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Three Surprising Reasons to Visit Your Physiotherapist 

Apr 23, 2021

Three Surprising
Reasons to Visit Your Physiotherapist

Your physiotherapist has a wide variety of skills
and can help treat so much more than just pain and injury. Here are a few
reasons to visit your physiotherapist that can keep you healthy and pain-free,
before injury strikes.


Stiffness and Inflexibility

Almost all of us have experienced pain and
stiffness after a day of increased or unaccustomed exercise. This kind of
stiffness usually wears off quickly and is referred to as DOMS (delayed onset
muscles soreness). However, if you find yourself feeling stiff for more
extended periods, or even most the time – it might be time to see a
physiotherapist. There are many different causes of stiffness and
inflexibility; by far, the most common is lack of movement. Our joints and
muscles both lose flexibility if not moved through their range regularly.
Muscle stiffness can feel like a tightness with a bouncy feeling of
restriction, and joint stiffness can create a hard ‘blocked’ feeling when you
try to move.

When it comes to stiffness the evolves from lack of
movement, you may not even notice that you have lost range, as it can be very
easy to adapt your movements to compensate. Your physiotherapist can help you
to identify where you have areas of inflexibility and help you to exercise,
stretch and mobilise your joints to get them back to a healthy range. Disease
processes such as Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis can also cause
prolonged stiffness, and your physiotherapist is well equipped to help you deal
with these conditions.


Reduced Strength or
Weakness

There are many reasons for weakness in the body,
from generalised disuse, weakness in one muscle group following an injury,
neurological weakness or structural weakness of joint following a ligament
tear. Musculoskeletal deficiency of any kind can predispose you to future
injuries and can be surprisingly difficult to resolve without targeted
exercises. Your physiotherapist can determine the cause of your weakness and
determine the best treatment to restore your muscle strength.


Reduced Balance

Keeping your balance is a very complicated process,
and your body works hard to make sure you stay on your feet. Humans have a very
small base of support for our height, and we use all our senses together to
determine which movements we should make to stay upright, including our visual,
vestibular, muscular and sensory systems. As balance is so essential for
walking, if one system that supports our balance begins to weaken, the others
will quickly compensate, so you may not notice that your balance has worsened
until you fall or trip over more often.

As a general rule, balance does deteriorate as we
age, but this does not mean that falling should be an inevitable part of aging.
Actively working to maintain or improve your balance can have a significant
effect on your quality of life and confidence in getting around. Your
physiotherapist is able to test all the aspects of your balance and provide
effective rehabilitation to help keep you on your feet.

If you need help with your balance or want to prevent falls, please check out our free report

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The information in this article
is not a replacement for proper medical advice. Always see a medical
professional for an assessment of your condition.

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Physiotherapist
  • Are you comfortable working with different people to achieve their health goals?
  • Are you stuck in a boring job with little chance of learning, development or career opportunity?
  • Do you want a fresh flexible opportunity that will allow you to grow professionally and personally?
  • Our dynamic and fun business is looking for the right person to join the team.

Ideal Characteristics Required 

  • People person
  • Highly motivated
  • Outstanding references
  • You actually want to learn and work

Why work at Gav Noble Physiotherapy? 

  • Join an established, respected and busy set of clinics

  • Excellent work environment with learning opportunities in both Clinical & Business

Skills Required 

  • Commitment to ongoing professional development
  • Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team
  • Practical and able to problem solve
  • Demonstrate ability to market and advertise your skills
  • Able to use a computer
  • Strong musculo-skeletal and manual therapy background
  • Relevant Qualification 

Desirable skills/interest 

  • Manual therapy
  • Pilates training
  • Dry needling
  • Kinesio tape
  • Marketing/Business
  • Previous MSK Private Practice background

Perks

  • Opportunities for developing manual therapy skills.
  • Mixed Caseload
  • Flexibility, accountability, autonomy, transparency
  • Ability to make changes and improvements to clinical practice easily and quickly.
  • Flexibility and freedom to be creative in your approach with patient care
  • Flexible working hours
Client Care Specialist

THIS JOB WILL BE PERFECT FOR YOU IF:

  • Have amazing personal and phone communication skills
  • Have a record of speaking to people at length and the ability to deal with complaints in an empathetic manner
  • An understanding of KPIs in business and the ability to optomise their own performance
  • Help our clients get the best outcomes they can
  • Want to learn on the job and are keen in evolve your current skills
  • Computer and Social Media Literate
  • Able to handle taking payments and managing money

THE OPPORTUNITY:

  • Join a hard working, fun group who enjoy making a difference every day you come into the clinic
  • The opportunity to make a real difference in people’s lives and health through communication and education

IF YOU CAN SEE YOURSELF:

  • Helping potential clients determine if our clinic is the right fit for them and their problem?
  • Answering and returning phone calls of potential, current and past clients?

JOB TITLE: Client Care Specialist

  • Are you comfortable with talking to strangers both in person and on the phone?
  • Are you a motivated to learn?
  • Is being “organised” a top priority in your life and are you able to multi-task and prioritize projects, while simultaneously meeting deadlines and prioritizing your day?
  • Can you communicate effectively with people from all different backgrounds – both written and verbal?
  • Are you able to speak up when you see something that is not working and can you anticipate the needs of other people because you show up for work knowing that the smallest details always make the difference?
  • Do you have a positive outlook on life? Are you flexible and open to change, committed to learning?

THE ROLE:

  • You will be responsible for managing a busy front desk and waiting room.
  • experience, meeting and greeting our patients, answering the phone, converting inquires into paying patients and ensuring that all of our patients are looked after and made to feel welcomed whenever they enter your world.
  • Ultimately, your job is to help us grow the revenue of the clinic by booking in new patients via the phone or those who walk into our clinic directly and excelling at retaining those patients as lifelong customers of the business.
  • You’ll do that by creating the type of customer service experience that patients will be happy to pay for – and just as happy to tell others about.

THE TASKS:

  • Communicate the value of our services (in person and on the phone) and be able to explain how what we do, is worth the price we are asking
  • Successfully handle price objections.
  • Hold a lengthy (at least 15-20 minute) conversation with new patients on the phone ensuring that patients are committed and bought into our service.
  • Provide an exceptional waiting room environment for our patients that they’ll look forward to coming back to.
  • Ensure that people who call requesting appointments are placed on schedule and understand the true time and cost commitment involved in physical therapy.
  • Ensure people show up excited for their first appointment after scheduling.
  • Communicate with patients before, during and after appointments to ensure satisfaction is being achieved.
  • Ensure that all invoices are raised on time, every time and are sent to the appropriate person (in house or externally).
  • Organise and plan all schedules – maximising efficiency and revenue for the clinic.
  • Foster deep relationships with patients ensuring NP score hits agreed levels.
  • Develop and regularly update the procedures library so that every aspect of the role is documented and can be achieved by anyone else in the business.

SKILLS/COMPETENCIES NEEDED:

  • Be able to hold meaningful conversations with prospective patients on the phone for longer than 20 minutes (empathy).
  • Be able to answer all questions asked on the phone in a such a way that increases the likelihood that the person asking will want to become a customer (insightful and knowledgeable).
  • Recall names and faces of patients and in doing so making all our patients feel welcomed and remembered.
  • Provide a warm and welcoming greeting to patients when they arrive in the clinic (experience).
  • Organisation and planning: plans and organises, schedules and budgets in an efficient, productive manner.
  • Focuses on key priorities.
  • Follow through on commitments: lives up to verbal and written agreements regardless of personal cost.
  • Demonstrate an ability to quickly and proficiently understand and absorb new information.
  • Attention to detail: does not let important details slip through the cracks.
  • Persistence: demonstrate tenacity and willingness to go the distance to get something done.
  • Proactivity: acts without being told what to do.
  • Bring new ideas to the company.

WHAT WE WILL DO FOR YOU:

  • Provide you with ongoing training and support in the field of customer service and front desk administration.
  • Give you an amazing environment to work in that includes working with a team of wonderful and very supportive staff – as well as very
  • friendly customers.
  • Opportunity to develop and grow in a team that is value driven and strongly encourages personality based service.
  • Competitive salary with chance to earn even more as we grow as a result of your impact.

Salary: On Application.

Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours.