Aubin Grove Physiotherapy Services
Aubin Grove Physiotherapy provides comprehensive services tailored to individual patient needs.
Physiotherapy Consultation
Each physiotherapy consultation is tailored to individual patient needs, but will generally follow along these lines:
- A thorough assessment to identify the cause(s) of your condition, and to determine your goals for physiotherapy treatment
- Appropriate hands-on treatment
- Exercise prescription first aimed at improving your condition, and then at maintaining good health and future injury prevention
- Education and advice on the cause(s) of your condition, and how best to modify your sport/work/lifestyle as necessary
Private Health rebates apply (HiCAPS). Please click here to see if your Private Health fund is linked to HiCAPS direct claiming facilities.
Manual Therapy & Treatment Modalities
At Aubin Grove Physiotherapy, we use a variety of hands-on manual therapy techniques and other modalities to help relieve acute pain and get you moving again.
Our therapists will determine the appropriate techniques for you, after a thorough assessment and discussion with you about your treatment goals.
Joint Mobilisation and Manipulation
Joint mobilisations are specific joint techniques performed by trained physiotherapists to restore or attain full pain-free range of motion to a joint. Manipulations are a more high velocity technique (think ‘cracking’ a joint), with the same goal. Whilst well trained in these at university, physiotherapists generally use high velocity manipulation much less frequently these days.
There are many variations of joint mobilisation techniques which include gentle and pain-free options, to help you regain full pain-free range of motion.
Dry Needling
Dry needling is a technique for the treatment of muscular pain and tightness.
The treatment involves inserting a very thin (around .25-.3mm thick) acupuncture needle into a muscle’s trigger points/tender spots without injecting a substance (hence the term ‘dry’).
Western anatomical and neurophysiological principles are the basis of dry needling. It should not be confused with the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) technique of acupuncture, although we do utilise the same fine filament needles.
Taping and Bracing
Taping and bracing is generally used to restrict the range of motion an injured joint, muscle or ligament to provide stability, allow adequate healing and prevent re-injury.
Taping or bracing may also be used during sport or other activities to help facilitate a return to normal activity whilst reducing pain or dysfunction.
Lifestyle Advice and Education
It is vitally important that you understand the cause(s) of your pain or injury and the changes or modifications you can make in daily life to improve and get back to your best. Our physiotherapists provide thorough education and advice in plain and easy to understand language to ensure you know exactly what to do to achieve your goals.
Real Time Ultrasound Pelvic Floor Muscle Retraining
Our Women’s Health Physiotherapists are trained in using real time ultrasound imaging to visualise pelvic floor muscles, assess their function and help retrain strength and stability.
Exercise Prescription and Rehabilitation
We have a fully equipped rehabilitation gym on site, and our Physiotherapists are experts in prescribing the correct exercises to optimise your long-term recovery, improve your performance and get you back to doing the things you love!
Exercise rehabilitation may include:
- Range of motion/mobility drills and stretches
- Strengthening exercises
- Postural/Core stability work
- Motor control, proprioception and balance training
- Technique review and correction
- Program design
Read below for our services in which exercise rehabilitation is used!
Sports Physiotherapy Consultation
Our APA Sports and Exercise Physiotherapists hold advanced post-graduate Master’s degree qualifications, making them experts in sports and activity-related pain, injuries, and rehabilitation.
Private Health rebates apply (HiCAPS).
Women’s/Men’s Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Consultation
Physiotherapy is a clinically proven treatment for urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, mastitis, pre/post-natal back and pelvic pain, rectus diastasis and more.
Women’s Health Physiotherapy Consultations involve:
- Detailed subjective and objective assessment
- Real-time ultrasound Imaging of the bladder, pelvic floor, and pelvic organs
- Internal Examination if indicated
- Appropriate prescription of exercises, activity/lifestyle modification, and other modalities as indicated
Private Health rebates apply (HiCAPS).
Strength & Conditioning Classes
Physiotherapist-led S&C Classes are capped at four people maximum to ensure close supervision. All participants are provided with individual programming suited to their individual needs and goals.
Whether you are rehabilitating an injury to return to sport, improving your general fitness after an injury, mastering your exercise technique, or just interested in improving your general health and fitness, S&C Classes are for you.
Private Health rebates apply (HiCAPS).
Over 50’s Exercise Classes
Research shows that strength-based exercise programs designed specifically for the over 50’s can result in improvements in a variety of areas.
These classes aim to achieve a reduction in falls, improved health, quality of life and fitness.
Aubin Grove Physiotherapy runs circuit-based exercise classes 3 times per week. A Physiotherapy consultation is required prior to commencing these classes.
Private Health rebates apply (HiCAPS).
Thermoplastic Splinting
We provide a full range of casting services for fractures and other conditions/injuries requiring custom-fit immobilisation. Our casts can be made to be waterproof and removable.
Please call or email us for casting bookings.
Private Health rebates apply (HiCAPS).
Hydrotherapy
Aubin Grove Physiotherapy run hydrotherapy classes 1-2 times per week at the Cockburn ARC. Programs are individualised to your needs and a physiotherapist is present at all times.
A Physiotherapy consultation is required prior to commencing these classes.
Private Health rebates apply (HiCAPS).
Clinical Pilates
We conduct one on one Pilates sessions at Aubin Grove Physiotherapy. We are equipped with a reformer and floor equipment.
Please call or email us for Pilates bookings.
Private Health rebates may apply (HiCAPS).
Corporate Services
Ergonomic Workstation Assessment
An Ergonomic Assessment involves the evaluation of a workstation and the physical environment, and its interaction with the employee.
Aubin Grove Physiotherapy is experienced in conducting these assessments as either a preventative measure or to accommodate injured or ill employees return to work.
Functional Capacity Evaluations
Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCE) are a series of standardised tests used to assess a worker’s physical ability in completing a range of tasks.
These tasks are usually tailored to a specific occupation and its relevant workplace demands.
Job Task Analysis
A Job Task Analysis (JTA) consists of a series of assessments based on a comprehensive analysis of inherent physical demands within any given occupation.
JTA’s may then be used to develop specific screening tools for job roles within a Company, for example, Pre-Employment Functional Capacity Evaluations.
Manual Handling Training
Manual Handling Injuries (MHI) result in more lost time than any other type of injury (70% of all long-term Workcover claims are due to MHI). Effective Manual Handling Training significantly reduces the risk of these injuries occurring.
Aubin Grove Physiotherapy provides a wide variety of Manual Handling Training tailored to various occupations within Western Australia, in line with the National Standards relevant to your Industry.
On-site Physiotherapy and Injury Management
Physiotherapists are skilled in injury assessment, treatment, ongoing management, and prevention.
Aubin Grove Physiotherapy provides On-Site Physiotherapy services to corporate organisations who wish to minimise their incidence of Workers Compensation Claims and lost time due to injury (LTI), whilst simultaneously improving the health and wellbeing of their workforce.
Pre-Employment Fitness Screenings
Pre-Employment Fitness screenings are used to determine a prospective Employee’s ability to perform the inherent physical tasks necessary in a given job.
They are often used in conjunction with Medical and Psychological Screenings to provide an overall picture of an individual’s health and suitability for employment.