
Now you can roll all the way from the rib cage down here all the way up to the top of your armpit there.
If you do get any pain or symptoms of difficulty breathing, then stop straightaway and seek your health professional.
Thank you for watching.

Sciatica is the Latin word for “Pain down the back of the leg” Sciatica is referred pain usually caused by trapping the sciatic nerve in the lower back.

Pain Free Physiotherapists regularly treat sciatica and have terrific results.

The sciatic nerve runs from the lower back down through the buttocks and along the back of each leg. Sciatica is pain along this nerve and is a relatively common form of back pain and is usually caused by pressure on the sciatic nerve from a herniated or bulging disc.

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Regardless of age and occupation, neck and shoulder pain is a common problem. The elderly usually blames the cause of shoulder and neck pain on “joint degeneration” whereas young people think it is an unavoidable “overuse injury” resulted from work.

Neck and shoulder pain seemed to be a never-ending nightmare that can only be relieved by massage, heat and painkillers, praying the condition will stay as it is; not getting worse. Many patients would have tried multiple remedies but with nil long lasting relief. The core problem is these patients receive treatments passively; they don’t actively prevent the problem themselves.

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Painful shoulder conditions that limit movement are very common, and are caused by injuries affecting the shoulder joint, muscles, tendons, ligaments and cartilage.

It is possible to do more movements with the arm than with any other part of the body. The arm is such a useful tool that it’s a pity that there are only two of them!

The bones that make up the arm include the humerus, in the upper arm, and the two bones of the forearm, the radius and ulna, as well as the little bones of the wrist, hand and fingers. The arm is very special as it enables the hand to get into all sorts of useful positions.

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