Conditions we treat
Lower back pain
The most common thing through our door, and the one most often mismanaged. Most lower backs do not need a scan, do not need six weeks off, and do not need someone cracking them once a fortnight forever.
Your first 40 minutes
What actually happens in the room
What you were doing when it started
How it began tells us more than an MRI does. We go through the last fortnight properly: work, training, sleep, the lot.
Testing, not guessing
Movement screening, strength testing and neurological checks where they are warranted. You will see the results, not just hear a conclusion.
Treatment on the day
Hands-on work to settle the joint and the muscle guarding around it, so you can move enough to start loading it again.
Three things to do this week
Emailed with sets, reps and a photo. If you can only do one of them, we will tell you which one matters most.
Before you book
See a doctor first if
Physiotherapy is a first-contact profession and you do not need a referral, but a small number of back presentations belong with a doctor before they belong with us. If any of these apply to you, ring your GP or go to an emergency department rather than booking here.
- Numbness in the groin or saddle area
- Loss of bladder or bowel control
- Unexplained weight loss alongside back pain
- Pain after a significant fall or crash
- Fever alongside new back pain
- Progressive weakness in a leg
The numbers
How a back case is handled here
These are operating facts about how this clinic runs an appointment, not claims about how anyone’s back turned out. No physiotherapist can promise you a result.
Every appointment, first and last, with one physio
Typical wait for a first appointment
Exercises you leave with. Not fifteen
Questions
Before you ring
Do I need a referral from my GP?
No. Physiotherapy is a first-contact profession in Australia, so you can ring and book straight in. A GP referral only matters if you want a Medicare rebate through a Chronic Disease Management plan.
How many appointments will this take?
You will get an estimate at the end of the first appointment, once we have actually examined you. If the problem genuinely needs three months of work we will say that up front.
Will it be hands-on or just exercises?
Both, in the same visit. The hands-on work settles things down enough to move, and the exercises are what stop it coming back.
Book a back appointment
First appointment usually inside 48 hours. Ring between 6:30am and 7pm weekdays and somebody here picks it up.