Injuries
Public vs Private Joint Replacement: Medicare, Health Funds, Wait Times and What You’ll Pay
Key Takeaways The public pathway covers your care through Medicare with little or no out-of-pocket cost, but you have less choice of surgeon and timing and usually a longer wait. The private pathway lets you choose your surgeon and often means weeks rather than months, with costs shaped by your fund cover and the fees…
See MoreWhat is a Baker’s Cyst? How its diagnosed and treated.
A Baker’s cyst, also called a popliteal cyst, is a fluid-filled sac that forms behind the knee and is usually felt as a lump, swelling or tightness at the back of the knee. It develops when an underlying knee problem, such as osteoarthritis or a meniscus tear, makes the joint produce extra fluid, which collects…
See MoreMeniscal Tears
“Unlocking the Mystery of Meniscal Tears: Diagnosis and Treatment for a Common Knee Injury” What are meniscal tears? The menisci are C-shaped pieces of cartilage in your knee that act as shock absorbers and help to stabilise the joint. A meniscal tear is a common injury that occurs when one or both of these pieces…
See MoreHamstring Tendinosis Part 1: Diagnosis
Key Takeaways Hamstring tendinosis is a chronic overload problem of the hamstring tendon, also called proximal hamstring tendinopathy or hamstring tendonitis. It can cause pain when sitting, through compression on the tendon, and when climbing stairs or walking uphill, through stretch. Diagnosis relies mainly on a physiotherapy assessment, with MRI used when the picture is…
See MoreBreaking the Cycle of Recurring Injuries [Part 2]
Injuries are no fun. The pain is genuinely draining. But the same injury or pain coming back again and again after you thought you had dealt with it? That takes the cake… In part 1 or this article we discussed the first 3 steps to break the cycle of recurrent injuries. Awareness and applying a…
See MoreBreaking the Cycle of Recurring Injuries [Part 1]
Do you have a pain or injury that just keeps coming back? That’s been on and off for so long that you now just think of it as part of your life? Initially perhaps you thought that you might be able to shake it off quickly and get back to your normal routine, a quick…
See MoreWhere Most People Fall Down When It Comes to Rehab
Everyone loves a good comeback story. That’s what most of our work at MTP revolves around. From seeing people get back to running after problematic knee injuries, to being able to hike again after chronic hip pain. We focus on paving a successful road to recovery. To us, this is how the experience of rehab…
See MoreInjury [The Only Cause]
Why do all injuries occur? There is ONE simple principle that dictates why any musculoskeletal injury occurs: Load > Capacity When we really boil it down to its simplest components, that’s all there is to it. At the time you got injured, your tissue simply didn’t have the load-bearing capacity to tolerate the force that…
See MoreHow To Squat Without Knee Pain
Key Takeaways Knee pain when squatting is commonly linked to hip position, stiff ankles, letting your weight shift forward or load that rises too quickly. Raising the heels can help stiff ankles, but loads may need to be lighter at first and progressed gradually. A pain-free squat starts with the feet flat in the foot…
See MoreFAQ: Will I Have To See You Forever?
FAQ: Do I Need To Keep Seeing You Forever To Get The Best Outcome? Absolutely not, as Luke talks about in the video above, our aim with all the programs that we run at MTP Health is to create programs that focus on the best long term result. While most people find that they…
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