City Physiotherapy – Adelaide Physio
Read about treatment and exercise advice from the team at City Physiotherapy in Adelaide.
We provide you with an extensive variety of physiotherapy topics and practical advice to assist you to get better as quickly as possible.
We want to educate and inform you about your body, and how physiotherapy can elevate the quality of your everyday life.
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Spinal Arthritis: A pain in the back and neck
5 December 2023What is Spinal Arthritis? Arthritis is not one single condition – it is an umbrella term used mainly to describe joint pain, joint disease and joint inflammation, and related conditions that can occur in different parts of your body, and in different levels of severity. The most common spinal arthritis is inflammation of the facet […] Tags:
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Personalised Back Pain Treatment On King William Street
24 November 2023Personalised Back Pain Treatment On King William Street Back pain without personalised treatment can be debilitating. Your back pain may be the reason for taking time off work and even life. Not only that, back pain can indirectly cause nausea and GI (gastrointestinal illness) issues, headaches, and aggravate some mental health conditions–especially due to chronic […] Tags:
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Why Should I See a Physiotherapist During My Pregnancy?
10 September 2023Pregnancy Physiotherapy for Wellbeing There are a number of symptoms that can arise during your pregnancy and after giving birth. It is common, and recommended, for pregnant women to see a physiotherapist when they experience pain and discomfort during their pregnancy. Pregnancy physiotherapy is safe and is an effective way of reducing your pregnancy-related aches […] Tags:
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Top Tips to Reduce Lower Back Pain
27 January 2022What causes lower back pain? The lower back comprises the lumbar spine, providing our bodies with support, strength, and flexibility. The spine connects bones, joints, nerves, ligaments, and muscles that all work together, which unfortunately make it susceptible to injury. The lower back supports the spinal column and the weight of the upper body. […] Tags:
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Working from Home
26 May 2020Working from Home Can Be Painful Have you found yourself working from home entirely or more than usual in response to COVID-19? Have you also found increasing levels of neck and back discomfort or pain as a result? Your home workstation set-up may be contributing significantly. Here is a checklist we’ve put together to help […] Tags:
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The Lure of Playing Video Games and Your Health
11 May 2020With all this extra time on our hands these days, what are we going to do?? Disinfect the house?? Well probably, but for many of us, the lure of video games is strong. However, can sitting and playing video games all day be bad for our health? The simple answer is yes… Research shows that […] Tags:
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Is Bending Over Bad For My Lower Back?
20 April 2020If you are confused about the right way to bend over then you are not alone. So “is bending over bad for my lower back?” you ask. Here we give you the latest on bending and your lower back. The simple answer is no and this can be backed up by some recent research. A […] Tags:
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Lower Back Pain When Walking or Running
13 September 2019As Physiotherapists a regular complaint by patients is the experience of increasing lower back pain when walking or running. There is a common misconception that because we are undertaking exercises this should not lead to pain, it should be helpful shouldn’t it? To find out the answers to these questions and more keep reading below. […] Tags:
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Spinal Stenosis
31 March 2019Can Physiotherapy help Spinal Stenosis? About 80% of people will have back or neck pain during their lifetimes. One cause of back or neck pain can be spinal stenosis. What is Spinal Stenosis? Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the openings in your vertebrae and spinal column that your spinal nerves and spinal cord travel […] Tags:
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The Piriformis Muscle
27 February 2019Do you have pain in your buttock? Low Back Pain? Your Piriformis muscle may be the culprit. Your Piriformis muscle is a small, deep, buttock muscle. Many of us have a tight piriformis muscle which can cause pain issues in your gluteal/buttock region as it passes right over your sciatic nerve. When your piriformis becomes […] Tags:
