Sport - Dance - Spine - Pilates

PHYSIOTHERAPY 

Assessment

Your first session will involve a thorough assessment. This will involve you providing background to your injury or current issues and goals, as well as your general health. This helps to guide the physical assessment where appropriate tests are used to test muscles, joints, nerves and movement to best diagnose your injury and develop a treatment plan.
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Once your assessment is complete we will discuss the findings together and make a plan moving forward.

Treatment

Treatment will depend on your injury and needs. This may include:
  • ​Education about your injury and management plan
  • Activity modification to optimise recovery
  • Joint mobilization or manipulation
  • Soft tissue massage and myofascial release
  • Home exercise programme appropriate to your injury and needs
  • Exercise utilising Pilates equipment to facilitate joint mobility, muscle strength and flexibility
  • Return to sport and exercise management plans
  • Postural education and retraining exercises
  • Acupuncture 

Investigations

Your assessment may highlight the need for further investigation. This may involve referring you back to your GP or for an x-ray or ultrasound to help assist with diagnosis of your injury.

Onward Referral – working as part of a team

Close links with other health professionals including Sports and Musculoskeletal Physicians, Orthopaedic Specialists, Podiatrists, Nutritionists, Exercise Physiologists and Sports Psychologists who will ensure you will receive optimal and coordinated care. Your treatment can be tailored in with other complimentary health care providers.
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Post Operative Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy and Pilates can optimise your recovery post surgery, for example post hip or knee or spinal surgery. Treatment will follow appropriate post operative protocols in a safe and supportive environment.​

Real Time Ultrasound Assessment

Real time ultrasound assessment is a non-invasive assessment tool that can be used to assess muscle function. It is particularly useful in determining if those deep stabilising muscles around the spine and hip are doing their job. Ultrasound can also be useful in pelvic floor retraining programmes such as post pregnancy or surgery. Real time ultrasound can also be used to look at tendon health and function.

Pain Management

​Physiotherapy and exercise can play an important role in helping you to reduce and control pain. It is useful in the management of complex pain syndromes, headaches and acute and chronic neck and back pain.  

DANCE PHYSIO

​Your physiotherapy management will be tailored to optimise your safe and efficient return to dance and sport. 

- Dance and Sports  injury management and rehabilitation
- Pre pointe assessments 
- Dance and Sport Specific Muscle balance assessments
- Customised conditioning programmes for injury management and prevention
- Intake assessments for dance schools including the New Zealand School of Dance (NZSD)
- Liaison with dance teachers  and coaches to optimise safe return 

CLINICAL PILATES

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These are focused 1:1 sessions whereby you will be guided through an individualised Pilates exercise session tailored to your phase of rehabilitation and specific to your injury, dance or sporting demands. These sessions can be useful to progress your strength, flexibility and movement control post injury, before and after pregnancy, post surgery or simply as an adjunct to your weekly training or exercise regime. You can work at your own pace doing exercise that is designed specifically for you. ​ Working closely with  Dance Pilates enables appropriate progression of  your exercises so you are ready to participate in specific dance pilates group sessions.

MOVEMENT SCREENING AND MUSCLE BALANCE ASSESSMENTS 

Movement control and muscle balance assessments can be a useful tool to develop individualised exercise programmes to help you achieve your goals in sport and dance. This involves a video assessment of  dance/sport related movement patterns, functional movements, gait/running technique, as well as specific tests to measure range of motion, strength, balance and flexibility.  For those young dancers who will be starting pointe work - a pre-pointe assessment may help to establish an appropriate individualised programme to prepare for these specific demands.  

Linda is also able to complete intake orthopaedic assessments for dance schools including the NZSD.

BACKSTAGE PHYSIOTHERAPY

Linda is part of the Backstage Physio Team - providing physiotherapy support to dancers and performers touring and performing in Auckland.   You can check out our website at www.backstagephysio.co.nz or  email us directly at:   backstagephysio@gmail.com 

WOMEN'S AND MEN'S HEALTH

​Caitlin Day is a specialist women's and mens health physiotherapist. She  has extensive experience in pelvic floor physiotherapy, treating a wide range of pelvic floor dysfunctions in both men and women. To make an appointment email hello@innercorephysio.co.nz
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