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Post Surgical (Orthopaedic) Physiotherapy:
Physiotherapy is required to assist recovery following Orthopaedic surgery. Our physiotherapists provide exercises to strengthen muscles and regain movement following surgery, which is essential to optimize your results.
Acutely, we can assist clients with walking and transferring post-surgery; we then prescribe exercises so that full strength, flexibility and function are regained. The quickest way to return to pre-surgery fitness and function is to consult a physiotherapist experienced in post-operative rehabilitation.
Hydrotherapy programs are an essential part of our orthopedic rehabilitation regime. This is used in conjunction with your surgeon’s post-operative protocol. We will liaise with your surgeon to accommodate any specific requirements that you may have based on your individual surgery. If you would like to speak to one of our experienced physiotherapists regarding your surgery, please do not hesitate to contact us on (08) 9367 4966.
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Women’s & Men’s Health:
Is a speciality area dealing with the management of bladder and bowel incontinence, pelvic floor dysfunction, sexual dysfunction and pre and post natal care.
Physiotherapy can be used successfully in the management of:
Urinary and bowel incontinence (loss of bladder control, urinary urgency and/or frequency, bowel/faecal incontinence)
Pelvic floor and abdominal muscle weakness
Uterine/bowel/bladder prolapse (feelings of ‘internal heaviness’)
Pelvic pain and pain related to childbirth or surgery
Preparation for pelvic/abdominal surgery (i.e. hysterectomy, prolapse repair, prostatectomy or bladder procedures)
In addition to using real time ultrasound (RTUS) for treatment and rehabilitation of the problems mentioned above, we are skilled in the safe prescription of exercises pre and post birth. If you would like to speak to one of our friendly practitioners about this, please call us on (08) 9367 4966.
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Neurological Physiotherapy:
Neurological physiotherapy includes the assessment and treatment of patients who have a neurological disorder. This includes people who suffer from stroke, MS and Parkinson’s disease (and other conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord and nerves).
Initial assessment involves a full physical assessment, including your past medical history, activities of daily living and previous mobility. Your physiotherapist will set you specific goals and work with you and your family or carer (if required) to achieve these goals through exercise rehabilitation, hydrotherapy and a closely supervised home exercise program. Treatment programs vary depending on your symptoms and condition and can be prescribed at any stage of your condition.
Treatment can be carried out in our clinic and gym or in the comfort of your own home to accommodate the needs of you and your family or care arrangements. If it is indicated, you may wish to consider hydrotherapy to assist you with your rehabilitation and prevent your condition from advancing.
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Acupuncture Therapy:
Acupuncture is a safe, simple and effective technique that is effectively used in the treatment of painful musculoskeletal conditions. Clinical trials show that acupuncture has an effect on pain systems in the body, relieving pain by stimulating physiological reactions to an invasive stimulus. Pain relief is initiated by stimulus of the small diameter nerves in muscles, which sends impulses to the spinal cord; together with the brain it releases chemical agents that relieve pain (opiate type pain relief).
Short term pain relief using acupuncture can be helpful when mobilising painful joints and when beginning an exercise program, and can be incorporated into a full rehabilitation program. Studies have shown that acupuncture used in conjunction to physiotherapy can reduce the number of treatment sessions required and achieve instant results.
Acupuncture, when included in a physiotherapy consultation, is covered under the ancillary cover of your health fund.
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Hydrotherapy:
Hydrotherapy is used to relieve pain, strengthen muscles and improve fitness. It can also help to restore mobility, improve balance and coordination and provide a form of aerobic exercise that can be sport and task specific. A wide variety of equipment can be used to vary the intensity of the workout, including water weights, deep water running belts and flotation devices.
Hydrotherapy benefits the following conditions:
Joint replacement therapy (hip, knee and shoulder)
pre and post orthopaedic surgery
Back pain
Arthritis & inflammatory conditions (rheumatoid, osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis)
Sporting injuries
Poor mobility or balance impairments
Neurological conditions (Stroke, MS and Parkinsons’ disease)
Our qualified and trained physiotherapists will prescribe you with a comprehensive program to treat your ailments and rehabilitate your injury.
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Exercise Prescription & Personal Training:
Our principal physiotherapist, Charlene Duncan, has worked as a personal trainer for over ten years. Charlene has experience working with:
Obesity and eating disorders
Medical conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and depression
Returning to training or sport post-surgery or injury
Personal training for fitness and aesthetics
We are happy to prescribe and supervise your training program in the comfort of your own gym. Alternatively you could come along to one of our many exercise classes, which are applicable for cover under private health care benefits.
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Corporate Health & Fitness:
Como Physiotherapy Clinic believes in injury prevention through correct exercise prescription and education. Our corporate fitness classes are a combination of pilates mat and fitball exercises and light resistance training (using light weights and resistance band). We provide the equipment and music, and guarantee to make exercising enjoyable.
Benefits of corporate training include:
Improved productivity & employee effectiveness (enhanced employee morale)
Lower risks of musculoskeletal and overuse injuries
Reduction in stress
Decreased injury and worker’s compensation costs
We offer competitive prices and can run classes at your convenience in a location that suits you. If you would like further information about our corporate health and fitness initiatives, please contact us on (08) 9367 4966.
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Dance & Performing Arts Physiotherapy:
Dancers and performers often sustain injuries that are different to the average sportsperson. If you are a performer it is worthwhile consulting a physiotherapist with a special interest in dance and performing arts as they have training in the special techniques and requirements of the sport. In addition, they understand the unique demands of the performance styles and the rehabilitation required to prevent injury reoccurrence. Como Physiotherapy has several dance, circus and performing arts physiotherapists that deal with:
- Ballet
- Contemporary
- Modern dance
- Ballroom
- Pole dancing
- Performing arts
- Circus
- Gymnastics
- Acrobatics
Often Pilates and specific gym training is used in the rehabilitation of dance and performing arts injuries, and can be done in-house using our Pilates studio and Private Gymnasium.
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Antenatal & Postnatal Physiotherapy:
Common complaints of lower back and pelvic pain, sciatica, pelvic floor weakness and incontinence, headaches, carpal tunnel syndrome and wrist pain can arise during pregnancy and shortly after the birth of the baby. These problems can be addressed with physiotherapy by an experienced Women’s Health Physiotherapist. Como Physiotherapy has several on staff and priority appointments are made for urgent appointments, such as the treatment of mastitis with ultrasound therapy. Your baby and feeding can be accommodated in our private rooms.
Postnatally, real time ultrasound assessment of the pelvic floor and abdominal muscles can be used to address muscular weakness and abdominal muscle separation. This can be done in conjunction with Pilates and gentle exercise classes, run on site for mums-to-be and mums and bubs.
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