You never plan for injury, and when things go wrong it can throw a real spanner in the works. Instead of trailing behind the play get out in front with a personal recovery plan.

An early well-informed opinion can help you to return faster to the things that matter.

Clear and simple advice in the first few days saves you time and money, reduces frustration and gives you a better outcome in the long run. Reach out for a hassle-free expert assessment and advice on what to do next.

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What to expect

The right start

Foundations are important and to get off to the right start we spend 60 minutes together on day one. This gives plenty of time to understand you, assess and diagnose your problem, explain our findings in a way that makes sense and start immediate treatment.

An individual plan

At your initial appointment you will gain an understanding of:

What is wrong
How long it will take to get better
Immediate actions to reduce pain and start improving
A plan toward recovery that addresses your goals, including the expected number of appointments and costs.

Up-to-date knowledge in practice

We keep things simple and allocate resources with maximum impact. Our approach embodies a positivity that comes from a deep clinical knowledge about the body. It is an honest approach that reflects the current evidence base around pain and tissue healing.

Specialists in movement and pain

Our space fits with our philosophy of designing new ways to do healthcare. Giving all of the resources required to generate the best outcome – time, equipment, attention, expertise, skills. You are welcome to see us for anything related to movement or pain. People that work with us become confidently in charge of their situation.

Maximising joy in motion

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Related insights

Understanding Chronic Pain

Chronic pain is incredibly common, but chronic injury is not. That would be like having a cut that never heals, which is incredibly uncommon! Unfortunately we do not have a common and well-understood model for explaining ongoing pain, and so most people who have ongoing pain feel like they have a long term injury. This means that they avoid load, and we know that load is one of the most important determinants of recovery. Avoidance becomes a kind of positive feedback loop. It can be a strong contributor to chronic pain.

Telehealth services for RTWSA and CTP clients

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If you want personal advice for a home movement plan, or to get a clear diagnosis and treatment plan, learn about our Tele Physio service, arrange a visit at the park, or come to the clinic.

How to tell if you have chronic pain.

Learn to tell if you have chronic pain, and the best ways to recover from pain.

Telehealth physio services available in Adelaide. Get the best treatment for chronic pain, wherever you are.

COVID-19 and Telehealth solutions for pain and injury

Having completed a 100 sample clinical trial of our Recovery Coach Telehealth program last year, we know that Telehealth physiotherapy is effective. The average person reduced pain by 20% and improved their chosen functional scores by an incredibly 91% in the first six weeks.

Why understanding your pain system is important

In movement and in pain, your outcome is inseparable to your expectations. Expectations determine the sorts of things that you will try, and they alter your pain system ...

Pain Revolution

I am thrilled to announce that I will be participating in Pain Revolution, a ride from Melbourne to Adelaide this April where a group of researchers and clinicians are journeying through country towns by bike, promoting better outcomes for people with long-term pain.

Lifting as treatment for back pain

There is really strong evidence that perceived threat can turn-up the pain system.

People with long-term pain have all sorts of threat associated with their injury. Pain itself can be threatening – it can interfere with work, sport, family life, and hobbies. Movement can be threatening because it sometimes makes pain worse. Of course movement can make pain better too.

Part 3: Thoughts to consider when treating pain.

If you have read the previous posts in this series you will have an appreciation for the complexity of pain. It is not a simple cause and effect, 'stub-your-toe-and-it-hurts' phenomenon. Instead, pain is an intricate protective mechanism. It is generated by your brain to look after you, and will protect you from real or perceived danger. And because of this, pain can exist with or without tissue injury. This is really significant. Just because it hurts, doesn't mean there is injury. Injury is not required or sufficient to cause pain.

Part 2: What is pain, and why does it hurt?

Pain is an elaborate protective mechanism. It captures attention, and changes behaviour. And of course, it hurts.

Here is the current, accepted definition of pain. 'An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage (IASP 1994)'. It's a mouthful. But it makes clear that pain can occur with or without tissue damage, i.e. actual or perceived tissue damage.

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