Physiotherapy Glen Iris

Our highly experienced team of physiotherapy practitioners are committed to treating and improving your movement. With the specific training, knowledge and skills to diagnose and treat a wide range of conditions, our team not only focusses on treating your injury but also on helping you to understand how recurrences can be avoided in future.

Our team will help you throughout every step of your rehab, from initial assessment to diagnosis, treatment and management plan, ensuring that you get back to peak performance as fast as possible.

Your Physio can:

• Reduce pain with advanced joint and soft tissue mobilisation 
• Reduce nerve pain, increase mobility and function with Clinical Neurodynamic techniques
• Improve muscle endurance, strength, flexibility and coordination
• Restore and maintain balance 
• Correct and re-train your posture 
• Apply sports stability taping, Kinesio taping
• Restore core stability, motor control, and functional movement

Risk factors:  

Back problems get more common as you get older. Some conditions increase the risk that someone will develop back pain. These include:

Being overweight —  extra weight puts pressure on the spine. Use the healthy weight body mass index (BMI) calculator to find out if you need to lose weight

Not exercising enough

Smoking — this could be due to damage to tissue in the back caused by smoking, or because smokers tend to have less healthy lifestyles — get help to quit

Being pregnant — carrying a baby means extra weight, which can place additional strain on the back

Medication - Long-term use of medicines that are known to weaken the bones, such as corticosteroids

Stress — it is thought that stress can cause tension in the muscles of the back, which can cause back pain

Depression — back pain can make people feel depressed, which can sometimes result in weight gain leading to more severe pain and a cycle of worsening depression