PHYSIOTHERAPY
Need a physio with extensive experience and knowledge? Look no further than MEDSTAR specialist clinic. We provide one on one appointments, where you will have our undivided attention, so we can get to the bottom of your injury and get you pain-free as quickly as possible.
Our highly qualified and experienced physiotherapists will thoroughly assess your injury to provide you with an accurate diagnosis or explanation of your condition, and discuss your goals in regards to rehabilitation.
We provide tailored treatment to each individual and utilise a range of techniques to treat your injury; including manual therapy or hands-on treatment.
EXERCISE PHYSIOTHERAPY
When it comes to sport, injuries and time off can be frustrating. Our physiotherapists have years of experience not only treating athletes, but also are sportspeople themselves, with experience across a wide range of sports and levels.
Sports physiotherapists are highly trained in the area of injuries that are associated with sport and exercise participation. This can include recreational sports or leisure activities, as well as competitive and high-level sport, and can affect people of all ages. Due to the high demands placed on the body during exercise, stress to soft tissues, bones and joints can occur.
Sports Physiotherapists have vast and specialised experience in managing these types of injuries, assisting in recovery to not only allow the individual to return to sport, but to optimize and enhance their performance.
PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT
Psychological services assist individuals with psychological and emotional difficulties using evidence-based treatment. Psychological services at MEDSTAR specialist clinic provides treatment to gain insight into your emotions, thoughts, and behaviours that may be interfering with your happiness and life fulfillment.
Our psychologists use a variety of techniques to reduce your emotional distress and psychological symptoms, in addition to providing strategies to improve your coping skills.
Our goal is to teach you strategies and offer tools so that you may experience better adjustment to life stressors and everyday problems, as well as helping you achieve adaptive emotional and psychological functioning.
PODIATRIST
MEDSTAR Physical Therapy treats kids of all ages. Our focus is more orthopedic injuries, sports injuries, and mobility concerns. We focus on restoring strength, mobility and function so that your child can return to their normal day to day activities and/or sports as soon as possible.
Our licensed physical therapists will educate your child on the proper techniques and closely track their progress throughout their visits at our facility. We also keep in contact with your child’s doctor to apply a team based approach for your child’s care.
MEDATAR specialist clinic is also dedicated to injury prevention by teaching proper techniques and body movements that will allow the joints and muscles to function properly. Parent and family education and training are also an essential part of our pedicatric therapy programs.
HYDROTHERAPY
Hydrotherapy is an exercise regime completed in water, utilising a range of specialised hydrotherapy equipment. It’s a great way to get your body moving without causing excessive stress on your joints.
Hydrotherapy can benefit a range of people including those who have limited mobility or strength following injury, those recovering from surgery or those with chronic pain. It can also be useful for those who find exercising on land too painful or difficult.
There are a number of benefits of hydrotherapy due to the buoyancy, warmth and hydrostatic pressure the water creates.
DIETITIAN
Do you have a medical condition which requires specialised nutritional intervention?
If so, we have a team of fully qualified Dietitians with clinical training who are ready to help you to optimise your health and achieve your goals.
This is the perfect solution if you don’t want to waste any more time with fad diets and quick fixes. We know that long-term change means focusing on all aspects of your diet and lifestyle so that’s exactly what we will do with you.
MASSAGE THERAPY
Having pains and aches in our lives can put a stop on the things we love to do. Studies have shown that 67 percent of people receive massage due to a medical or stress-related condition.
At MEDSTAR specialist clinic, our chiropractors and massage therapists understand how pain can interfere with your life, and we offer massage as a means to help reach your wellness goals.
Our Massage Therapy treatments will enhance both your health and well-being through a variety or relaxing and therapeutic techniques, by our trained therapists. Massage therapy may be offered in combination with other treatments, customized for you, depending on your injuries.
CHIROPRACTOR
Chiropractic treatment focuses on healing pain throughout the body through spinal adjustment.
Our trained chiropractors use special techniques with their hands to achieve a chiropractic adjustment, known as spinal manipulation as well as treat disorders of the bones, muscles and joints. Chiropractics improve your spinal alignment, relieve pain and improve your overall physical function and mobility.
Chiropractic care may be offered in combination with other treatments at MEDSTAR, depending on your injuries.
GROUP EXERCISE CLASS & PILATES
Do you want to improve your core strength and reduce pain? Have you had back pain for years and it won’t settle? Or just want to improve your general fitness? Clinical Pilates could be the answer you have been looking for.
Clinical Pilates is a systematic approach to exercise, run by our skilled physiotherapists. At MEDSTAR specialist clinic, we conduct a thorough assessment, to enable us to provide a custom pilates program based on your individual needs, and adapt this continually to ensure your treatment is effective for you to reach your goals.
We provide both individual pilates sessions, as well as small group classes. This ensures you get the full attention of our physios, to help you improve faster.
