Active Life Physiotherapy

01/08/2025

Are you a health and wellness practitioner looking for a beautiful space to rent. We have availability in our Murwillumbah clinic for the right practitioner. Work beside our team of physio’s, massage therapist and pilates instructors in a clean, light filled space. DM for more info.

07/05/2025

Introducing Lauren to you.

Lauren is joining our Reformer pilates teaching team with classes Monday evenings, Tuesday's early and Wednesday evenings.

Heres's a little bio about here:

"I got into teaching Pilates because I loved how it made me feel strong, confident and more connected to my body. It quickly became something I wanted to share with others. Helping people move better and feel good in their own skin is what keeps me coming back every day."

Book online, on mind body or call 02 6672 8495.

15/04/2025

Athletic reformer workout!

Here's our new physio Lorenzo demonstrating an Athletic Reformer Warmup.

Calf strength, hip, pelvis and core strength!!

The reformer is an amazing tool for improving strength, mobility, getting fit and strong and recovering from injuries.

We offer classes catering to all levels.

Book online via mindbody, www.activelifephysio.com.au or call us on 026672 8495

09/04/2025

Pain on the outside of your hips?

Trochanteric Bursitis, Gluteal Tendinopathy, Greater trochanteric pain syndrome!

This can go by a number of different names but usually it means that the Glute medius tendon (outside hip muscle) has become irritable and overloaded causing pain.

The answer is to build strength in the hip muscles in a way that doesn't over stress, compress or overload the irritable tendon. Like all strength building, this will take time but over 6-12 weeks you can make a massive difference to your pain.

Here we're demonstrating:
1. Isometric hip abduction against a wall - try long holds 5 x 40 seconds
2. Bridging with resistance band
3. Skater variations on the reformer - this is one of the best exercises around for this condition.

Things to avoid:
- stretching your hip across your body. This will feel good at the time but the compressive load of the this stretch will aggravate the glute tendon and make it irritable and painful
- sitting cross legged - this does the same as the cross body stretching.
- hitching on you sore hip - again loads the tendon with compressive force which will aggravate.
- try to stay away from the cortisone needle. In severe cases it might be necessary to settle things down but often the pain will return if you don't do the work to strengthen and rebuild the capacity of your hip and leg muscles and strengthen the tendon.

As always - if you pain persists come and see us for an assessment to make sure we get the diagnosis right and set you up with the correct program.

19/03/2025

We did a fantastic inservice training yesterday talking about pain in the front of the knee from .physio so I thought I would talk about the most common causes of knee pain we see in the clinic.
If you suffer from pain in the front of your knee, we can help you and most of the time should be able to resolve with the right approach to strengthening, mobility and managing your activity levels.

10/03/2025

We are planning to have clinic back open tomorrow (11/3) physio and Pilates classes running as normal. If you are booked in and can’t make it in please call or send a message to let us know. We look forward to seeing you all back in the clinic!

09/03/2025

Sorry everyone but due to continued weather and road conditions the clinic will be closed tomorrow (10/3). All physio and Pilates classes are cancelled. We will continue to keep you updated and hope to see you again soon. Stay safe!

09/03/2025

Hi all. We have to close again tomorrow sorry as it’s not safe for our staff to get in to town. Stay safe everyone.

04/03/2025

Due to cyclone warnings the clinic will be closed Thursday(6/3) to Saturday (8/3). There will be no physio or Pilates classes on.
Stay safe everyone and we will see you back next week!

13/02/2025

We're excited to welcome Teresa Valentini to our team. She'll be working Thursday afternoons looking after patients and teaching Pilates. Here's a little bit of her history.

With a strong background in Clinical Pilates and a comprehensive understanding of injury rehabilitation, Teresa is dedicated to helping patients achieve optimal health and well-being through a variety of methods, including Pilates, manual therapies, and therapeutic exercise.

Teresa's approach to physiotherapy is influenced by over 15 years of Pilates teaching experience. Originally from the United States, she discovered the transformative benefits of equipment-based Pilates while recovering from dance-related injuries 20 years ago. This forever changed how she viewed injury recovery, and feels grateful to have encountered Pilates early in her career.

She has worked as a physiotherapist in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings . She is also a Pilates educator, delivering teacher trainings, workshops, and Pilates education both in Australia and abroad.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's of Exercise Science (University of Illinois)
Doctorate of Physiotherapy (University of Melbourne)
Fletcher Pilates Qualified - all apparatus
AAMT Dry Needling Level 1 + 2

29/01/2025

We're hiring - on the lookout for the next physio to join our team. Please feel free to share around if you know anyone.

Come and work in the best region in Australia in a progressive, modern clinic with a varied caseload and opportunity for growth.

23/01/2025

Morning all. Our phones and power are still out. We’re here if you have an appointment booked. Hopefully things come back on soon.