Get back to work, sport and daily activities faster with expert injury management physiotherapy
Whether you’ve sustained an acute injury from trauma, a workplace accident, or a gradual onset injury from repetitive strain or sports activity, the way you manage your injury in the first few days and weeks significantly impacts your recovery timeline, your ability to return to work or sport safely, and your risk of re-injury.
We understand that injuries don’t just affect you physically – they impact your livelihood, your fitness goals, your confidence, and your quality of life. This is why we take a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to injury management that focuses not just on reducing pain, but on restoring your function, preventing recurrence, and helping you safely return to the activities and work you love.
Whether you’ve suffered a workplace injury, sports injury, motor vehicle accident injury, or accidental trauma, our team has the expertise to guide you through every stage of recovery.
Our injury management philosophy is built on three core principles:
Restore Function – Not just reduce pain, but get you moving well
Prevent Recurrence – Addressing the root causes and risk factors
Safe Return to Activity – Gradual, evidence-based progression back to work, sport, and daily activities
Muscle taping is one of our most effective and immediate injury management tools. Unlike rigid strapping, therapeutic muscle taping is designed to:
Our taping approach is customised to your specific injury and activity level. We use high-quality athletic tape and teach you self-taping techniques so you can maintain support between sessions and during your return to activity.
Bracing may also be recommended for certain injuries to provide additional joint protection and stability during early recovery phases.
Manual therapy is hands-on treatment performed by our physiotherapists to:
Manual therapy is particularly effective in the early phases of injury recovery when patients are guarding against pain and movement is restricted.
Injured muscles often develop tight, tender spots called trigger points. These areas of sustained muscle contraction that restrict movement and perpetuate pain. Our massage and trigger point techniques:
Where clinically appropriate, dry needling can provide rapid pain relief and muscle relaxation. Dry needling involves inserting a fine needle into trigger points in muscle tissue, assisting to:
Dry needling is used only when clinically appropriate and with your consent. It’s particularly valuable for persistent muscle tension that hasn’t responded adequately to other techniques.
We understand that you may have more questions or concerns before starting physiotherapy treatment.
Don’t worry, we’re here to help! Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.
You can contact us via email at info@strivehealthcare.com.au or by phone at 08 6509 3399
We look forward to hearing from you and helping you find the best solution for you.
