Conditions
Information sheets and tailored exercise programs are available for specific conditions in clinic. Below is a list of commonly treated conditions seen at Lake Gwelup Physiotherapy. This list is by no means comprehensive.
Vertigo
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
- Cervicogenic dizziness
Cervical/Neck
- Facet joint pain/sprain
- Wry neck
- Whiplash
- Headaches (tension, cervicogenic, cluster, migraine)
- Osteoporosis
- Osteoarthritis
- Spinal stenosis
- Spondylosis
- Spondylolysis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Scoliosis
- Disc-related injuries (bulge, herniation)
- Degenerative disc disease
- Cervical radiculopathy
- Nerve pain
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Fibromyalgia
- Rheumatoid arthritis
Thoracic/ Upper Back
- Facet/rib joint pain/sprain
- Whiplash
- Scheuermann’s Disease
- Cervical disc referral
- Scoliosis
- Spinal stenosis
- Spondylosis
- Spondylolysis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Osteoporosis
- Rib fracture
- Disc-related injuries (bulge, herniation)
- Degenerative disc disease
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Nerve pain
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Fibromyalgia
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- T4 syndrome
Shoulder
- Rotator cuff tendinopathy/tendinitis
- Rotator cuff tear/ repairs
- Biceps tendinopathy/tendinitis
- Shoulder Impingement
- Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)
- Shoulder bursitis
- Shoulder dislocation (instability)
- Acromio-clavicular joint (ACJ) injury
- Sterno-clavicular joint injury
- Shoulder osteoarthritis
- Fractured humerus, clavicle, scapula
- Nerve pain
- Labral injury/tear (SLAP lesion)
- Arthritis (osteoarthritis, psoriatic and rheumatoid arthritis)
Elbow
- Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylalgia)
- Golfer’s elbow (medial epicondylalgia)
- Olecranon bursitis
- Ligament injury (ulnar collateral ligament)
- Elbow dislocation
- Elbow fracture
- Arthritis (osteoarthritis, psoriatic and rheumatoid arthritis)
- Osteochondritis dissecans
Wrist
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Triangular fibrocartilage (TFCC) injury
- Carpal ligament injury
- Fracture- scaphoid, hook of hamate, Colle’s, Smith’s, Barton’s
- De Quervain’s tenosynovitis
- Arthritis (osteoarthritis, psoriatic and rheumatoid arthritis)
- Ganglion cyst
- Wartenberg’s syndrome
- Ulnar nerve syndrome
- Intersection syndrome
Hand
- Ligament injuries/finger and thumb sprain (game keeper’s/skier’s thumb)
- Arthritis (osteoarthritis, psoriatic and rheumatoid arthritis)
- Fibromyalgia
- Chronic regional pain syndrome
- Dupuytren’s disease
- Flexor and extensor tendon injuries/surgery (jersey finger, mallet finger, Boutonniere deformity, swan neck deformity)
- Fractures (Bennett’s, avulsion, metacarpal, phalangeal)
- Finger dislocations
Lumbar spine/lower back/pelvis
- Acute facet joint pain/sprain
- Chronic facet joint pain
- Arthritis (osteoarthritis, psoriatic and rheumatoid arthritis)
- Stenosis
- Pars fracture/defect
- Spondylosis
- Spondylolysis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Stress fracture
- Scoliosis
- Acute disc injury (bulge, herniation)
- Chronic disc injury
- Sacroiliac joint pain
- Lumbar radiculopathy
- Sciatica
- Nerve pain
- Piriformis syndrome
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Osteoporosis
Hip and groin
- Arthritis (osteoarthritis, psoriatic and rheumatoid arthritis)
- Labral tear
- Femoro-acetabular impingement (FAI)
- Perthes disease
- Stress fracture
- Avascular necrosis
- Greater trochanteric pain syndrome (Gluteal tendinopathy/trochanteric bursitis)
- Adductor tendinopathy/tendinitis
- Groin strain
- Osteitis pubis (bone stress injury)
- Inguinal hernia
- Hip flexor strain
- Hip replacement
- Traction apophysitis
- Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (SUFE)
- Transient synovitis
- Conjoint tendinopathy
Knee
- Knee ligament injuries (ACL, PCL, LCL, MCL)
- Posterior corner injury
- Superior tibiofibular joint sprain
- Meniscus tear
- Chondromalacia patellae
- Patellofemoral pain syndrome
- Infrapatellar fat pad impingement
- Prepatellar bursitis
- Osgood Schlatter’s
- Sinding Larsen Johansson Syndrome
- Knee arthritis (osteoarthritis, psoriatic and rheumatoid arthritis)
- Patella tendinopathy/tendinitis
- Popliteus injury/tendinopathy
- Corked thigh
- Quadricep strain
- Hamstring strain
- Iliotibial band friction syndrome (ITBFS)
- Pes anserine bursitis
- Plica syndrome
- Baker’s cyst
- Stress fracture
- Knee replacement/arthroscopy
- Patella dislocation
Ankle/leg pain
- Calf strain
- Shin splints (medial tibial stress syndrome, anterior tibial stress syndrome)
- Stress fracture
- Tibialis posterior tendinopathy/tendinitis
- Compartment syndrome
- Achilles tendinopathy/tendinitis
- Achilles tendon rupture
- Retrocalcaneal bursitis
- Ankle sprain
- Talar dome injury (osteochondral)
- Ankle syndesmosis/high ankle sprain
- Peroneal tendinopathy/tendinitis
- Subluxing peroneal tendons
- Ankle arthritis (osteoarthritis, psoriatic, gout and rheumatoid arthritis)
- Anterior and posterior ankle impingement
- Tarsal tunnel syndrome
- Sever’s disease
Foot and heel
- Plantar fasciitis
- Heel spur
- Bunion/ bunionette
- Gout and other forms of arthritis
- Metatarsalgia
- Morton’s neuroma
- Stress fracture
Temporomandibular joint (TMJ)/jaw
- Arthritis
- Articular disc displacement/derangement
Post-operative management
- Joint replacements
- Tendon repairs
- Ligament repairs
- Spinal fusion
- Discectomy
- Laminectomy
- Arthroscopic surgery
- Fracture repairs