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Whilst most physiotherapy services provided in the private sector must be paid for by the individual accessing that service (or their insurer), Medicare does allow patients with a chronic medical condition to access funding for […]

For close to 20 years now, I’ve been telling anyone who would listen that how well a soft tissue injury is managed in the first days and weeks can have an enormous impact on the […]

Empower Physiotherapy’s Remedial Massage Therapist Raef Hobbs-Brown shares some valuable information originally outlined in an article by Kelly Bastone, posted on the Runner’s World website.  Full article here: http://www.runnersworld.com/injury-prevention-recovery/the-pros-and-cons-of-massages-for-runners There is good reason massage therapists are […]

‘Disc bulges’ or ‘disc herniations’ are common phrases and often scary terms to hear when you experience back pain.  When clients come into our clinic and say “I bent down to pick up a pen […]

Picture this: 12 year old Jacob – a silkily skilled AFL footballer – darts through a pack of boys all larger than him, delivering a grass-cutting pass that hits his leading full forward lace-out, and […]