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In Clinic Physiotherapy
Choose your Back Pain practitioner wisely
One of my least favourite privileges working as a physiotherapist with persistent and complex injuries and pain, is to discover that a significant number of unhelpful ideas about what is going on in a person’s body, were given to them by their Health... read more
Is your impression of yourself getting you down?
It’s a question that I ask of patients in a less direct way. To help me understand whether or not beliefs, patterns and behaviours are a contributing factor to my patients’ woes. Let me give you two examples from my patient list today. A snap shot... read more
When was the last time you checked?
It’s ever fascinating for me to investigate the multitude of things that people’s bodies do on automation without their operators being aware. A large component of what I help with in practice, is finding out how habits or behaviours are involved in my... read more
Getting Moving in Perth
A common barrier to activity is time. I am often told that people do not have enough time to exercise. I understand that time is a big limiting factor, but I also understand that movement and exercise is an essential element of health maintenance and warding off... read more
The only thing we have to fear is…
The more time passes, the more I see how influential this emotion is in the way the human body behaves. Fear is controlled by the amygdala, deep in your brain. It is an influential little guy. It has the power to bring emotional tags and memories of fears to the... read more
How Time Flies. Celebrating 4 years of change and learning
It’s always been quite difficult for me to define what my work means to me. The whole idea of elevator pitches and marketing spiel has never sat well with me or my ideas of health care. Potentially to my detriment, I’m not sure yet, but perhaps four years... read more
How much have you thought about why it hurts?
Many patients present to my clinic with pain of unknown onset. That is to say, people develop pain either spontaneously or over the course of days, without having a clear incident that can be held responsible. It’s typical in these cases for people to... read more
Rottnest Channel Swim 2018
Each year, Perth is host to the World’s longest open water swimming race, the Rottnest Island Channel Swim. The race is 19.7km from Cottesloe Beach to Thomson’s Bay on Rottnest, and can be completed as an individual competitor, a duo or a team of four,... read more
How do I feel about Physios and Chiros?
This question is asked of me as commonly as any other. And I love answering it, because it helps me learn more about how people in the community feel towards their healthcare and what is important to them. And let’s face it, we are all different in this respect.... read more
Perth Winter Sport Injury Update
It has been an exceptional season in the Northern Hemisphere this year, with incredible snowfall in Europe, North America and Japan of course. Being the most popular destinations for our local snow riders, there has been a mass exodus at short notice this year... read moreStrapping for Thumb Pain
Principal Physiotherapist James Weir demonstrates a simple method of taping your own thumb for stability and pain... read more
What is it we are trying to prevent?
It has now been 2 years since the foundation of the Ski Fit Network, a project designed to reduce injury to Perth based snow riders. We know that injury risk in this population is increased by multiple factors; 1. Physical conditioning and tolerance to the intended... read moreLocation
In Clinic Physiotherapy
606 Stirling Hwy, Mosman Park
Perth WA 6012
Entry is via our rear car park
We are situated opposite the Mosman Park train station
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Consultations by appointment
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Monday to Friday: 7am-8pm
Saturday 8am-1pm
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