Physiotherapy often involves assessing and treating patients with an injury that has resulted from them having a dysfunction.  At First Choice Health, we routinely see patients present to us with lower back pain, or lower limb injuries sustained in the work place or as an athlete on the sports field.  These injuries are often attributed […]

At First Choice Health, we want to see people participating in their chosen leisure activities, and we have some good advice for our older patients hoping to remain out there on the golf course. One of the major problems as we age is that we become weaker and generally we lose flexibility – both important […]

Dry Needling by a Physiotherapist: What You Should Know You may have heard friends talking about their physiotherapist performing acupuncture on them for management of their back pain, neck pain or some other soft tissue injury. Dry Needling is certainly a treatment that the physiotherapists at First Choice Health have studied and routinely incorporate into […]

Physiotherapy After Your Knee Arthroscopy As physiotherapists at First Choice Health, we are closely involved in the rehabilitation required after a knee arthroscopy. In fact, we provide direct pre and post operative care through our involvement with a number of surgeons at Waverley Private Hospital. Knee arthroscopy is a minimally invasive operation where a surgeon […]

With children about to head back school for the 2018 year it’s time to consider their backpack. Carrying a heavy or poorly fitted backpack can place stress on your child’s spine causing them to lean too far forward and contributing to a ‘rounded upper back posture’. At First Choice Health in Vermont South, our physiotherapists […]

Plantar fasciitis is the most common cause of rear foot / heel pain seen in our physiotherapy clinic. This potentially chronic and painful condition is seen in runners and patients who stand for long periods of the day, is associated with poor foot and leg biomechanics. Unusual loading of the plantar fascia as a result […]

Headache is a common condition which researchers tell us sees up to 15% of Australians seeking medication to control. Whilst headache comes in many forms, a Cervicogenic Headache is certainly a common presentation. A cervicogenic headache is a type of headache where the cause of pain is located within the upper neck. Just as sciatica […]