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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How to Reduce Stress with Physiotherapy and Remedial Massage
30 September 2022Three quarters of Australians believe stress negatively affects their physical and mental health. Not only is stress an ongoing health pandemic, but it is also detrimental to the Australian economy, costing it billions of dollars each year. Millions of workdays are lost each year due to work-related stress. Whilst you might immediately think days off […] Tags:
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10 Ways Remedial Massage is Important For Health
15 May 2022What is Remedial Massage? Remedial massage is a type of massage that intends to target specific issues by treating muscles that are injured, knotted, tense, or locked up. Remedial massage is used to identify and repair damaged areas of the body and accelerate the healing process of the body, or target and relieve the root […] 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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What Does A Physiotherapist Do?
16 January 2022What is physiotherapy? Physiotherapy is an allied health profession that helps patients through movement and physical treatment methods in addition to addressing the individual factors that contribute to a patient’s pain story. As physiotherapists are registered primary healthcare practitioners, you don’t need a referral to make an appointment. Physical methods of physiotherapy may include hands […] Tags:
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Why Should You Get Regular Remedial Massages?
9 January 2022What is Remedial Massage? Remedial massage is hands-on therapy that treats muscles that are damaged, knotted, tense or immobile through targeted massage. Remedial massage is used to speed up the body’s own healing process, locating and repairing different damaged areas of the body. The pressure applied in this massage treatment can either be strong and […] Tags:
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Could Gluteal Tendinopathy Be Affecting You?
6 October 2021While hip pain can be debilitating by itself, gluteal tendinopathy can also affect other areas of the body, with pain felt in the buttock, lower back, knee, thigh, or groin as a result of hip pain. This will depend on whether the pain is caused from within the hip itself, or from the hip joint […] Tags:
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Why do I feel sore after exercise?
13 September 2021It is very common to feel sore after exercise. This feeling is called delayed onset muscle soreness, or DOMS. It occurs when we use different muscles, use our muscles in a different way, increase the intensity or length of a workout, or incorporate a new exercise. This type of soreness and stiffness is actually a […] Tags:
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Ice Hockey Injuries
18 September 2020Pavel Pracny our Remedial Massage Therapist explains all things Ice Hockey Injuries and how to prepare for time on the Ice If you have read my profile, you probably already know, that I play ice hockey. I was thrilled to come back to skating after a long break caused by COVID 19. I play for […] Tags:
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What types of massage does Pavel Pracny perform?
15 July 2020Types of Massage Pavel’s patients ask him questions from time to time about the different types of massage that he can perform. Here he clarifies what the differences in massage styles are. You can subdivide massage by body parts (neck massage, foot massage, back and shoulders etc.), massage styles (deep tissue massage, trigger point release, […] Tags:
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Myofascial Cupping and it’s Benefits
2 March 2020Myofascial Cupping If you are a passionate sports fan you may have noticed on some athletes, round red or purple spots commonly on the back or on the shoulder region. Or perhaps you noticed it on other people too and you were wondering what was that? Well, that is the result, or better, the signs […] Tags:
