Services

Active Pregnancy

Be proactive in looking after your body and your baby by getting the right information to help you stay fit and healthy during pregnancy, birth and beyond. PhysioSport offer 45min Pregnancy Pilates classes for mums-to-be. Pilates can prevent pelvic girdle and lower back pain, improve posture, and strengthen core and pelvic floor muscles. Pilates assists you through pregnancy and labor as well as preparing you for coping once your baby has arrived.

Back and Neck Pain

Regardless of age or gender 80 percent of the population will suffer from back and neck pain at some time in their life. There are many causes of pain that can be treated with various manual therapy techniques and exercises. At PhysioSport we will fully assess, treat and give you exercises specifically for your body and injury.

Core Stability

Core stability is a misunderstood term. The core is associated with the abdominal muscle groups and stability is associated with static strength. The core consists of the abdominal muscle groups, hip abductors/ adductors, hip flexors, and lumbar spine.  Taking all these areas into consideration our Physiotherapists will produce the best outcome for your core!

Dry Needling

Dry Needling is based on theories similar to acupuncture where the needles are placed in muscle trigger points. The aim of dry needling is to reduce pain, improve blood flow, release tight nodules in muscles and reduce the intake of pain-relieving medication. Please ask our reception staff for one of our qualified dry needling physiotherapists on booking.

Exo Braces

Exos is a revolutionary, thermoformable technology, offering an adjustable and reformable solution addressing various pathologies for the wrist and hand. The Exos advanced technology allows a physiotherapist to mold the brace directly to you for the best possible fit, comfort and stabilization. The thermoformable material is light-weight, waterproof, can be easily cleaned, and is radiolucent. A better alternative to a plaster cast or fibreglass cast for a fracture.

Game Ready

We are the only practice in Canberra to offer you the best, most advanced, most effective therapeutic options for healing faster, recovering better and reduce swelling with the Game Ready ice and compression machine. For acute injury and post-operative recovery, the Game Ready cold and compression system is clinically proven to decrease pain, muscle spasms, and swelling, while improving key physical therapy milestones – naturally and without narcotics.

Gymnasium

Our practice has a gymnasium area upstairs with a full Pilates Studio equipped with high quality Balanced Body reformers, trapeze table and combo chair. We run Pilates and stretching classes supervised by qualified physiotherapists.  We also cater to the individual by designing a specific program for you and once competent with your exercises you can book the reformer for use at a time that suits you.

Massage Therapy

At PhysioSport our qualified massage therapists apply a wide range of soft tissue techniques to our clients helping ease those aches and pains caused by sport, injury or the stresses of everyday life.  Book an appointment today with one of our massage therapists to relieve those tired and sore muscles and get you living your best life.

Musculoskeletal Injuries

Musculoskeletal Injuries affect muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, blood vessels or related soft tissue. These injuries can occur from overexertion, such as when lifting a heavy box, or from repeatedly using the same muscles over and over again as we see in sport and work. Our physiotherapists are highly qualified to treat all musculoskeletal injuries.

Orthopaedic and Post-Operative Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation after orthopaedic surgery or fractures is essential and a physiotherapist that you can trust is just the person to get you moving again. Our extensive experience working within orthopaedics over many years, along with regular communication with specialists, ensures that your experience of rehabilitation is the best it can be. 

Pilates

The Pilates Method is designed to improve core stability and balance stabilisation with mobilisation. Rehabilitative and conditioning Pilates is available on a one-on-one basis for both mat and reformer exercises. We also offer supervised group classes using Pilates and core-based exercises using the reformers, trap table and mat exercises. Classes run over a five-week term.

Retul Bike Set Ups
(O’Connor only)

From Boulder, Colorado the only dynamic system in Canberra. At PhysioSport qualified and experienced physiotherapists use Retul technologies; a cycling specific motion-capture bike fit system designed to provide accurate and comprehensive bike fit data.  This uses a 3-dimensional digitised camera and electrode markers on the cyclist to accurately measure joint angles.  Bike set ups with a difference; we change you as well as the bike!

Running Assessment (O’Connor only)

Running can be a challenging sport where sound, efficient technique is crucial to good performance, injury prevention and enjoying the sport. At PhysioSport we offer our clients an individualised approach by performing a thorough musculoskeletal screening including a video assessment to identify ways to improve their running technique, strength, flexibility and/or co-ordination, enabling our clients to achieve their desired goals.

Sports Physiotherapy

At PhysioSport we have two fully qualified Sports Physiotherapists.  Physiotherapists using the title 'APA Sports Physiotherapist' have extensive postgraduate qualifications and experience in the management of sports and sports people.  People of all ages and sporting abilities can benefit from seeing a Sports Physiotherapist, from recreational to elite athletes and athletes with disabilities. We work with a variety of sports teams in Canberra in cycling, running, triathlon, basketball and soccer.

Work Injuries

If you have injured yourself in the workplace or you are experiencing pain or discomfort because of your work, we are here to help. We aim to restore full movement, strength and mobility to get you back to the activities of daily living, work and sport. Once your injury has been approved by your relative insurance company, we will make sure you are not out of pocket for physiotherapy services provided in our clinic.

Complete Concussion Management (O’Connor only)

Physiosport is a proud clinic of the Complete Concussion Management Inc. (CCMI)

Partnership Program - a network of clinics around the world offering evidence-based concussion care

From initial pre-season baseline testing to concussion treatment and rehabilitation, as partnered CCMI practitioners, we collaborate with primary care physicians to co-manage concussions, helping patients and athletes safely return to learn, work and play

In conjunction with CCMI, we offer concussion treatment services & strategies including:

• Pre-season baseline and return to sport testing

• Balance, reaction time, visual processing, and neurocognitive testing

• Exertional testing for return-to-sport readiness and sub-symptom threshold exercise programs for persistent symptoms

• Vestibular, oculomotor, and cervical spine rehabilitation

• Educational resources

VALD Performance ForceDecks

PhysioSport O’Connor is proud to utilise the VALD ForceDecks dual force plate system in our clinic. VALD ForceDecks are the world’s fastest, easiest and most powerful dual plate system available outside of the research laboratory. Our Physios and Exercise Physiologist utilise this technology to measure, train and monitor strength during your assessment and rehab.