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WHAT IS YOUR PAIN STOPPING YOU FROM DOING?
Is your pain affecting your quality of life? Is your pain affecting the way you function?2
WE ACTIVELY LISTEN TO YOU
We review with you what you share with us. We want to understand you and the context of your presentation.3
WE CONDUCT A FULL PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
We screen you overall health, and, conduct a full physical examination. Our examination includes neurological and orthopaedic testing where appropriate.4
WE EDUCATE AND DISCUSS TREATMENT OPTIONS WITH YOU
We present treatment options for you to consider. These are based on the best available and current evidence.5
YOU DECIDE YOUR TREATMENT AND PATHWAY IN MANAGING YOUR COMPLAINT
We provide you with written feedback, a management plan and ongoing support in helping you optimise your recovery. You then decide if you would like further sessions to help for motivation, recovery strategies and/or evaluation of current strategy.
Please Note: Based on the current evidence in patient care for pain manual therapy techniques such as cracking and popping of joints, acupuncture, dry needling, machine based therapies, taping are not routinely practiced at Body Works. The evidence shows they are often not helpful for your recovery and, only provide temporary relief at best.
Evidence also suggest that your time with a healthcare professional is better spent on making sense of your current increases in pain levels so that a recovery plan may be implemented. While we address and treat your pain, we also want to give you the understanding and strategies to have control over your pain outcomes, and, also to empower and inspire you to enjoy that process. Additionally to this we provide ongoing coaching and support through the early stages. This evidence based approach also has the added benefit in reducing the number of paid treatments you will need.
