Exercise Physiology for Musculoskeletal Conditions

The problem with resting

When something hurts, the instinct is to protect it. But with chronic pain, arthritis and most injuries, extended rest quietly makes things worse: muscles weaken, joints stiffen, confidence shrinks, and the nervous system becomes more protective, and more painful.

Graded exercise reverses that spiral. Our accredited exercise physiologists find the amount of movement your body can handle today, then expand it week by week until the things that hurt become the things you do easily.

What we treat

• Chronic and persistent pain, back, neck, shoulders, knees, combining graded activity with practical pain education
• Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, strength programs that protect joints and reduce pain
• Injury rehabilitation, muscle, tendon and ligament injuries progressed from early loading to full function
• Post-surgical recovery, joint replacements, spinal surgery, shoulder reconstructions, following your surgeon’s protocol
• Osteoporosis, safe bone-loading exercise and falls prevention
• Workplace injuries, full WorkCover return-to-work programs

Your rehab, staged and measurable

1. Assessment. Your history, imaging and surgical notes, movement and strength testing, and the activities you want back.
2. Baseline program. A starting dose your body accepts, often including hydrotherapyif land exercise flares symptoms.
3. Progressive loading. Strength and capacity built steadily, with objective retesting so you can see the numbers climb.
4. Return to life. Sport, work, gardening, grandkids — finished off with a plan to stay strong, like ourgroup classes.

Funding options

Musculoskeletal clients most often useMedicare care plans,WorkCover Queensland,DVA or private health extras. Older clients can use Home Care Packages, and people with permanent disability may qualify for theNDIS.