Massage

Physiotherapists are trained in a range of massage techniques which are often used within a treatment session. Massage can improve flexibility, reduce swelling, improve athletic performance and enhance recovery. 

Segmental Needling and Dry Needling

Dry Needling is a form of therapy adapted from Acupuncture, an ancient Chinese system of medicine, where fine needles pierce the skin into selected points to correct imbalances in the body. Dry needling uses western based anatomy and physiology to select the points, known as myofacial trigger points, found in muscles throughout the body. Many of these points correspond with those used in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Stimulation of trigger points using Dry Needling can desensitise these trigger points, promote healing and enhance production of endorphins. Dry Needling can be used to treat conditions such as joint pain and osteoarthritis, inflammatory conditions such as tendonitis and disc pain, headache and migraine, back pain, as well as acute and chronic trigger point pain. Dry Needling is an efficient technique for the treatment of myofascial pain and dysfunction.

Electrotherapy / shockwave therapy

Electrotherapy is a physical therapeutic treatment whereby electrical stimulation is applied to nerves and muscle- motor fibres via electrode pads placed on the skin. Electrotherapy serves to interrupt, alter or induce specific electrical impulses in order to affect the perception of pain and/ or facilitate wound healing and muscle rehabilitation. This is achieved by reducing localised inflammation; increase blood flow; stimulating muscles and triggering the release of endorphins