Physiotherapy Manly Vale

Back pain affects 80-90 % of the population and is the most common condition treated at Total Physiotherapy. Physiotherapists at total can perform a detailed assessment of your back and aim to provide you with a provisional diagnosis. Treatment will include hands on manual therapy including massage and joint mobilisation alongside education and structured exercise where appropriate.

We aim to give you a clear understanding of recovery time and return to activity.

Common forms of back pain that we treat include:

• Sciatica
• Discogenic pain
• Nerve root pain
• Facet joint pain
• Degenerative spinal conditions
• Stenosis
• Spondylolisthesis and Spondylolysis
• Postural back pain
• Stress fractures

The knee joint is one of the largest and most complex joins in the body. Most knee injuries can be categorised into acute or overuse injuries. Acute injuries result from sudden trauma such as a fall, collision, or a twist of the knee joint. Overuse injuries result from continuous activity or sudden increase in activity such as running or cycling, weight training or bush walking.

To determine the actual cause of your knee pain our physiotherapists at Total will conduct a thorough assessment of your knee and how it moves. Treatment will include hands on manual therapy, education, and structured exercises where appropriate. We aim to give you a clear understanding of recovery time and return to activity.

Common Knee conditions treated at Total physiotherapy include:

• Cartilage injuries
• Anterior cruciate ligament injuries (ACL)
• Medial collateral ligament (MCL)
• Lateral collateral ligament (LCL)
• Patellofemoral pain syndrome
• I.T.B syndrome
• Patella and quadriceps tendonitis
• Baker’s cyst
• Osgood Schlatter’s
• Patella maltracking
• Chondromalacia patella
• Knee osteoarthritis

The head and neck are the second most common area of the body to be treated at Total Physiotherapy.

The seven most common types of neck pain (each with their own causing factors) are:

• Muscle pain
• muscle spasm
• headache
• facet joint pain
• nerve pain
• Referred pain
• Bone pain

The team at Total Physiotherapy will conduct a thorough assessment to enable a clear diagnosis and management plan to identify how to ease your symptoms and prevent them recurring.

The most common head and neck problems include:

• Cervicogenic headache
• Wry neck
• Osteoarthritis or stiffness in the neck
• Whiplash following a trauma
• Postural neck pain
• Nerve compression with or without radiating pain
• Muscle strain
• Vertigo

The shoulder is the most mobile joint in the body, and we rely on it to do several activities such as reaching, lifting, gardening, or playing sports. It is unfortunately easily injured. Patients often report that their shoulders feel stiff, or it may feel unstable as if it might pop out of the socket. It may feel weak and make everyday activities like taking a shirt off difficult or simply painful, often at night.

Common shoulder conditions treated at Total physiotherapy include:

• Frozen shoulder
• Swimmer shoulder
• Rotator cuff injuries
• Shoulder dislocation
• Ligament sprains
• Muscle strains
• Bursitis
• Arthritis

The foot consists of 26 bones designed for weight baring and force distribution. Strong ligaments protect your joints and hold these bones together. When there is pain or injury to the foot or ankle it can be severely debilitating impacting our ability to walk or occasionally drive.

Physiotherapists at total physiotherapy can perform a detailed assessment of your foot and ankle providing a clear provisional diagnosis. Treatment will include hands on manual therapy, bracing or orthotics if required and a structured exercise program. We aim to give you a clear understanding of recovery time and return to activity.

Common conditions treated include:

• Ankle sprains and strains
• Ankle fracture
• Arthritis
• Plantar fasciitis
• Shin splints
• Achilles tendinopathy
• Calf Muscle sprain/strain
• Stress fracture
• Metatarsalgia
• Peroneal Tendinopathy Instability

The hip joint is one of the most important joints in the body because it provides a vital role in the enabling to walk. Pain in the hip area can be coming from the joint itself or surrounding soft tissue. An initial assessment by your physiotherapist at total will be able to identify the factors contributing to your pain.

Treatment will include hands on manual therapy, education, and structured exercises where appropriate. We aim to give you a clear understanding of recovery time and return to activity. Common hip conditions that we treat include:

• Osteoarthritis
• Greater trochanteric pain syndrome (including bursitis)
• Hip replacement
• Lateral tears of the hip
• Femoral acetabular impingement
• Ligament tears