Post Orthopeadic and Spinal Surgery Rehabilitation

To ensure that you have the most advanced rehabilitation catered specifically to your individual needs, Campbelltown Physiotherapy is equipped with the latest equipment and expertise staff that are able to facilitate the rehabilitation of many orthopaedic and spinal surgeries. As each surgeon has their own rehabilitation guidelines, we will liaise directly with your surgeon to guarantee you are receiving optimum post operative rehabilitation.

Services include;

• Mobility and strengthening programs

• Oedema and pain control electrotherapy

• Home exercise programs

• Hydrotherapy

• Mobility aides and braces

Sports and Soft Tissue Injuries

Soft tissue injuries include tendon, muscle and ligaments. Most sports injuries are in fact damaged soft tissue of the body. Soft tissue therapy aims to promote and assist the healing process by increasing blood flow, reduce swelling and pain, and decreasing the formation of scar tissue. This will provide better long term results for your injury. This type of treatment can be implemented in many ways.

Our physiotherapists have extensive knowledge of the different types of sports, its biomechanics, the most common type of injuries, and their effective treatment.

At Campbelltown Physiotherapy, we are also equipped with the latest of electrotherapy for the best promotion of healing of soft tissue. The Chattanooga Advanced Intellect has many protocols for many types of soft tissue injuries. Some of its modules include;

• Ultrasound: deep and superficial

• Pain control: acute to chronic

• Oedema control

• Muscle strengthening

Hydrotherapy

Hydrotherapy is a form of treatment and exercise that is conducted in a heated pool with instruction by a Physiotherapist. It combines the use of  hot water and a buoyancy to aid in muscle relaxation and minimise joint compression, which allows patient specific mobility and strengthening exercise programs to be conducted against the resistance of water.

Hydrotherapy is mainly used for;

- Aid in muscle relaxation
- Post operative rehabilitation
- Back pain
- Arthritis
- Sports injuries
- Decreased mobility

Some of the benefits of hydrotherapy include;

- Increased mobility
- Stress reduction on joints
- Pain relief
- Improve balance and coordination
- Relaxation
- Cardiovascular fitness
- Weight management

Spinal Decompression also known as Mechanical Traction

Spinal Decompression is a non invasive traction therapy that provides a linear force on the body to create a negative pressure and facilitate realignment of the disc. Mechanical Traction is safe and effective without the normal risks associated with invasive procedures such as injections, anaesthesia or surgery.

The appeal of non-surgical spinal decompression is that it is a non-invasive, non-surgical, drug-free alternative treatment for low back pain, sciatica, disc degeneration, disc bulges, disc herniations, and facet syndrome.

During the treatment, patients will go through the process of traction and relaxation and this will create a vacuum affect and reposition the disc. In conjunction to realignment of the disc, the vacuum effect will also encourage fresh blood supply which promotes healing.

Individual assessment of patient suitability will occur at the initial consultation however it is often not recommended for patients with severe osteoporosis, severe nerve damage, severely obese or pregnant women.

The treatment will usually take at least 45minutes and patients will usually have treatment at least 3 times per week.

Work Conditioning

De-conditioning is when your body adapts to less demand. This may cause a loss of muscle strength and size. We understand that following an injury, de-conditioning may delay your return to work or sport.

Our physiotherapists are highly qualified in exercise prescription for all ages.

Our WRAP strengthening programs are designed to meet patient’s needs in order to return to pre injury capacity.

Following a comprehensive assessment, a program is designed to specifically regain strength, cardiovascular fitness and postural and biomechanics retraining.



Fractures and Casting

All our physiotherapists are trained in the management of fractures.

Our speciality is waterproof fibreglass casting of both the upper and lower limbs.

We also provide braces for lower limb complex fractures. We also have available orthopaedic boots of different ranges for foot and ankle fractures.

We have a wide range of splints including thermoplastic splints.

For shoulder to hand injuries we have a range of immobilisation and partial mobilisation splints available to suit your specialists request.

Back Care Program

We have a multidisciplinary approach to managing lower back pain and by combining different treatments, we achieve the best results. Some of our treatments include;

• Manual therapy

• Spinal decompression

• Hydrotherapy

• Core stability strengthening

• Posture

• Manual Handling Retraining

Lower back pain has been shown to impair the activation of core stability muscles associated with the lower back. An important part of lower back rehabilitation is correcting this deficiency. Our lower back program consists of;

• Core stability

• Lumbar, gluteal and lower limb strengthening

• Stretching

During the program, we assess the nature of work you are involved in and retrain the biomechanics and manual handling processes.