Not sure exactly where it fits? General muscle, joint and tendon pain, sports injuries, and post-fracture or post-surgical recovery.
Medically reviewed by Dr. Pratik Khaire (PT), BPT, COMT, CDNT, CDCT, CIAFMT · Last reviewed 2026-08-16
Why this happens: General muscle soreness or tightness from overuse, tension or unaccustomed activity.
How physiotherapy helps: Physio identifies contributing factors and uses hands-on treatment and targeted exercise for relief.
Why this happens: A muscle is overstretched or partially torn, often from sudden movement or overuse.
How physiotherapy helps: Physio guides pain relief and a progressive strengthening program for safe recovery.
Why this happens: Pain arising from a joint due to overuse, minor injury, or early degenerative changes.
How physiotherapy helps: Physio assesses the joint and surrounding muscles to identify and treat the underlying cause.
Why this happens: Reduced movement, inactivity or minor injury restricts a joint's normal range of motion.
How physiotherapy helps: Physio restores movement through hands-on mobilisation and a targeted exercise program.
Why this happens: A tendon becomes irritated from overuse or repetitive loading beyond what it's conditioned for.
How physiotherapy helps: Physio uses progressive loading exercises, the gold-standard approach to rebuilding tendon capacity and reducing pain.
Why this happens: Ligaments are overstretched or torn, usually from a sudden twisting or impact injury.
How physiotherapy helps: Physio protects the healing ligament while restoring strength, movement and stability.
Why this happens: The demands of sport, sudden direction changes, repetitive loading and contact, can strain muscles, tendons, ligaments or joints.
How physiotherapy helps: Physio combines injury-specific treatment with sport-specific strengthening for a safe, confident return to sport.
Why this happens: A period of immobilisation while a fracture heals often leaves the surrounding joints and muscles stiff and weak.
How physiotherapy helps: Physio guides a careful, progressive program to restore movement, strength and function.
Why this happens: Pain, swelling and weakness are a normal part of healing after any surgery.
How physiotherapy helps: Physio follows a staged, procedure-specific protocol to safely restore movement, strength and function.
Why this happens: Pain persisting beyond normal healing time, often influenced by movement patterns, deconditioning, and other lifestyle factors.
How physiotherapy helps: Physio takes a whole-person approach, graded activity, strengthening and education, to improve function and quality of life.
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This information is educational and general in nature, and does not replace an in-person assessment. If you're experiencing severe pain, sudden weakness, numbness, or symptoms after significant trauma, please seek medical attention promptly.