PhysioCentral

PhysioCentral in Miranda, Sydney, NSW is categorized under Physiotherapists offering services such as Physiotherapy, Shoulder injury Physio, Musculoskeletal injury Physio.

Other services by PhysioCentral include Soft Tissue Massage, Back Pain Physio, Orthopedic Bracing, Joint Pain Physio, Sports Physio, Headache Physio, Sports injury Physio, Neck Pain Physio.

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Physiotherapy in Sutherland Shire

How can Physiotherapy help me ?

Physiotherapy uses a variety of treatment solutions targeted towards your individual problem to:

• Relieve pain
• Reduce swelling
• Accelerate recovery from injury or chronic pain
• Improve strength and flexibility.

The main aim of treatment is to not only help you make a complete recovery, but to also ensure the affected area returns to its full strength and flexibility, which will prevent the problem from recurring. This is particularly appropriate in the treatment of neck and low back pain, for example, which can become long lasting recurring problems, if treated inappropriately, or worse still – not at all.

If we use chronic or recurring back pain as an example:

Common causes of back pain include poor posture, prolonged or recurrent sitting, bending, lifting, muscle and/or ligament strains, disc problems, and arthritis.

In most cases, this pain elicits the body’s own protective mechanism to try and immobilise and protect the spine from further damage by causing muscle tightening, spasm, or cramp. Unfortunately, this reflex like, over-reactive protective mechanism leads to excessive vertebral joint compression, and nerve irritation causing severe pain.

To enable complete recovery, it is imperative to relieve this muscular spasm, and then restore mobility and flexibility as quickly as the pain allows.

For this reason, the vast majority of people can be significantly, and quickly relieved of their symptoms with Physiotherapy.

During the early stages of recovery, a physiotherapist can use a multitude of techniques, such as:

• massage (light and relaxing to deep tissue sports massage).
• joint mobilisation or manipulation – to increase spinal joint mobility, and relieve the pressure on pinched nerves, that can commonly cause back pain, sciatica, and if the cervical (neck) vertebrae are involved – neck pain, arm pain, or even headache.
• acupressure or trigger point therapy – an extremely effective method of turning off muscular spasm to quickly relieve symptoms, and accelerate recovery.
• ultrasound – to relax tight muscle, break up inflammation and scar tissue, and relieve pain.
• interferential therapy – artificial electrical nerve stimulation, to reduce spasm, enhance circulation to flush out inflammatory chemicals, and relieve pain.

As your symptoms settle, a personalised flexibility and strengthening program can then be introduced to ensure a complete and long lasting recovery.

As your condition improves, your Physiotherapist may also advise you to pursue other activities that will specifically help your condition – thus taking the ‘guess work’ out of what to do next? These other prescribed activities may include such things as: yoga, pilates, and gym ball exercises. Or, if more suitable, a home based exercise program can be designed for your individual problem.

Often people find the hardest thing about dealing with back pain is understanding the actual cause of their problem so that they can then do something about it (like exercise), to help themselves. This is where Physiotherapy is important.

Rather than just taking painkillers, or choosing other remedies, or exercises “to see if it helps”, a physiotherapist will be able to accurately diagnose your condition, treat it – to quickly relieve symptoms, and specifically design a suitable exercise program, to set you on the road to complete recovery.

Our Staff

Physiotherapists
 Graeme Curran

Graeme is the founding owner of PhysioCentral, which he established in 1996.

He has over 20 years’ experience successfully treating a wide variety of ailments, across a range of age groups. Kind, friendly, and very thorough – if you can hurt it, he can help it.

He is also the Physio for the Southern Districts under 15’s Rugby Union Representative Team, and the Sydney South team in the Rugby Union Junior Gold Cup National Competition.

He is available for appointments in the office on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Friday.

On Tuesdays and Thursdays he conducts personal outdoor rehabilitation and fitness training. He also offers video analysis and correction of running technique on these days as well.

He has a special interest in the management of: Headaches, Vertigo, Jaw/TMJ pain, and the adolescent athlete.

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Mathew O’Brien

Mathew is an enthusiastic Physio who enjoys taking a hands approach with all of his treatments.

His goal is to find the solution to any problem, and once cured, equip his patients with the knowledge and skills they need to ensure their problem never returns.

Currently the Physio for the Northern Tigers Women’s representative soccer teams, he has a special interest in all sports injuries. His broad experience in this area has given him the ability to provide an accelerated recovery for all injuries and ailments.

Matt’s also very good at providing treatment to people going through workers’ compensation or third party claims, and all the paperwork that goes with it.

Available Mondays – Fridays, and most Saturday mornings. He also looks after all of our patients requiring treatment in their home.

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Chantal Groos
Chantal has been working at PhysioCentral for over 10 years.
She has a vast array of experience, treating young children right through to the elderly in various aged care facilities.

As well as looking after all the usual types of ailments that require Physiotherapy, she has a special interest in pre and post-natal back pain, post-operative rehabilitation, and falls management in the elderly.

Chantal has also been practising the use of acupuncture, and dry needling (a specialised form of acupuncture that’s great for relieving muscular spasm and pain), for many years, with exceptional results and feedback.

A mother of 3 young boys, she is available for bookings Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.

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Massage Therapist
Loa Fakaua

Loa is the most recent and very welcome addition to PhysioCentral.

She currently works as a Massage Therapist for the Sydney Roosters, St George Illawarra Dragons, and the South Sydney Rabbitohs, in the National Rugby League (NRL) Competition.

Obviously in very high demand in providing deep tissue sports massage (pre and post event), she also enjoys providing a more remedial, relaxing massage to ease out all of your stress and tension.

She also provides children’s and pregnancy massage.

Highly sought after, and in high demand, Loa is available for bookings on Mondays and Wednesdays.

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Practice Manager
Laura Wisniewski

Laura is the one who’ll greet you with a friendly smile when you first come through the doors at PhysioCentral.

She’ll help you with anything you need, from private health fund, and insurance claims, to showing you how to use our very handy online booking system.

Not sure which Therapist best suits your needs? – Laura will point you in the right direction.

Having trouble finding a suitable appointment time that fits in with your busy schedule? Laura will find a way to help you out.

We’re all booked out on your day off work!? Laura will sweet talk your Therapist and squeeze you in somewhere.

She’s even been known to drive some of our elderly client’s home on a rainy day.

Basically, if you have a question, a problem, or need help with something – just ask Laura.

At PhysioCentral, we’re known for, and pride ourselves on giving kind compassionate care, friendly service, and an accelerated recovery, where pain relief is our business.

Services

• Headaches
• Neck Pain
• Stress and Tension
• Back Pain
• Sciatica
• Pre and Post Natal Back Pain
• Arthritis
• Joint Pain
• Soft Tissue Injuries – Muscle, Ligament, Tendon, Nerve, etc
• All Sports Injuries
• Orthopaedic / Post Operative Rehabilitation
• Balance Disorders and Vertigo

Reviews

“The best physiotherapist I know! So professional and gets results.”

“Physiotherapists who know their craft. Dedicated and very professional people who know how to get you well soon. My husband and I both use their expertise from time to time for our back problems. I recommend Physio Central to all my clients”