If you have an NDIS plan, physiotherapy can be one of the most useful services in your Capacity Building budget, but only if you know which providers you can actually use.

Inside: what NDIS physio actually funds, the three ways NDIS plans are managed and why it matters, and how our physio team at PHYZFIT can help support your recovery.

Every clinic quotes physio differently and it can feel impossible to work out what a fair fee actually is. You are not the only one wondering.

Inside: what physio really costs in Sydney, how much Medicare and your health fund actually cover, and how our physio team at PHYZFIT can help support your recovery.

Ice or heat? Everyone has an opinion, and most of it is wrong. Ice is for a fresh injury with swelling. Heat is for chronic tightness. But the details matter.

Inside: exactly when to use ice, when to use heat, the modern PEACE and LOVE protocol that has replaced RICE, common mistakes that slow healing, and when to see a Sydney physio at PHYZFIT Bexley North or Marrickville with Julian, Ari or Sam.

Wondering if your back pain is serious? Most lower back pain is not, and it settles within 6 weeks. But there are red flag signs you should never ignore.

Inside: the red flags that mean serious lower back pain, when you should see a physio in Sydney, whether you need a scan, and how our Bexley North and Marrickville physio team helps you recover with Julian, Ari and Sam.

Sharp pain reaching for the seatbelt. A dull ache stopping you sleeping on your side. Weakness lifting anything overhead. If that sounds familiar, you are most likely dealing with shoulder tendinitis, subacromial bursitis, or both together as part of a shoulder impingement pattern.

Inside: what shoulder tendinitis and subacromial bursitis actually are, why they usually flare together, and how our physio team at PHYZFIT Bexley North can help support your recovery through targeted rotator cuff strengthening and scapular stabilisation.

You rolled your ankle weeks ago. The swelling settled, the pain faded, but it still gives way on uneven ground and rolls again the moment you jog. If that sounds familiar, you are most likely dealing with an incompletely rehabbed ankle sprain.

Inside: what an ankle sprain actually is (lateral, medial and high ankle sprains), how to tell if it is sprained or broken, and how our sports physio team at PHYZFIT Bexley North can help rebuild your ankle strength, proprioception and confidence.

14 kilometres of Sydney streets, one Heartbreak Hill and 80,000 other runners. City to Surf is one of the biggest fun runs in the world, and the last 6 weeks before race day are what make or break your result.

Inside: a full week by week breakdown of the last 6 weeks of your City to Surf running training, the common mistakes that lead to shin splints or runners knee in the taper, and how our physio team at PHYZFIT can help support your race day preparation.

Wall balls that never end, sandbag lunges that light your quads up, and 8km of running mixed through the whole thing. If your knees are complaining after Hyrox training, you are far from alone.

Inside: why Hyrox loads your knees so heavily across wall balls, sled push, sled pull and sandbag lunges, the most common Hyrox knee pain diagnoses (patellofemoral pain and patellar tendon issues), and how our sports physio team at PHYZFIT can help support your recovery and race day preparation.

Sore knees getting up from the couch, stiff knees in the morning, and the feeling that going for a walk is a bigger deal than it used to be. If that sounds familiar, you are most likely dealing with knee arthritis (also known as knee osteoarthritis or knee OA).

Inside: what knee arthritis actually is, why exercise therapy consistently outperforms passive treatments in the research, and how our physio team at PHYZFIT can help support your recovery, delay knee replacement surgery and get you moving again.

You have been living with pain that has stuck around for months, or maybe years. Scans came back mostly clear, treatments have come and gone, and you are wondering if this is just your life now. If that sounds familiar, you are most likely dealing with chronic pain.

Inside: what chronic pain actually is according to modern pain science, why persistent pain does not always match tissue damage, and how our physio team at PHYZFIT can help support your recovery with a modern chronic pain management plan.

You know your body should be warmed up before you kick off, but a lap of the field and some old school static stretches is probably not doing much. The FIFA 11+ is a structured soccer warm up program that has been shown to cut football injury risk by up to 50 percent.

Inside: what the FIFA 11+ program actually is, why it works for ACL injury prevention and hamstring injury prevention, and how our sports physiotherapy team builds it into training and pre match warm ups for footballers across junior football, grassroots and NPL football.

You planted your foot to change direction, felt a pop in your knee, and dropped to the grass. If that sounds familiar you are most likely dealing with an ACL tear, one of the most feared soccer knee injuries.

Inside: what an ACL rupture actually is, why non contact ACL injuries are so common in football (especially in female footballers), and how our sports physiotherapy team at PHYZFIT can help support your ACL rehabilitation from prehab through return to sport.

You head out for a run, push through 2km, and that familiar sharp ache starts running down the front of your shins.

You back off, the pain eases, and the next run brings it straight back.

If that sounds familiar, you are most likely dealing with shin splints, and the reason it keeps coming back is not bad shoes.

Inside: why shin splints almost always come down to a load issue, the mistakes that turn a 4 week problem into a 4 month problem, and how our physio team at PHYZFIT can help you work towards getting on top of it properly.

You roll your ankle stepping off a curb, on uneven ground, or coming down from a jump.

The swelling fades, the pain settles in a few days, and you assume it has healed.

If that sounds familiar, you are most likely dealing with an untreated ankle sprain, and the reason it keeps giving you trouble is not bad luck.

Inside: why up to 70 percent of ankle sprains do not fully heal on their own, the chronic instability cycle that follows, and how our physio team at PHYZFIT can help you work towards getting on top of it properly.

You go to lift the kettle, grip a shopping bag or shake someone's hand, and that sharp ache hits on the outside of your elbow.

It eases off, you get on with your day, and then the next grip brings it straight back.

If that sounds familiar, you are most likely dealing with tennis elbow, and the reason it is not going away is not bad luck.

Inside: why tennis elbow affects far more than tennis players, why rest alone will not fix the tendon, and how our physio team at PHYZFIT can help you work towards getting on top of it properly.

You finish a day at your desk, roll your shoulders, and your neck feels like it has been holding up a bowling ball.

It eases off after a stretch, you push through, and tomorrow it happens again.

If that sounds familiar, you are most likely dealing with desk worker neck pain, and the reason it keeps coming back is not just bad posture.

Inside: why desk work quietly wrecks your neck, what to stop doing today to take pressure off, and how our physio team at PHYZFIT can help you work towards getting on top of it properly.

You wake up, put your feet on the floor, and the first few steps feel like walking on glass.

It eases off, you get on with your day, and then tomorrow it happens again.

If that sounds familiar, you are most likely dealing with plantar fasciitis, and the reason it keeps coming back is not bad luck.

Inside: why plantar fasciitis rarely goes away with rest alone, the real reason your heel hurts most in the morning, and how our physio team at PHYZFIT can help you work towards getting on top of it properly.

Knee pain has a way of quietly taking over your life… stairs become a mission, getting up from a chair feels like an effort, and you find yourself favouring one leg without even realising it.

The frustrating part is that it rarely stays the same, which can make it hard to know what to do.

Inside: the most common causes of knee pain and why the knee is often not where the problem starts, what you should not do while it is sore, and how our physio team at PHYZFIT can help you work towards getting on top of it.

A shoulder that aches through the day, limits what you can lift, or wakes you up at night is not something you should just push through.

Most people are surprised to find out it is rarely just a shoulder problem.

Inside: why shoulder pain so often comes from somewhere else entirely, the signs that mean it needs professional attention, and how our physio team at PHYZFIT can help.

Still putting up with a sore lower back that flares up, settles, then comes back again?
You are not alone, and it is not just bad luck.
Inside: the 3 most common reasons lower back pain doesn't go away on its own, the warning signs you should not ignore, and how our physio team at PHYZFIT can help support your recovery for good.