At the Injury Rehab Centre our Physiotherapists and Osteopaths regularly work with those from the Cheltenham, Moorabbin, Mentone, Highett, Hampton, Black Rock, Beaumaris and Heatherton suburbs to not only rehabilitate athletes after knee injury, but also ensure any future injuries are minimised.
Mother's Day Massage Special. 3 x 1 Hour Massage Only $150
May 01, 2018
Hey you! Mothers day is coming up May 13th. You know nothing says “I love you” like the relief from the aches and pains of looking after your sorry ass all these years with 3 x 1 hour massages at the Injury Rehab Centre.
Hurry though this amazing Mothers Day offer is limited to the first 13 people who claim.
Call 95537024 to reserve yours, come in and visit us at the clinic 4/158 Chesterville Rd Cheltenham.
Injury Rehab Centre sponsors Bentleigh Junior FC
Apr 19, 2018
Footies back and it’s with great pride that we announce that the Physiotherapist and Osteopaths from Injury Rehab Centre in Cheltenham will be sponsoring the Bentleigh Junior Football Club for the next 3 years!
Junior football helps many children stay fit and active but unfortunately like any sport can also be a source of pain and injury on young growing bodies.
Our aim has always been to be the GO-TO Physio and Osteo resource in our community for helping people achieve their health goals, including making sure children of all ages are healthy to participate in junior level sport, having fun with their friends, pain-free.
We will be providing the level of Physio support and service to BJFC using the latest assessment technology (including our very own trademarked Movement Assessment Tool used by AFL teams and thousands of practitioners worldwide), measuring flexibility, strength and balance to identify early kids who are at risk of injury, and providing the...
Top 5 exercises to cut your risk of ACL injury in HALF this pre-season
Mar 11, 2018
Banish your risk of ACL injury this summer and smash your sporting goals
It’s a fact: no one wants to spend the summer pre-season laid up on the couch binge watching re-runs of Friends when you should be out training and performing better for the upcoming football, netball or another sporting season. Did you know that ACL injury is the NUMBER ONE cause of time spent on the sporting side-line? And that’s across ALL sports. That’s a pretty significant reason to spend some time bullet-proofing your ACLs. The great news is that you can cut your risk of suffering through extended couch-time by 50% with these 5 exercises.
Which 5 exercises should you be doing right now?
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Get the perfect gift with the Christmas Massage Pamper Pack
Dec 04, 2017
Call 95537024 or contact [email protected] to learn more.
NO GAP ON NEW PATIENT APPOINTMENTS THIS NOVEMBER
Nov 01, 2017
MENTION THIS POST AND SWIPE YOUR PRIVATE HEALTHCARE. NO GAP TO PAY.
Have you been stuck on the injury or pain merry-go-round? Are you finally ready for a long-term solution so you can get back to what you really love to do?
At the Injury Rehab Centre, our Physiotherapists and Osteopaths provide hands-on care while working with you to develop a unique plan to turn you into your own therapist so you can help yourself!
Our Physiotherapists and Osteopaths have helped thousands of Bayside locals just like you get back to feeling better, moving better and performing better and our methods are world renowned.
For the month of November, the Injury Rehab Centre is offering new patients the opportunity to use up their remaining private healthcare extras benefit by claiming their New Patient Initial Physiotherapy or Osteopathy appointment with no further gap...
The core stability myth – more than pilates
Sep 18, 2017
Read this well-written article by the Huffington Post today and it kicked off this rant, you can read the article here. As a Physiotherapist or Osteopath at the Injury Rehab Centre in Cheltenham it can be frustrating how many people ask if the only cure for their back pain is “should I be doing Pilates.”
Now I’ll repeat many times here that I don’t think Pilates is bad, but I do shake my head at the ramifications one type of exercise has had on the way people think and feel about their back.
If you haven’t read Joseph Pilates book “Your Health”, you’ll find it quite amusing by modern marketing standards. He states that perfect posture requires “the simultaneous drawing in of the stomach and throwing out of the chest”. The photos of Pilates demonstrating the “correct” way to stand look extremely tiring.
Why after millions of years of evolution would you...
Part 1 – My ‘Pelvis is out’, why you are wrong and why you may need to find a new therapist!
Jul 19, 2017
Have you or someone you know ever been told that your pelvis is ‘out’?
It is a fairly common phrase used by many practitioners and immediately gives you (the patient) the impression that something is not-aligned and that it needs to be put back ‘in’ it’s rightful place. Fortunately for you and me our body is not a Jenga tower waiting to fall in a heap and often things do not “go out of place” unless a car accident or fall from a severely high height is involved.
Comments like this breed a degree of fear in a persons body and create a sense of reliance on the therapist to then ‘fix’ or ‘maintain’ the pelvis in the correct position which occurs through regular and indefinite ‘re-alignment’ sessions. I want to challenge this belief by explaining how structurally robust it truly is and to help empower you to think differently about your body.
Why you’ve got it wrong when it comes to your pelvis being...
The 5 ticking time bombs that cause back pain in golf.
Jul 19, 2017
Did you know that one third of golfers currently have or previously experienced lower back pain while playing golf.
Does this surprise you? So common is it, as I write this i’ve just finished treating a golfer with low back pain.
Why?
Maybe you subscribe to the idea that golf is a leisurely sport which is perfectly suitable for the middle aged and somewhat out of shape. Well I’m going to convince you to dispel that belief as false. There are IN FACT a large number of risk factors for lower back pain amongst other injuries such as golfer’s elbow and knee pain that are associated specifically with golf, that are not necessarily true for any other sport. At the Injury Rehab Centre our Physiotherapists and Osteopaths look after many golfing patients from the Cheltenham, Moorabbin, Mentone, Highett, Hampton, Black Rock, Beaumaris and Heatherton suburbs in relation to low back pain, golfer’s elbow and knee pain, just to name a few.
The ticking time...
Training Blog 3
Jul 18, 2017
CONSIDER VARIATION!
The ritual continues… wake up, grab the running clothes/shoes, and out the door. Hit the same routes that I’ve been planning and know each mile like the back of my hand. Consistency is key when it comes to training and forcing myself to make a habit of physical activity around a busy work schedule has been the hardest part. Variation isn’t necessarily a bad thing either though to throw in as part of your training. I’ll do my speed workouts on the oval with the grass, change shoes occasionally with a preference for some pairs with certain speeds or distances, and even consider cross training when I’m feeling a bit burnt out from running!
Consider this analogy:
Let’s consider, what would happen to the chair as it’s being compressed with the exact same force constantly. The chair will wear down in those exact spots that its being hit constantly to the point that the cushion will no longer be comfortable to sit on! Now...
Week 4 and the Acute to Chronic Ratio!
Jul 18, 2017
4 weeks in and I’m feeling great! The legs are gradually getting stronger and I’m able to climb hills around my community better as well as control my breathing to stay relaxed. There’s been a couple bumps in the road with a slight ache in the Achilles one morning and the occasional dull ache in the left shin, but these have been managed by shifting around my recovery days and already settled down. The occasional niggles bring me to my next point that I want to share now that it’s been 4 weeks of gradually building my load more consistently: The ACUTE to CHRONIC RATIO.
Week 4 is an important milestone not only from the standpoint that I’ve managed to consistently train over a 4 week period, but I can now calculate my injury risk based on the Acute-to-Chronic Ratio. This a great load monitoring tool that can allow you to manage your running volume a bit more fine-tuned than the 10% rule and also mitigate risk when you have missed a couple of runs...
