Geelong Myotherapists treating Bursitis

December 4, 2013Anyone who’s had a bout of bursitis will tell you it’s a painful condition that can cause significant pain and swelling – often in major joints like the shoulder, hip and knee. Bursitis, or a bursa, is a fluid-filled sac that separates: tendon from bone skin from bone muscle from muscle; or, muscle from bone....
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Disc Bulge Treatment Using Geelong Myotherapy

October 23, 2013A disc bulge can be extremely painful and you can understand why people think the right way to treat it is with immobilisation and rest. Wrong! Studies show if you have some sort of rehabilitation within the first six weeks of sustaining your disc bulge injury, you will gain 50% more improvement than those without...
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Geelong Myotherapy and Sports Medicine

September 19, 2013Sporting injuries respond really well to myotherapy, which is why myotherapists are now integral members of professional sports teams’ player management. Geelong myotherapy can be used to treat much more than just acute sports injuries, such as muscle or ligament damage to ankles, knees, backs and corkies – myotherapy is also used to treat old...
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Geelong Myotherapy Facts

July 18, 2013Often the first question people have about myotherapy is: “well … what’s that?” It’s easiest to start with the catchphrase – “myo means muscle”. So, basically, the myotherapists Geelong assess, diagnosis and treat pain derived from muscles of the body. Myotherapists also treat fascia, which is a covering that surrounds each muscle, as well as...
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Geelong Myotherapists

July 8, 2013The Geelong myotherapists at Geelong Natural Therapies have seen a lot of patients coming to the clinic with shoulder pain. A majority of the time, after a myotherapy examination it’s evident that the pain is caused by postural dysfunction. An example of postural dysfunction is when your shoulder is rolled forward and can be seen...
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Geelong Myotherapists Improve Posture

June 3, 2013The Geelong myotherapists at Geelong Natural Therapies can prevent pain by helping patients to achieve better posture. Correct posture is vital for the biomechanical working of the body. Even a slight misalignment from the correct position can cause dysfunction of movement and eventually pain. This is important because of the long amount of hours people...
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Geelong myotherapists assessing posture

February 6, 2013Poor posture isn’t just about overcoming poor habits and ‘sitting up straight’, it can also be a sign that there are muscles within your body that are tense and shortened. When anyone presents to Geelong Natural Therapies experiencing pain or discomfort, our Geelong myotherapists will analyse their posture as part of the initial diagnosis, as...
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