Injury Rehabilitation
Types of injury we treat
Our rehabilitation programs are directed towards quick recovery and muscular healing. Whether you are recovering from recent accident or severe trauma, or you fell over and hurt yourself 10 years ago, we can help with rehab and strengthening.
- Low back injury
- Neck sprain
- Disc bulge
- Arthritis
- Hip replacement
- Neck injury
- Whiplash
- Car accidents
- Bike riding injury
- Shoulder, wrist, and elbow breaks
- Ankle or knee injury or post surgery or trauma
- Dizziness, vertigo or tinnitus
About Injury Rehabilitation
Our method
One of our methods of ensuring you perform at your best is our individualised take home programs to further accelerate your recovery. However without regular exercise to improve core strength, injuries often do not fully recover or worse, pain may increase or become more regular (Liebenson, 2007).
We offer customised rehabilitation exercise programs for a wide range of injuries that aim to accelerate your recovery and reduce the likelihood of relapse. This includes but is not limited to corrective stretching, strengthening and stabilisation.
Our methods of rehab is directed towards quick recovery and muscular healing. Whether you are recovering from a lower back injury, disc bulge, arthritis, hip replacement, neck, shoulder, wrist, elbow, ankle or knee injuries, we can customise an exercise program that will suit your recovery pace. All our rehabilitation exercises are sources using current evidence based practices.
What we offer
- Practitioner prescribed exercises and stretches
- Supplements
- Nutrition advice
- Dietary management
- Lifestyle advice
- Sleeping aids
- Posture support aids
- Ergonomic support
- Recommended therapeutic creams and gels
- Heat patch application
- Wheat bag available for purchase
- Remedial Massage Therapy supportive therapies
- Health education and support for the whole family.
We personalise every exercise program to suit your specific recovery injury needs and pace.
All our rehabilitation exercises are sources using current evidence based practices.
Our rehab process & protocols
Every rehabilitation protocol is phased with goals and criteria to progress through each phase. Our chiropractor will advise you of any exercise materials needed and also explain sets / reps / intensity / times per day etc. We will also provide a hard copy as well as an email copy of your program, so that exercises can be accessed electronically.
- X-ray diagnostic imaging
- Muscle support braces
- Whole body stretching and strengthening exercises
- Foam roller and spikey ball application for muscular release
- Supplements can be prescribed by your chiropractor
- Lifestyle and Nutrition advice
- Recommended therapeutic creams or gels and heat patches
- Remedial Massage Therapy
- Health education for the whole family
Our home exercise & rehab programs
Rehabilitation from sports injuries, accident or chronic pain is not a one step process, but it doesn't have to be as traumatic as you think!
At ChiroCure Clinic in StKilda, our practitioners don't just treat your injuries we will work with you to make sure you receive a full recovery. Our Chiropractors and remedial therapists will offer rehabilitation in addition to treatment, aiming to decrease healing time, de-conditioning and increase self-reliance and muscular function (Triano, Mcgregor, Skogsbergh, 1997)
Our remedial massage practitioners, doctors of chiropractic and myotherapist's offer patients help and advice to better manage pain and injury. We offer supplement advice with practitioner prescriptions, nutrition and dietary care, lifestyle advice, work station assessment and more.
Treatment with our Therapists may also help to reduce the feeling of fatigue, exhaustion, sleeplessness and slow down spinal ageing, improve blood flow, restore nervous system function and reduces all pain symptoms.
Work Cover Injury Claims
Chiropractic care at ChiroCure Clinic is covered by WorkCover. WorkCover is a compulsory insurance for Victorian work places which is funded by employer contributions. It provides Victorian work places with insurance cover for employees who may be either injured or become ill due to work.
If you have been injured at work you are eligible to get rehabilitation covered by WorkCover, ChiroCure Clinic accepts WorkCover patients for various treatment services. All you need is your claim number and case manager's details and our friendly team will do the rest.
Additional information regarding WorkSafe can be found here.
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