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If you’re suffering from the discomfort, pain or embarrassment associated with incontinence or pelvic floor dysfunction, you’re not alone. Pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) affects as many as 4.8 million Australians and incontinence affects one in four Australians over the age of 15.

As I have aged over my twenty years as a physiotherapist my clients have aged with me and more and more they are asking me for treatment and exercises to help with their arthritic hip, knee or low back.

This group of clients is one of the most satisfying to treat because with some fairly straight forward strategies I can have a big impact on their quality of life. “But you can’t fix a worn out joint!” I hear you say, and this the question my long term clients often have for me.

Even though headaches are usually harmless and often related to lifestyle factors (i.e. too much alcohol, not enough sleep or dehydration) this doesn’t stop them from being inconvenient, painful and even sometimes debilitating.

The AC (acromioclavicular) joint is a joint in the shoulder where the collarbone (clavicle) meets the shoulder blade (scapula).

An ankle sprain is when one of the ligaments of the ankle joint is overloaded, resulting in a tear. The ankle joint is made up of four bones: the talus, calcaneus, tibia and fibula.