Jane’s top tips to make life easier for your sore wrist!
Tip One: Jar opening: tap the side of the lid against something firm such as the bench top or a chopping board. This releases the pressure on the lid. Then use two small pieces of grippy mat to hold both the jar and the lid to easily open it. You can also use the grippy…
Back Pain and Exercise
Back pain is a common problem and one of the key factors in management is an individualised specific exercise program. Back pain can arise from conditions related to the bones, joints, connective tissue, muscles, and nerves of the back. This can affect the neck, upper-mid back, lower back as well as the sacrum and coccyx.…
Mallet Finger Injuries – Not so small…
What is a mallet finger injury? The mallet injury is a tear of the long tendon that extends the tip of the finger. It may be just the tendon in isolation but also can be accompanied by a small fragment of bone being pulled off the point at which the tendon attaches, known as an…
Benign Paroxysmal Position Vertigo – What You Need to Know
What is Benign Paroxysmal Position Vertigo (BPPV) ? Benign Paroxysmal Position Vertigo (BPPV) is a common cause of vertigo and is a condition that affects the inner ear. Within the inner ear there are semicircular canals that contain calcium crystals which help detect movement. In people with BPPV, these crystals have become dislodged which can cause…
What is Plantar Fasciitis?
Plantar fasciitis is when the plantar fascia, a thick tissue that runs under the arch of your foot becomes irritated. The plantar fascia connects your heel to the toes in your foot. It is the most common cause of heel pain, and is often a condition that slowly builds up over time. Symptoms of Plantar…
Home Office Ergonomics
Did you know that over 4.3 million people (one third of working Australians) have worked from home since the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic? – Roy Morgan, 2020 Working from home has been cited as a main precipitating factor for neck and back pain in clients who are seeking treatment at Total in recent months.…
How to Treat an Ankle Sprain with Physiotherapy
What do you do if you sprain your ankle playing sport? Most people who are active and have played sport through their life have at some point sprained their ankle and gone through the painful process of watching it swell, using tonnes of ice and strapping for a long period of time. Research shows, however,…
Abdominal Separation: The Facts
Abdominal separation, also known as DRA (diastasis rectus abdominus) is a common condition that arises in late pregnancy (affecting between 66-100% of women in the third trimester) and may persist in the postnatal period (affecting 35-65% of women). For such a common condition, there is actually very little research into what constitutes normal recovery and…
Back Pain: Myths and Misconceptions
Back pain is the most common condition we treat at Total Physiotherapy, which is no surprise given up to 80% of people will experience back pain at some time in their life. Here we discuss some back pain myths and misconceptions and, most importantly, how to recover from an episode of back pain. Back Pain Myth 1: “Back…
What to Expect from Your Pelvic Floor When You’re No Longer Expecting
The question we are often asked as Women’s Health Physiotherapists is: “Is this normal?” To shed some light on normality and the pelvic floor, we’d like to provide some accurate information about postpartum prolapse. We are bombarded daily with images, videos, blogs, forums, facts and figures and it can be difficult to sort out fact…