Improvement through movement

FreeFlow Physio is founded on two key principles:

  1. The body has an innate potential for adaptation, growth, and recovery.

  2. We can harness this potential through progressive forms of movement to improve a range of health factors such as strength, flexibility, coordination, balance, and pain over time.

We believe that these simple principles can be applied and adapted to anyone - no matter the diagnosis - to improve functional capacity and quality of life.

In-fact there’s evidence to back this up:

    • Stroke: Intensive task-oriented training is favoured in all phases post-stroke, even chronic [1].

    • Neurodegenerative: Aerobic and strength exercises consistently recommended to improve symptoms and function in people with diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis, or Parkinson’s Disease [2].

    • Chronic pain: Graded exposure to previously avoided movements allows the pain system to be retrained [3].

    • Injury prevention: Building a muscle’s strength in a stretched position leads to a 50% reduction in injury to that muscle [4].

    • Osteoarthritis: All clinical guidelines recommend exercise to reduce pain and improve function in arthritic joints [5].

    • Frailty: Resistance training can largely negate the muscle loss [6] and reduced bone density [7] that we associate with old age.

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg!

A collaborative approach to your health

We understand that it isn’t always that simple.

Maybe physio hasn’t worked before?

Maybe an illness holds you back?

Maybe exercise hurts, or caused an injury?

Maybe you feel that exercise isn’t for you?

Maybe you just can’t find the time to exercise?

FreeFlow Physio embraces an active client-centered approach, where each therapy journey is unique and personal.

Sessions are provided in-home to ensure intervention is adapted to suit you and your environment.

Together we’ll set goals, navigate barriers, tailor exercises and celebrate victories - ensuring that you’re in the driver’s seat of your own health.

1

Share your story

A comprehensive initial assessment to learn about you, your history, and your relationship with movement.

2

Collaborative goal setting

We’ll work together to discuss and set specific, incremental goals that align with what you would like to achieve.

3

Peronalised intervention plan

Graded exercise intervention tailored to movement patterns relevant to you, and any relevant barriers involved.

4

Continued support

Progression and review at a frequency appropriate to your individual needs; from weekly review to a yearly check-in.

References

  • Veerbeek, J. M., van Wegen, E., van Peppen, R., van der Wees, P. J., Hendriks, E., Rietberg, M., & Kwakkel, G. (2014). What is the evidence for physical therapy poststroke? A systematic review and meta-analysis. PloS one, 9(2), e87987.

  • Kim, Y., Lai, B., Mehta, T., Thirumalai, M., Padalabalanarayanan, S., Rimmer, J. H., & Motl, R. W. (2019). Exercise training guidelines for multiple sclerosis, stroke, and Parkinson’s disease: Rapid review and synthesis. American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation, 98(7), 613.

  • Caneiro, J. P., Smith, A., Bunzli, S., Linton, S., Moseley, G. L., & O’Sullivan, P. (2022). From fear to safety: a roadmap to recovery from musculoskeletal pain. Physical therapy, 102(2), pzab271.

  • Van Dyk, N., Behan, F. P., & Whiteley, R. (2019). Including the Nordic hamstring exercise in injury prevention programmes halves the rate of hamstring injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 8459 athletes. British journal of sports medicine, 53(21), 1362-1370.

  • Lim, W. B., & Al-Dadah, O. (2022). Conservative treatment of knee osteoarthritis: A review of the literature. World journal of orthopedics, 13(3), 212.

    • Sarcopenia: Grevendonk, L., Connell, N. J., McCrum, C., Fealy, C. E., Bilet, L., Bruls, Y. M., ... & Hoeks, J. (2021). Impact of aging and exercise on skeletal muscle mitochondrial capacity, energy metabolism, and physical function. Nature communications, 12(1), 4773.

    • Osteoporosis: Kitsuda, Y., Wada, T., Noma, H., Osaki, M., & Hagino, H. (2021). Impact of high-load resistance training on bone mineral density in osteoporosis and osteopenia: a meta-analysis. Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism, 39, 787-803.