Pain
Pain is one of the most common barriers preventing people from achieving their physical best.
Let's talk about pain
Experiencing pain is one of the most common reasons for seeing a physiotherapist. Pain can be caused by many different things, and the sensation of pain is unique to the individual who is experiencing it. In order to help alleviate pain, it is our job as clinicians to understand what is responsible for causing your pain.
This process of assessing the cause of pain will include a subjective assessment (conversational interview where we as clinicians gather information about your health and medical history) and an objective assessment (a group of physical tests where we assess functional components of movement). We then synthesize the information gathered to determine who best to proceed:
How we can help
If it appears that your pain is driven by something that can be treated through physiotherapy, we will work together with you to best determine how we can facilitate a path to help you become pain-free.
If we suspect that your pain is being cause by something more serious, we will refer you to a medical professional for further evaluation.
Working together with you, we can help you to alleviate pain, including, but not limited to:
- Neck pain
- Back pain
- Shoulder pain
- Nerve pain Sciatica
- TMJ related pain
- Headaches
- Postural-related
- Plus many more
"Our goal is to help you recover from your injury and return to the level of physical function and activity of your choice."
Injuries are a frequent source of functional impairment, and if untreated, can have long-lasting effects. Although injuries can often heal over time, it does not mean that you are automatically able to return to the same level of function as you would have been capable of before the injury.
It is our job as physiotherapists to investigate the cause of the injury, the extent of the damage, and what other body regions may be involved. Treatment for injuries often involves rest in the early stages to create an environment that facilitates optimal healing and mitigates risk of further damage. As time progresses, it is vital to ensure that pain and other symptoms are being reduced, while strength and physical function are being restored.
27% of Australians are affected by chronic musculoskeletal conditions.
Injured? Here's how we can help!
Physical function is often compromised following an injury. In addition to understanding your injury, we can set measurable goals, and track your physical function using objective measurement technology to help ensure that you recover fully. Common injuries we treat include:
- Ankle sprains
- plantar fasciitis
- achilles tendinopathy
- Sever’s disease
- calf strains
- shin splints
- knee injuries (patellar dislocation, ACL etc.)
- hip flexor strains & hip and groin strains
- acute lower back pain
- shoulder injuries (dislocations, rotator cuff etc.)
- whiplash related injuries
- elbow injuries (tennis elbow / golfer’s elbow)
- wrist/hand/finger injuries
Want to find out more?
Contact us to find out more about Alta and how we can help you at hello@alta.health.
Address
2 Austin Street
Newstead, QLD 4006
Hours
Monday to Thursday 7:00am – 8:00pm
Friday 7:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday 8:00am – 12:00pm
