Injury Rehabilitation & Prevention

Injury Rehabilitation

We provide effective and result focused injury rehabilitation services on the Gold Coast that prepare people physically and functionally to enable them to return to work or athletic field. From the best soft tissue/movement treatments to the most effective rehabilitation protocols, we excel at injury rehabilitation.

Specialized Rehabilitation Services

We specialize in:

Hamstring injury rehabilitation
Shoulder injury rehabilitation
Back injury rehabilitation

Education Services

We also educate patients in how to:

Prevent back injury
Prevent football injuries
Prevent running injuries
Prevent sport injuries
Prevent shoulder injuries

Gold Coast bodybuilder Luke McNally chats about rehabbing his shoulder & ART

Hear what Daniel Ware form the Gold Coast has to say about his shoulder rehab

Gold Coast business owner Justin Harding talks about his hamstring rehabilitation

Insurance & Return to Work Services

From WorkCover Queensland to private insurers to Gold Coast businesses, we ensure the employer and/or insurer gets the required outcomes needed to return injured employees to work in the most efficient and safe manner. We also prescribe functional based exercise programs for Gold Coast people struggling in their current job and requiring improvement in functional capacity to complete daily work.

As Accredited Exercise Physiologists, we are registered with WorkCover Queensland and private insurers to provide rehabilitations services and also act as return to wrok coordinators. If your rehabilitation is a private matter and you are a member of the following health funds, you are entitled to Exercise Physiology services (including education) depending on your level of cover.

Funds include:

health funds

Want to know why what we do works so effectively?

Active Release Techniques is used in all injury rehabilitation protocols.

Active Release Techniques is a patented, state of the art soft tissue system/movement based massage technique that treats problems with muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia and nerves. Headaches, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, shin splints, shoulder pain, sciatica, plantar fasciitis, knee problems, and tennis elbow are just a few of the many conditions that can be resolved quickly and permanently with Active Release Techniques. These conditions all have one important thing in common: they are often a result of overused muscles.

How do overuse conditions occur?

Over-used muscles (and other soft tissues) change in three important ways:

Acute conditions (pulls, tears, collisions, etc)
Accumulation of small tears (micro-trauma)
Not getting enough oxygen (hypoxia)

Each of these factors can cause your body to produce tough, dense scar tissue in the affected area. This scar tissue binds up and ties down tissues that need to move freely. As scar tissue builds up, muscles become shorter and weaker, tension on tendons causes tendonitis, and nerves can become trapped. This can cause reduced range of motion, loss of strength, and pain. If a nerve is trapped you may also feel tingling, numbness, and weakness.

What is an Active Release Technique treatment like?

Every Active Release Technique session is actually a combination of examination and treatment. The Active Release Technique provider uses his or her hands to evaluate the texture, tightness and movement of muscles, fascia, tendons, ligaments and nerves. Abnormal tissues are treated by combining precisely directed tension with very specific patient movements. These treatment protocols - over 500 specific moves - are unique to Active Release Techniques. They allow providers to identify and correct the specific problems that are affecting each individual patient.