Musculoskeletal

All titled Musculoskeletal Physiotherapists have completed an intensive post-graduate training program providing comprehensive knowledge and advanced manual techniques to treat a wide range of complex physical problems involving the spine, muscles, joints, ligaments, discs and nerves.

For the treatment of:

Back and neck pain
Headaches
Shoulder, hip and foot pain
Muscle strains
Joint disorders
Postural imbalance
Vertigo / dizzy spells
Sports injuries
Post surgery rehabilitation

Therapeutic skills offered include:

Manipulation
Passive joint mobilisation
Muscle strengthening McKenzie, McConnell and Mulligan techniques
Traction
Prescription of home programs involving exercise and self-mobilisations
Myofascial release massage
Taping
Real time ultrasound assessment and core strengthening
Dry-needling

Both Alan Stacey and Linda Spencer are titled Musculoskeletal Physiotherapists.

All AHPR registered physiotherapists practising in Australia must have recognized tertiary qualifications.

Further to these undergraduate qualifications and after at least 2 years of clinical experience physiotherapists can elect to engage in postgraduate studies in their area of special interest.

These courses are one or two years of full time study resulting in a Post-Graduate Diploma or Master’s Degree. This entitles the therapist to be addressed as a Titled Physiotherapist and only such qualified physiotherapists are permitted to do so.

Musculoskeletal Physiotherapists are titled therapists who have completed such comprehensive training in the diagnosis and manual treatment of the ‘mechanical’ parts of the body including the joints, ligaments, nerves and muscles.