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What is Telehealth and How Does it work? Telehealth is a video or phone consultation between a health professional and a patient. Consultations are used for advice and exercises supervised by our [...]

With the recent global outbreak of COVID-19, we would like to update you all on the status of Cairns Total Physio. We are closely monitoring advice from the relevant health authorities and the [...]

  It is a sad reality that each year, 1 in 5 Australians will experience a mental illness. The onset of mental illness is more prevalent in the adolescent group however can occur at any [...]

with Chris Stanger, Physiotherapist Achilles tendinopathy is a common condition that can present as an acute or chronic injury. Patients will present with pain in either the mid portion of the [...]

Hopefully everyone’s new years resolution is going well! For many people it involves getting returning to exercise and losing that weight that has been bugging them since last Christmas! With new [...]

P.O.L.I.C.E. –Protection, Optimal Loading, Ice, Compression and Elevation It might be time to revise the old acronym RICE, and PRICE which have been used as the guide for management of [...]

After being asked many times what exactly osteoarthritis is, I think it’s time to write a blog answering some commonly asked questions and bring forward some recent evidence for prevention and [...]

Referral for investigations such as x-ray, ultrasound, CT or MRI scans is an expectation that has developed considerably over the last few years. The belief that having a scan will show exactly [...]

I can’t remember a day in the clinic, where a patient didn’t say to me, my back/neck/shoulder hurts because I have poor posture! It is a widely held belief by many that sitting up tall with a [...]