Advantage Healthcare & Physiotherapy
Advantage Healthcare & Physiotherapy is an allied health and physiotherapy clinic based in Wynnum on Brisbane’s Bayside since 2004. In this podcast, senior physiotherapists discuss common injuries and treatments, as well as advanced practice areas including chronic pain, pelvic floor and women’s health physiotherapy, vestibular conditions such as BPPV, paediatric physiotherapy, sports physiotherapy, and occupational physiotherapy. Episodes also cover integration with other services like remedial massage and exercise physiology, and they answer questions patients regularly ask. The show explains conditions, assessment, and treatment options in clear, practical terms to help people better understand their health and the role physiotherapy can play in recovery and long-term management.
Episodes
Painful Bowel Movements with Endometriosis: Toilet Position, Breathing and the Pelvic Floor
Painful bowel movements are common with endometriosis, and the natural reactions of bracing, holding your breath and pushing harder usually make things worse. Senior Pelvic Physiotherapist Céline Van Zyl from Advantage Healthcare & Physiotherapy in Wynnum, Brisbane explains why it happens and what you can change, both on the toilet and through the day. She covers why pain when openin
Why Does Pain Keep Coming Back? With Linda Gomercic, Physiotherapist in Brisbane Bayside
Why does pain sometimes settle with treatment, then return weeks or months later? Calum Fraser (Senior Physiotherapist) talks with Linda Gomercic, Senior Physiotherapist (Advanced Practice, Complex Pain) at Advantage Healthcare & Physiotherapy, about how movement and pain relate, why the painful area isn’t always the whole story, and what you can try yourself when everyday movements b
Why Do I Feel Dizzy? Vertigo, BPPV and When to Get Help
Dizziness can mean feeling lightheaded, feeling unsteady, or feeling like the room is spinning, and the cause isn't always the same. In this episode, AMie Rice Mooyman, Vestibular & BPPV Physiotherapist at Advantage Healthcare & Physiotherapy in Wynnum, Brisbane, talks through the most common reasons people feel dizzy, from the inner ear to changes in blood pressure, the neck and
Endometriosis Pain & Flare-Ups: Why it Hurts & What Helps - Physiotherapist Explains
Episode title:Endometriosis Pain and Flare-Ups: Why It Hurts and What Helps: Physiotherapist ExplainsDescription:Why can endometriosis be so painful, and what can actually help on a bad day? In this episode, Céline Van Zyl, Senior Pelvic Physiotherapist at Advantage Healthcare & Physiotherapy in Wynnum, Brisbane, explains what drives endometriosis pain and flare-ups, and where physiot
Does ongoing pain mean ongoing damage? Physiotherapy for chronic pain.
When pain has been around for months or years, it's natural to read every flare-up as a sign that something is being damaged again. In episode 2 of our series on persistent and chronic pain, Senior Physiotherapist Charles Colen from Advantage Healthcare & Physiotherapy in Wynnum explains why that often isn't the case, and why it's still a mistake to swing the other way and dismiss pai
Understanding Chronic Pain: A Physiotherapy Perspective
What does chronic pain actually mean, and why can pain continue after an injury has healed?In this first episode, Charles Colen, Senior Physiotherapist at Advantage Healthcare & Physiotherapy in Wynnum, Brisbane, explains how physiotherapists think about chronic or persistent pain.The episode covers:What chronic pain means and how it differs from acute painWhy persistent pain does not
Pelvic Floor Exercises - how to know you are doing them properly
How do you know if you’re actually using your pelvic floor muscles correctly?In this episode, Dimity Weaver, senior physiotherapist and pelvic floor physiotherapist at Advantage Healthcare & Physiotherapy in Wynnum, explains how the pelvic floor works, what a pelvic floor contraction should feel like, common mistakes to avoid, and why relaxation is just as important as contraction.Dim
What is Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy? It's More Than Just Kegels
In this episode, Dimity from Advantage Healthcare & Physiotherapy explains what pelvic floor physiotherapy involves and why treatment is about much more than just Kegel exercises.We discuss some of the common reasons people see a pelvic floor physiotherapist, including bladder and bowel symptoms, pelvic pain, prolapse, pregnancy and postnatal concerns.Dimity also explains what happens
