Northside Physio News

In the middle of June, our physios, Hayley and Connie, hosted a strapping evening at the clinic for local members of our Northside community. The evening covered tips, tricks, and techniques for strapping commonly injured areas such as knees (for both ligament and tendon support), as well as ankles and thumbs.

Taping is an invaluable skill for everyone — whether you play sport yourself or have a child or family member who does. It’s always handy to have a roll of tape and know what to do in case of injury, or if they require a little bit more support for trainings/game days!

It feels like just yesterday we were sending Connie our love as she headed off on maternity leave. As of March Connie will officially be back at Northside Physio consulting on Tuesday and Thursday evenings as well as Saturday mornings. At this stage, Connie will be seeing Women’s Health and pre-existing musculoskeletal patients only, she will not be taking on new Musculoskeletal patients.

We can’t wait to have Connie back in action at Northside Physio, we have missed her smiling face, her cake obsession and her rogue Pilates chats!

We are happy to announce that we will be joining forces with the Northside FC Senior Women’s team for season 2025!

Together, we’re bringing top-tier physiotherapy care and support to their amazing players, providing them with injury assessments and the treatment and care they need to stay healthy and on the field! As a clinic, Northside Physio loves to support the local community, especially when it comes to local sport so this opportunity was to good to pass up.

Northside FC players can now book their injury assessments and/or Initial Consultations via the website or by calling the clinic on 9942 8903.

Fingers crossed for a successful season for the girls!

This month Northside Physio has gained a new Physiotherapist – Sarah!

Sarah is a friendly, motivated and confident UK trained Physiotherapist. Originally from Manchester, United Kingdom, Sarah graduated from Leeds Beckett University with her Bachelor of Physiotherapy. Sarah has years of experience working across multiple areas including Musculoskeletal Outpatients and Orthopaedics in the NHS as well as Private Practice here in Australia.

Sarah’s Musculoskeletal experience has allowed her to treat in a broad range of conditions making her extremely adaptable. Sarah treats by adopting a variety of evidence-based treatment approaches through utilising a wide scope of assessment, diagnosis, and treatment tools. Sarah is very well travelled, having spent a couple of years travelling around South East Asia and Australia. We are very excited to have Sarah as a part of the Northside Physio team!

 

For those of you who don’t know Roland finished up at Northside Physio in mid January to pursue a new chapter in Private Practice closer to home. In even bigger news, he is also just about to get married and jet off to New Zealand for his honeymoon!

On behalf of the team at Northside Physio we wish you all the very best both in your career and your life as a newlywed!

We had an amazing time celebrating the festive season at our Christmas Party! We kicked off the day with bar hopping around Fitzroy, starting at The Builders Arms Hotel, enjoyed a delicious lunch at The Napier, and wrapped things up at The Rose Hotel.

Of course, Elf on the Shelf joined us for the fun, adding some extra holiday cheer to the festivities. It was a fantastic day filled with laughs, good food and great company!

Over the course of October/Early November, Physio’s Hayley and Roland upskilled in their knowledge on the upper limb, completing professional development courses on the shoulder, head and neck. 

Roland’s completed a course on the shoulder joint. In particular, looking at shoulder joint dysfunction, management of shoulder instability and stiff shoulder pathologies. Through this, Roland was able to learn specific manual therapy and taping techniques for the shoulder joint. He has also added some creative exercises to his toolkit to give to those patients presenting with shoulder stiffness, dysfunction or instability

Hayley completed a head and neck course in early November. Topics covered included, postural head and neck pain, headaches, dizziness and temporomandibular joint (jaw) pain. This course covered manual therapy techniques to provide relief to the shoulder, neck and jaw. Additionally, she is now equipped with additional exercises to enhance the movement of the upper limb, taking pressure off the neck and upper back in patients presenting with head and neck pain.

If you are suffering from head, neck or shoulder pain, both Hayley and Roland are available full time at Northside Physio. Bookings can be made online or by calling 9942 8903. 

He’s arrived – Baby Batchelor has graced the clinic!

After nearly nine months of waiting, the team at Northside Physio received news that Connie had welcomed her little bundle of joy into the world:

Name: Xavier Michael Batchelor
Weight: 3.5kg
DOB: 10th September, 2024 at 3:16am

We are over the moon for Connie and Michael and we wish them all the happiness as they settle into this new chapter with their gorgeous baby boy. Enjoy every moment, we can’t wait to meet him!