Our physiotherapists support people with persistent pain to improve function, achieve their goals and enjoy a better quality of life. We have the clinical expertise to educate you about your persistent pain condition and guide you through a supervised exercise program, setting appropriate goals for your needs and stepping up the program as these goals are achieved.

After taking a detailed history of what brought you in, our physiotherapist will complete a full musculoskeletal/neurological examination which will give us an overview of your body structure and function. We take pride in our ability to understanding and/or diagnose your condition, with the use of specific and non-specific testing and, appropriate subjective and objective markers along with understanding the need for continuous reassessment.

Our physiotherapists understand your success is not just weight loss. We examine your lifestyle, medical history, and your own needs, then, find the changes that will best suit you. Our physiotherapists work to form an approach that is tailored to you in hopes to provide you with the best possible outcome.

Manual physical therapy is a structured approach to delivering hands on physical therapy within a biopsychosocial framework. Our physiotherapist’s have years of experience in providing high quality manual therapy techniques. Manual therapy will be applied when needed, generally early within your journey, and combined with exercise and patient education.

Post-surgical rehabilitation may be necessary for a variety of surgical procedures including orthopaedic, cardiac, thoracic, neurological, and abdominal surgery. Physiotherapy after surgery should begin immediately in hospital, however it is important that once you have been discharged you continue physiotherapy to achieve the best possible recovery. Our physiotherapists will encourage you to carry out a range of exercises to strengthen and mobilise any affected area/s, getting you back to the meaningful things that matter to you.

Physiotherapy is used in the process of sports injury rehabilitation for two main reasons; one, to increase and restore muscle activity and function as quickly as possible, and secondly to ensure you reduce the chance of re-injury. Whether you are an elite athlete or a “weekend warrior” sports injuries can be a common and frustrating problem. Our physiotherapists are highly qualified and trained in the assessment and treatment of sports injuries. Our goal is for you to be in a greater condition than before your injury.

Headaches can be debilitating and can reduce a person’s quality of life quite significantly. Physiotherapy is known to be a safe and effective treatment for patients with cervicogenic headache (headache arising from disorders of the neck) and is often also effective for patients diagnosed with tension-type headache. Our physiotherapists are up to date with what really works regarding the management of headaches and strive to get you back to all the things you love doing.

Taping is commonly used as an adjunct or temporary technique. After injury, taping is sometimes used as a protective mechanism. Some of the goals with taping are to restrict the movement of injured joints, soft tissue compression to reduce swelling. support anatomical structures, and as protection from re-injury. Our physiotherapists are highly skilled in all forms of taping techniques, which will allow you to have a positive outcome.

AF Physiotherapy is pleased to be able to offer physiotherapy consultations to patients who are unable to attend the clinic by using our Telehealth service.

Our Telehealth consultations will deliver the same level of care as our in-clinic service, where our team will develop a tailored treatment plan designed to allow you to reach your full potential. 

Contact our physiotherapist for further information.