Exercise for preventing recurrent ankle sprain A-Z interventions and conditions Ankle injuries are the most common injuries across a wide variety of sports and it has been estimated that about 25% of all injuries across all sports are ankle injuries
Exercises for falls prevention A-Z interventions and conditions About 30% of people in the community over age 65 years fall annually, and this increases with age and around 10% of falls in those over age 65 years result in a fracture
Exercise for knee osteoarthritis A-Z interventions and conditions Exercise is recommended as a core treatment for osteoarthritis in all clinical guidelines regardless of patient age, pain levels or disease severity.
Pelvic floor muscle training: pelvic organ prolapse A-Z interventions and conditions Pelvic organ prolapse occurs to some degree in 50% of parous women
Pelvic floor muscle training: urinary incontinence A-Z interventions and conditions Estimates suggest that over 4 million Australians over 15 years of age are living with some degree of urinary incontinence (around 37% of women and 13% of men)
Physiotherapy for tennis elbow A-Z interventions and conditions Tennis elbow affects 1–3% of the population; risk factors include smoking, obesity, being aged 45–54 and two or more hours of repetitive movement per day
Pulmonary rehabilitation for COPD A-Z interventions and conditions COPD is predicted to be the third-leading cause of death worldwide and pulmonary rehabilitation interventions include inpatient and outpatient exercise programs
Splints for the reduction of pain from hand osteoarthritis A-Z interventions and conditions Hand OA mainly affects women and often starts around the time of menopause and prefabricated or custom-made splints can help
Knee taping for osteoarthritis A-Z interventions and conditions Knee osteoarthritis is the most common cause of knee pain in people older than 50 and applying strong, adhesive tape or strapping to the area can help unload painful soft tissues
Walking cane for knee osteoarthritis A-Z interventions and conditions Use of a cane is one of a number of non-drug treatments for knee osteoarthritis; which include weight reduction, exercise and taping