Our Services

LifeFit Physiotherapy has well established relationships with local specialists and surgeons. We provide on-site post-operative services to orthopaedic surgeons, including wound management, casting, splinting and mobility. This direct link enables patients a successful and efficient recovery from surgery.

Rehabilitation may involve adhering to a post operative protocol or tailoring your program to fit your individual needs. LifeFit Physiotherapy aims to work collaboratively with each patient to achieve their goals of returning to sport, work or daily activity.

Physiotherapy can be useful to either delay or prevent surgery altogether however, should surgery be the only solution, physiotherapy can be useful for numerous operations including arthroscopy, spinal surgery and joint reconstruction or replacement.

LifeFit Physiotherapy provides a wide range of equipment and supports to assist rehabilitation of your injury.

The benefit of purchasing braces and supports through your physiotherapist is the confidence in knowing that your brace is suited to your individual needs and that it is well fitted. Examples of the braces and supports we offer include:

• Range of motion braces for knee or elbow

• Camwalker boots

• Wrist braces

• Thumb supports

• Slings

• Tapes and bandages

• Theraband

• Pregnancy and lumbar

• Spine support braces

LifeFit Physiotherapy can also provide a number of other specialised rehabilitation equipment and mobility aids, such as the hiring of knee walkers.

Remedial massage therapy involves a systematic assessment and treatment of the muscles, tendons, ligaments and connective tissue of the body to assist in rehabilitation, muscle tension, pain and injury management.

It is also useful for the non-injured person who requires tension relief and relaxation. Incorporating specialised techniques to locate and repair damage to muscles, tendons and joints, massage has the ability to restore one’s body physically, mentally and spiritually.

The benefits include:

• Stimulation to the blood supply allowing toxins in the muscles to be removed

• Calming of the peripheral nervous system to ease pain and discomfort

• Improved health of the cells

• Tissue repair

• Speeding up muscle recovery by eliminating irritation from waste and reducing fatigue which enables more productive training

• Easing of stiffness and tension

• Toning and relaxing of muscles to improve joint mobility

Our exercise physiologists are highly skilled in the area of individual exercise prescription.

Exercise may be prescribed for musculoskeletal injuries, work-related injuries, pre and post operative rehabilitation and neurological conditions.

Due to the specific and unique needs and interests of each patient, the goal of exercise prescription involves successful integration of exercise principles and behavioural techniques to motivate the participant to be compliant and therefore, achieve their goals.

Good Life with osteoArthritis: Denmark. Our exercise physiologists are trained to deliver the GLA:D Program which combines education about osteoarthritis with a structured exercise program for people with hip and knee osteoarthritis symptoms. The program structure involves:

• Education Sessions: Two education sessions providing information about osteoarthritis, its causes, risk factors, treatment options, the importance of weight loss and self management strategies.

• Exercise Sessions: Twelve supervised group exercise sessions over a period of 6 weeks which focus on improving muscle strength, joint movement and functional abilities.

Our physiotherapists are trained to assist women throughout the changes that occur during and after pregnancy; specifically to the muscles, ligaments and joints. Physiotherapy can provide expert care, advice, positioning, massage, relaxation and coping strategies.

Physiotherapy can help to reduce the following symptoms:

• Back and neck pain

• Pelvic pain

• Abdominal muscle weakness

• Breast problems

• Incontinence and prolapse

All our physiotherapists and exercise physiologists are WorkCover and CTP (SIRA) approved practitioners who can assist with injuries which are work-related or caused by motor vehicle accidents.
Our physiotherapists and exercise physiologists understand that this is can be a stressful time and endeavour to communicate closely with your nominated treating doctor to facilitate an efficient return to work.

Our physiotherapists are trained in the unique skill of casting and splinting to immobilise or passively assist joints and muscles to return to function.

Casting is usually applied to fractures to immobilise the joint and hence provide correct positioning of the fractured bone.

At LifeFit Physiotherapy, we use both waterproof and non-waterproof fibreglass casts depending on the a patient’s individual needs. Splinting is usually a non-circumferential custom made brace made from thermoplastic material and aimed at unloading tendons, muscles and/or joints.

Hand Therapy is a type of rehabilitation for patients with conditions affecting the hands and upper extremities.

Types of treatment techniques include:

• Preventative, non-operative or conservative treatment

• Management of acute or chronic pain including arthritis

• Desensitisation following nerve injury or trauma

• Sensory re-education after nerve injury

• Design and implementation of home exercise programs to increase motion, dexterity, and/or strength

• Splint fabrication for prevention or correction of injury

• Training in the performance of daily life skills through adapted methods and equipment

• Conditioning prior to returning to work

Hydrotherapy is a specific form of physiotherapy treatment conducted in a heated pool. Hydrotherapy combines both hands-on pool physiotherapy and specifically designed exercises (different to swimming or aqua aerobics) supervised by physiotherapists or exercise physiologists with specific training in hydrotherapy.

Hydrotherapy sessions are conducted at the Lyons Hydrotherapy Pool at St George Hospital. We offer six sessions per week where we have exclusive use of the pool. Our therapists are in the water throughout the session to instruct clients.

Patients do not need to be able to swim in order to benefit from hydrotherapy.

Benefits include:

• Muscular relaxation and decreased muscle spasm due to the pool temperature increasing circulation

• Decreased pain due to warmth and support

• Increased muscle strength and endurance due to the greater resistance in water

• Improvement in swelling due to hydrostatic pressure

• Enhanced balance and stabilisation

• Improved confidence to move better

LifeFit Physiotherapy is an official National Disability Insurance Scheme registered provider, offering the following services:

• Physiotherapy

• Hydrotherapy (exclusive use of St George Hospital Pool)

• Occupational Therapy

• Exercise Physiology

• Rehabilitation

• Supply of Mobility Equipment (assistive technology)

• Home Visit Service

• Dynamic Splinting

Orthotics are customised heat moulded shoe inserts which aid in improving alignment or biomechanics when walking, running and standing.

Orthotic prescription is based on individual assessment of static positioning and dynamic biomechanics. Poor foot positioning can cause injury to the foot and can also be translated to the knees, hips and lumbar spine.

The aim of orthotic prescription is to re-align the foot into the most biomechanically advantageous position and thus reduce loads on your lower limbs and spine.

We provide physiotherapy and exercise physiology services at your home. This can be funded through My Aged Care (Home Care Packages) and the NDIS. We service the St George, Sutherland Shire and Inner West.