Opening Hours : Mon-Thu: 8.30am - 7.00pm Fri: 8.30am - 1.00pm Sat: 9.00am - 12.00pm
Contact : Ph: 03 9707 4452 Email: reception@physiofit.clinic
We are very happy to welcome Graeme Wilson, from Akoonah Podiatry. With more than 22 years’ experience in Podiatry, Graeme can certainly help with all your podiatry needs, including…
Graeme completed his Bachelor of Podiatry from La Trobe University in 1995 and initially worked in Community Health settings in south eastern Melbourne. Graeme then began a private practice partnership which extended into five locations across Melbourne and country Victoria.
Graeme has worked extensively with allied health professionals including Physiotherapists, Myotherapists and Chiropractors across several private practice settings and has completed further education including trigger point/dry needling courses, enhancing his treatment skills and patient outcomes.
Graeme played state league basketball for the Melbourne Tigers Basketball Club as a junior and has of recent times completed several fun runs including competing in the Gold Coast Marathon Running Festival in 2014. Graeme is a level 2 accredited athletic coach and has assisted the Casey Little Athletic club in various roles in the past 4 -5 years.
Graeme enjoys being involved in his three children’s sporting lives which has included coaching and support roles for the Beaconsfield Cricket and Football clubs. He is looking forward to the next phase of his podiatric career, working within the community that he lives and is actively involved in.
A question regularly asked is “when should I use heat or ice?”…well, as a general rule ice is used with acute/recent injuries and heat can be used with chronic/long-term injuries…
Ice therapy (cryotherapy) can relieve symptoms caused by sprains, strains, bruises and tendinitis – it can virtually be used in any situation in which superficial tissues are inflamed by trauma. It can also assist in recovery from repetitive strain injuries such as tendinitis, and it works by reducing blow flow to the injured areas, thus reducing inflammation and swelling that causes pain. Ice should be applied immediately after your injury, for 15 minutes every two hours, over the first 48 hours (also keep in mind the RICE rule with acute injuries – Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation).
Heat therapy works by improving circulation and blood flow to a particular area due to increased temperature. Increasing the temperature of the afflicted area even slightly can soothe discomfort and increase muscle flexibility. Heat therapy can relax and soothe muscles and heal damaged tissue. Heat can be used before (not after) activities that irritate chronic injuries such as muscle strains and overuse injuries, and can help loosen tissues and relax injured areas. Heat should not be applied for longer than 20 minutes at a time.
Of course, please consult your physiotherapist for professional opinion and management of your injury.
Playing tennis with the correct grip size is crucial to performance, and the prevention of injury. Selecting the most optimal size grip for your hand size will enable you to use your racquet more efficiently and effectively. The goal is to get optimal hand surface which allows you to grip the racquet with less effort.
Why? The right grip size enables your forearm and hand muscles to be at an optimal length/tension relationship and joint structures to be in a more neutral position, thus improving your tennis…well hopefully! Incorrect grip size can cause arm, wrist and forearm injuries such as: tennis elbow, tendinitis/tenosynovitis, wrist sprain or pain and shoulder injuries.
With a grip too small, you will try to compensate for less contact area by squeezing harder than you should, which increases your risk of tennis elbow. You also need to avoid the premature muscle fatigue that results from having to hang on to the racquet with a tight grip. The grip should always feel comfortable.
Overgrips and overwraps can increase the overall size of the grip by sometimes as much as a full grip size. When purchasing your racquet, you may need to get a smaller grip size to accommodate using an overgrip in the future. Keep in mind that grip sizes can be made bigger, but it is near impossible to make a grip smaller than it’s original size.
When purchasing a racquet don’t guess or compromise – measure!
Click HERE to print your information brochure “How to measure your tennis racquet grip size”
We opened the doors to appointments on Monday 25th Jan, 2016 – only 2 short weeks ago – at PhysioFit Berwick. We have had a terrific response to the first few weeks of opening. Thanks to all who have supported the clinic in our infancy and opening weeks.
The launch event was a terrific success – thanks to all of those who attended – what a great start to PhysioFit Berwick. We had a crowd attend the launch, including including many children who seemed to enjoy the sausage sizzle and the helium balloons.
It is still very early days – if you are interested in just taking a walk through the premises and meeting Mark, please just drop by and our friendly receptionists Leanne and Cathy will anwer your questions and give you a quick tour. We look forward to providing a high quality physiotherapy service for Berwick-Beaconsfield-Officer in the coming years.
Mark Eibl, Physiotherapist
Wow! So exciting to be at this point – we opened the doors to appointments today (Monday 25th Jan, 2016) at PhysioFit Berwick. We have 12 patients booked in across the day, but we hope for a few more walking in, calling in or booking in online during the day. Thank you to my most loyal patients and of course, our very first new patients, for supporting PhysioFit Berwick.
It has certainly been a journey over the past 6-8 months! There have definitely been a few challenges, including meeting the requirements for the building/council and getting power connected (SP Ausnet took 3 months to do a 15 minute job, but we do have power now!). The support from friends and family has helped me through these few challenging months, and I am now looking forward to the first few weeks and beyond for this new stage of life and career as a business owner and practitioner.
Most of all, I am really looking forward to starting work (how lucky am I!), and I’m energised to begin treating my clients.
If anyone is in the area, please drop by during the official launch / opening event to be held this Friday 29th January from 6:30pm. Come in, take a tour, meet the team, my family and enjoy a canape and a drink with us. Sausage sizzle for the kids as well!
Hope to see you there……
Mark Eibl, Physiotherapist
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