At Hurstville Physio Plus we prioritise building an exceptional team of physios. This allows us to continue to provide excellent physiotherapy services to our clients. We wouldn’t have it any other way!!
Meet Heath, our newest but not youngest member of our team. Hear him share his insights to what it's like to work at Hurstville Physio Plus. An enthusiastic, energetic and driven young guy who just loves being a physio. So he certainly manages to brighten everyone's day!
Heath has a Master of Physiotherapy from the University of Sydney. He believes in a holistic approach to better health, using hands-on treatment, exercise prescription and coaching to help motivate clients to achieve their goals.
With a passion for treating Sports injuries, he easily gains a great rapport with our sports injury clients. He has experience working with National Premier League soccer teams so, soccer injuries and rehabilitation are right up his alley. He will soon have you safely back on the playing field.
He has also worked in a variety of different physiotherapy settings including geriatrics and neurological rehabilitation.
He enjoys training in the gym, spending time with his friends and family and has a keen interest in Formula 1 racing and Rugby League.
With gyms reopening this week you need to have a plan for how to safely return to your pre-isolation gym exercise routine. A lot can happen to your body in 3 months and you need to be kind to it to get the rewards you're looking for.
Many people have continued with regular exercise at home but the type and intensity may have been quite different from what they were doing before, leading to reduced strength and conditioning. For those who used their extra time to increase walking, cycling or running their cardiovascular fitness may have dramatically improved however their strength may have deteriorated. Many have been more sedentary and significantly reduced their energy output leading to reduced overall fitness.
Your muscles and tendons are likely to have shrunk during COVID-19 isolation and this makes you more susceptible to injury. You may feel great after your first few sessions, however, niggles may appear or you may get a flare-up of a previous injury. This is your body telling you to slow down, decrease frequency, intensity and duration, or take a rest.
If you start off by placing too large of a demand on your body, you run the risk of injury and a return to isolation – exercise isolation!!
Most of all you need to look after your own health and safety in the gym. You may choose to drop your weights rather than have a spotter or do exercises you are familiar with rather than trying something new and having poor technique.
Be mindful of your end goal and do your best to stay on track – avoiding injury setbacks.
You know where we are if you need us to check your technique and advise you on safely returning to your pre-COVID exercise program.
Physiotherapy is an essential healthcare service during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mobile physiotherapy home visits to clients in their own homes and Aged Care facilities are encouraged to continue. It is essential that vulnerable patients with chronic health conditions or those recovering from operations or injuries continue to have the best physiotherapy treatment they deserve.
We provide mobile physiotherapy service to St George and Sutherland Shire. Our experienced physiotherapists visit clients in their own home to help them continue moving well and following their path to recovery. This may be particularly helpful for clients who are strongly advised not to leave the house for their own protection during the COVID-19 crisis:
Our experienced physiotherapists can visit you or your ageing loved ones in the convenience of your own home to support healthy and mobile living. We provide effective physiotherapy treatment in the comfort of the client’s own home for:
Making sure you or your loved ones remain safe, mobile and happy is now more important than ever because usual social arrangements have been cancelled and visits from relatives and neighbours are now restricted. We can develop balance, strengthening and mobility exercise programs to help you or your loved ones be more confident and safe at home.
Our caring and experienced team will guide you and your loved ones through how we can work together.
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