Antenatal perineal massage: reduce perineal injury during childbirth A-Z interventions and conditions Although current recommendations advise avoiding routine episiotomies, rates of episiotomy vary greatly around the world
Aquatic exercise for knee and hip osteoarthritis A-Z interventions and conditions Warm-water therapy is one of the oldest recorded treatments, with effects lasting well beyond the period of immersion
Education about joint protection strategies: hand osteoarthritis A-Z interventions and conditions Osteoarthritis is the leading cause of disability in older adults, joint protection is a part of osteoarthritis self-management
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