City Physio

Have you met Daniel Stone? Our newest Senior Physio on the block with a penchant for martial arts injuries, tendinitis and over use injuries (desk or sports related!) Appointments available! Book online www.cityphysio.com.au

Maybe you needed some incentive to smash out that low back rehab, complement that running program or just get that classic #Pilates booty burn! 🔥 🍑 https://lnkd.in/gGy7_3Wt <— BOOK HERE Up to 30% off our 10 packs of group classes (but the catch is the classes expire 31st Dec!). So that’s 2 classes a week until Christmas 🤔 *not transferable, not extendable, classes expire end of 2024

Pilates class on us if you can get Matthew Hagerty to sing in clinic 🙈

Calling all Physio Friends! Can we tempt you with the gins and keep you with the culture, clinical development and generous bonuses? 🤔 Love to chat #callme ☎️ 👩🏼💻

Elizabeth Arruzza loves feet 🐾 And with 26 bones, 33 joints and over a hundred tiny little muscles, ligaments, tendons and nerves all working together to keep you moving- what’s not to love! (Or maybe hate if you’re a #sydneymarathon runner on our books for this week 🫠😅)

Elizabeth Arruzza loves feet 🐾 And with 26 bones, 33 joints and over a hundred tiny little muscles, ligaments, tendons and nerves all working together to keep you moving- what’s not to love! (Or maybe hate if you’re a #sydneymarathon runner on our books for this week 🫠😅)

City Physio is busy, can’t your tell from the graphic? So we need more physio-hands on deck! We’re thinking MSK focus, minimum 4 years experience. Ideally with a Hungerford, Diane Lee, or LJ Lee course under your belt… but not mandatory. Hopefully you like sports, or running. That would be good! Love to chat. Send us an email with your resume and cover letter! Attention: Nicola Hello@cityphysio.com.au

Did you know we moved to a BIGGER and BETTER space on level 6? Its amazing what a purpose built, collaborative and darn beautiful space will do for team culture! Its not science, but when your physio loves their job, your treatment is better. There’s a passion, a drive, a curiosity that is re-ignited that snowballs within the clinic. You can feel it when you walk in. Its not science but it should be! 🔥 💪 Come visit us on level 6, 25 Martin Place

With the uptick of the socially-influenced marathon runner this is becoming one heck of an ankle (and knee!) season! We have seen the highest numbers of seriously grotty knees, ankles and feet that are just not holding the pace… BUT! The majority of these are NOT running related. I can count on one hand the pure running injuries I’ve seen in May. (Glutes, I’m looking at you 🍑) This season is becoming what we’ve called “Metabolic Month”. Matthew Hagerty and I hit the hallway and go “yep, another one!” What does that even mean? In Australia, Physios are primary practitioners. This means we need to screen for things like cancers, fractures, inflammatory conditions as well as all of the kaleidoscope of potential musculoskeletal injuries. To do this you need seriously switched on, analytical and pragmatic physios- something we have in spades at City Physio. Something we practice, expand on and pride ourselves on. And those physios need to be thorough, systematic and listen with their entire being for every single patient. The death of critical thinking is to question to a diagnosis. Always start big, rule things out systematically and work your way in. Prove yourself wrong. Tick all the boxes every time, without fail, for every patient. We have had more non-musculoskeletal injuries through our doors this month than i can count! First onset juvenile arthritis, atypical sero-negative ankylosing spondylitis, gout, rheumatoid arthritis to name a few. Some of these were missed by doctors, by other physios. Some are first presentations in our clinic for their pain. Often they became sore with running, or stairs or getting out of bed in the morning. But now you’re taking longer to get going in the mornings, it’s both knees now, and they’re hot, swollen and just not really improving. So we screen for signs of systemic illness, for nasty thing like cancers and referred pain from somewhere else. For everyone. Can’t get lazy! Need to have a systematic approach so we can catch ‘em all. I don’t care if you just rolled your ankle on the weekend. I’m going to ask you about night pain, about other joints, about your medical history. If you’re feeling generally well, and if your medications have changed. I do this for everyone. So I don’t forget it for anyone. “We don't rise to the level of our expectations; we fall to the level of our training” Things that stand out that prick our ears, and should prick yours, too: - multifocal pain ie: pain in multiple joints - no mechanism - symmetrical, think both knees, both ankles - night pain - unchanged with medication - prolonged morning stiffness (we’re talking hours, not minutes to warm up) Now, not everyone with 2 sore knees has a systemic illness. There’s more to it than that! Several dots have to align. But if you’re concerned, you know where we are!

The first things people remark on is how different our Pilates is from the Pilates they have done before. How comfortable the reformer is, the hands-on cues, the small class size, the targeted glute burn from the first rep. Consequently we have nearly doubled the number of Small Group Equipment Pilates classes we offer, with demand soaring for controlled, purposeful and considered modern Pilates. Quality is key. A class size of 20 is A LOT for an instructor to manage so studios and gyms are moving to video screens and cues that are verbal only, with a focus on cardio and burn for the masses. But you miss the position tweaks, the stability focus and ultimately short-change yourself on the ROI. Small Group Equipment classes are by far our most popular with a maximum of 3 per class with individual programming, cueing and progression guaranteed. Managing an injury, training for a marathon, just want a class at your own pace (fast or slow!), then this is the class for you!