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Muscle Stretching Physiotherapy
Stretching Exercises Why are Stretching Exercises Helpful? stretching exercises Did you know that vigorous exercise shortens your muscles? Stretching exercises encourage the lengthening of your muscles and their associated tendons to assist in normalising your muscle length and tension ratio. Mus...
Joint Manipulation Physiotherapy Treatment
Joint Manipulation Treatment Joint mobilisation is a passive treatment technique that can be performed on peripheral joints (shoulder, knee ankle etc) or on the spine. The reasoning behind joint manipulation is to return the joint to a normal level of function by reducing stiffness, increasing t...
Some Common Physiotherapy Treatment Techniques
Physiotherapy Treatment Techniques There are well over 20 different treatment approaches commonly used by your physiotherapist. Hands-on Physiotherapy Techniques Your physiotherapist may be trained in hands-on physiotherapy techniques such as: Joint mobilisation (gentle gliding) techniques, Joint...
Early Injury Treatment
What to do the First Few Days Post-Injury Acute Injury Treatment Rest? Rest from painful exercise or a movement is essential in the early injury stage. We call this active rest. “No pain. No gain.” does not apply in most cases. The rule of thumb is – don’t do anything that reproduces your pain fo...