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Physiotherapy
Our team of experienced physiotherapists offer:
- Comprehensive assessments
- Gait re-education
- Balance and coordination re-training
- Vestibular rehabilitation
- Upper limb re-training
- Posture and seating
- Exercise prescription
- Hydrotherapy
- Gym program development and review
- Liaison with Recreation Specialists
- Comprehensive training of family and carers
Outcome Measures
The physiotherapy staff utilise a variety of valid and reliable outcome measures. These are tools which the therapists can use to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment and to ensure the client is achieving the goals established for them.
If a client isn’t up to walking yet, there are measures which look at, for instance, ability to move in bed, get out of bed
or stand up from a chair.
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We will always review a client’s arm function and there are many measures we can use to review progress in this area.
Functional Activities
The objective of Physiotherapy for clients with a neurological injury is to help them achieve functional activities, so many of the physiotherapy treatments or activities will be based around functional tasks.
For example, if a client has difficulty getting out of bed, we will spend time practicing components of this task and then link each activity together to achieve the desired result. The same applies to other tasks such as getting out of a chair or walking.
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Joint range of movement
Physiotherapy may also work on joint range of movement. Often after head injury, muscle tone is increased and muscles will shorten or contract. Physiotherapy works towards stretching the joints and the activities we teach our clients and their carers will help this process.
A variety of approaches
There may be times when a physiotherapist will try one activity without achieving the desired results, however, rest assured there are a variety of approaches that can be used to achieve the best results for the client.
Equipment
Equipment needs vary from client to client. Often a physiotherapist won’t use anything more than what is available at the client’s home. We like to work with our client’s surroundings.
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Videos and Photos
Sometimes videos or photographs of the client can be used during therapy for carers or family members to refer to when they repeat the activities in the absence of the clinician. Photographs can be used to look at specific positions, for example, the way a client is sitting in their chair or the position of a joint such as the elbow or ankle.
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