Nov 15, 2019
This week is Senior’s Week in Mandurah, and so to honour all our seniors out there, we are making it the focus of our education topics. Last week marked the release of Injury Matters – WA Falls Report 2019, a report detailing the falls related events and statistics...
Nov 6, 2019
This is the first of three sessions exploring how new information about pain can help you get on top of it. We’ll be looking at what changes in your brain and body when acute pain turns into chronic or long-term pain and how together you and your physio can positively...
Oct 28, 2019
Did you know that poor bladder habits can lead to poor bladder control and incontinence? Good bladder habits are important and often change over time, so here is how you can maintain bladder control and prevent incontinence. Firstly, you should ensure you are going to...
Oct 23, 2019
Oh no, I’ve torn my meniscus – what now? So you’ve torn the meniscus in your knee. Does this mean you’ll need to have arthroscopic surgery to clean out your knee? Not necessarily. What is the meniscus? The meniscus in the knee are two C-shaped fibrocartilage...
Oct 16, 2019
Have you got a banana back? Do you struggle standing without over arching your lower back? It sounds like you have anterior pelvic tilt. Today I’m going to explain to you what an anterior pelvic tilt is, its causes and what you could you to help it. I’ll start off by...
Oct 8, 2019
What is shock wave therapy? Shock wave therapy is a treatment technique where pressure waves are directed towards a painful point in a muscle, tendon or bone. There are many different types of shock waves but the one we use at Miami and Lakelands Physiotherapy is...
Oct 3, 2019
Is surgery the best option for shoulder pain – what you should know. The answer is surprising. I’m going to explain some research to answer this question and let you know what you should do if you have shoulder pain caused by subacromial impingement. There has been a...
Sep 26, 2019
A common question we get asked as Physiotherapists is “should I get a scan?” To answer this question, lets look at the research. Recently a study was conducted on 30 people between the ages of 55 and 75. They were split into three groups, those with no shoulder pain,...
Sep 18, 2019
Massage therapy works a number of ways to decrease pain. Firstly, by activating the pain-gating system1. Nerves are like a one-way street, they can only pass one message at a time. This means that during a massage, the large nerve fibres in the skin are activated,...
