Physiotherapy
Sports & Spinal
Physiotherapist’s at SSPC are involved in treating sporting injuries both in athletes competing at an elite level and athletes competing socially or in weekend sport. We treat a variety of sporting injuries ranging from soft tissue sprains and strains to complex biomechanical problems affecting multiple areas.
SSPC has a strong involvement in a variety of sports such as football, athletics, soccer, netball, basketball, cricket, hockey and many many more. See our sponsorship page for further details.
At SSPC we understand the importance that sport can play in an athletes life, even at social level. Therefore it is our aim to have our patients return to a pre-injury level of health and fitness as soon as possible. Rest alone is not sufficient to achieve this aim, because if athletes just rest their injuries rather than rehabilitate them, the possibility of re-injury is much higher. Our Physio’s at SSPC take a proactive rehabilitation approach to every sports injury aiming to reduce the likelihood of re-occurrence.
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Acute and Chronic back care
Neck pain and low back pain form a large percentage of problems seen at SSPC. Due to our lifestyles many of us are pre-disposed to problems with our necks and backs.
Our physio’s at SSPC take a proactive and evidence based approach to the treatment of spinal dysfunction using techniques that have been substantiated by current research. Our physio’s have special interest in a variety of techniques such as:
- McKenzie Method
- Maitland Method
- Mulligan Method
- Jull and Richardson Method (Lumbar Stabilisation)
- Pilates Method
Rather than recipe treat, our physio’s incorporate the most appropriate aspects of each of these techniques to the benefit of patient outcomes.
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Injury & Surgical Rehab
SSPC physiotherapists have close liaison with some of Melbourne’s top Orthopaedic surgeons. Some of these surgeons use SSPC as their preferred choice for post operative physiotherapy. As a result we have become very familiar with the post operative protocol of a variety of orthopaedic conditions.
Commonly seen are:
Knee Joint Surgery
- Arthroscopy / Debridement
- ACL Reconstruction
- Lateral Release / Stabilisation
- Full Knee Replacement / Hemiarthroplasty
- High Tibial Osteotomy
- Meniscal Repair / Menisectomy
- Patella Tendon Repair
- Postero-lateral Reconstruction
- Autologous Cartilage Implantation
- Chondroplasty / Microfracture
- Fracture Open Reduction and Internal Fixation
Foot and Ankle Surgery
- Arthroscopy / Debridement
- Achilles Repair
- Plantar Fascia release
- Lateral Ligament Repair
- Compartment Fasciotomy
- Fracture Open Reduction Internal Fixation
- Foot Surgery
Hip Joint Surgery
- Arthroscopy / Debridement
- Full Hip Replacement / Moore’s Hemiarthroplasty
- Birmingham Replacement
- Fracture Open Reduction Internal Fixation
- Repair of Rim Lesion
- Labral Repair
Shoulder Joint Surgery
- Arthroscopy / Debridement
- Subacromial Decompression
- SLAP Repair
- Rotator Cuff Repair (tendon repair)
- Shoulder Stabilisation
- Shoulder Replacement
- Fracture Open Reduction Internal Fixation
Elbow, Wrist and Hand Surgery
- Carpal Tunnel Release
- Tennis Elbow Repair
- Golfer’s Elbow Repair
- Tendon Repair / Reconstruction
- Elbow Reconstruction
- Fracture Open Reduction Internal Fixation
Spinal Surgery
- Laminectomy
- Discectomy
- Spinal Fusion
SSPC physiotherapists can contact your surgeon and identify specific post operative protocol’s for each individual case.
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Individual exercise programs
SSPC can design a gymnasium program for you. Some of the main benefits of a gym program include:
- Increase general fitness
- Increase strength
- Weight loss
- Rehabilitation from Injury
- Reduce risk of cardiovascular disorders
- Increase muscle size
Our physiotherapists can help design a program to meet your specific needs, a particularly effective service if you are rehabilitating from injury. A thorough understanding of the injury process makes the design of your program safer and more effective. See one of our physiotherapists to have a program designed for you.
Book in to create a personalised gym program - ph. 9570 8538
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