OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY & PHYSIOTHERAPY
Occupation isn’t just your job/vocation, it’s the activities you wish to carry out. These can be tasks at work, home or for recreation. Hanging out the washing, vacuuming/mopping the house, playing the guitar, hiking with friends to name a few. When you think of Occupational Therapy think about us helping you complete the tasks you are required to do and love to do.
We get asked regularly what the difference is between a physiotherapist and an occupational therapist and to be fair in our team very little in the titles.
Physical – helping you move better
Occupational – enabling you to do what you want to do
However, when it comes to experience and skill set, each individual member of our team can offer you sometimes, something a little bit different. Our Physiotherapists and Occupational therapist will and can carry out a detailed assessment. Depending on the issues found they may treat you personally, refer you to someone better suited to help you within our team, or sometimes externally or they may treat you simultaneously using their individual skills resulting in quicker recovery.
Rest assured if you are not sure who best to see, our whole team are able to assess and advise at an initial appointment. Still not sure? We are happy to offer a 10-minute free consult to put your mind at ease. (Ask about this when calling to make an appointment).
Biljana as an Occupational therapist compliments our physiotherapists well. She draws on her 7 years’ experience as a remedial massage therapist and is exceptional at manual soft tissue therapy. Whether that is releasing tight knots in muscles, breaking down scar tissue post injury or surgery or mobilising the connective tissue that allows us to move freer her manual therapy when it comes to muscles, fascia, ligaments and tendons are second to none. Combine this with her training and experience in lymphatic drainage, a technique that is used commonly to help post-surgical cancer patients and those suffering with lymphoedema.
Biljana also uses laser therapy and Shockwave therapy (Balcatta clinic only) to increase healing and reduce pain of conditions such as tendonitis and bursitis.
When it comes to getting you functioning and moving well, reducing pain and continuing living the best live that you can we work as a team to offer you the best for your needs.