A potentially devastating midfoot injury A Lisfranc injury is considered one of the dreaded conditions you can experience during sports as they can take a lot of time and energy to recover from! If you think you’ve experienced a Lisfranc injury, it’s essential you get it assessed and treated as quickly as possible. In this […]
Category Archives: Surgical Rehabilitation
At The Movement Centre our Randwick Physio and Randwick Podiatry team relish the opportunity to work as a team, with both each other, and external medical teams. Through our many years experience, we have developed a wide network of practitioners outside the Movement Centre, that we are familiar working with. Meaning, when a last resort like surgery is being considered, we can recommended some great surgeons, and ultimately, if a surgical pathway is taken, feel at ease that as a combined team we have successfully helped guide thousands of patients through the post surgical rehabilitation process, liaising closely with their medical team along the way to achieve the best result.
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GLA:D Physio Program for Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis At Movement Centre Randwick we are pleased to announce that we are now a GLA:D physio program accredited practice. This means we are qualified to provide the GLA:D program to patients with knee and hip osteoarthritis. For an update on knee and hip OA, please refer to […]
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Hip osteoarthritis And Physiotherapy We see a lot of Hip osteoarthritis (OA) at Movement Centre in Randwick. Hip arthritis can present with a variety of different symptoms. It is often unilateral, but can affect both hips. The pain can be felt through the low back, pelvis, lateral hip or down into the thigh. Importantly, it […]
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NormaTec Recovery System At Your Local Randwick Sports Physio Practice The Movement Centre is proud to offer NormaTec compression boots and hip attachments as part of our health services. NormaTec is a world-class recovery system used with great success post-surgically, following intensive exercise and even to freshen up the legs in individuals working on their […]
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Multifactorial approach to managing a torn achilles This blog will review the causes, signs and symptoms, and early management of a torn achilles; and will discuss the risks and rewards of conservative (non-surgical management). A subsequent blog will look at the surgical approach for achilles rupture management. It is important to note that each patient […]
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What is Therapeutic Laser Therapy? The DolarClast high power laser is one of the many modalities we use in our treatments here at The Movement Centre. Therapeutic laser therapy is a new, state of the art machine that aids us in decreasing short term pain, inflammation and swelling. The laser delivers a wavelength at 905nm […]
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Reducing Risk: The Key For An ACL Rupture Physio It is estimated that around 70% of ACL sprains occur through non-contact mechanisms. Leaving only 30% resulting from direct contact with another object or person. Therefore, mechanism of injury for an ACL sprain is often associated with a deceleration, coupled with an awkward landing, cutting, pivoting […]
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ACL Rehab Physio Treatment After Surgery Physiotherapy treatment is an integral part of any successful ACL surgical outcome. Ultimately much of the success of knee surgery relies heavily on the patient’s dedication to any of the prescribed ACL rehab Physio exercises and the physiotherapist prescribing them. Orthopaedic surgeons will typically have their own rehabilitation protocols […]
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To Cut, Or Not To Cut? That Is The Question An ACL reconstruction is an elective surgery, and the decision to have ACL reconstructive surgery and carry out the associated post surgical ACL physio rehab program is not always a straight forward one. Without surgery there is often a spectrum of outcomes ranging from individuals […]