Free patient resources

LEARN MORE with these great Patient RESOURCES!

At Adelaide West Physio and Pilates | Headache Clinic, one of our driving philosophies is to help our patients understand their problem and the best ways to take control and help themselves. As part of this, we have created some free patient resources that we hope might be useful, even if you don’t ever become a customer.

NB: Check your junk folder if you don’t receive your free patient resources within five minutes.

The Ultimate Guide To Low Back Pain Myths

There is A LOT of misinformation about low back pain, what causes it and how to get better.

This guide was created to answer our top ten myths that we hear every day.

We feel strongly that each of these myths has the potential to stop improvement. On the other hand, there is a lot of good news when you understand the truth behind these myths. You should feel much more optimistic about your back pain after reading this!

Find out if your health professional is telling you the wrong thing.

'How Will I Know When It’s Time?' - Total Knee And Hip Joint Replacement

Ever wondered if it is time for a knee or hip joint replacement? How will you know if it is the right time?

There is a bit more to consider than ‘come back when you are ready’!

Joint replacements are (usually) a great surgery, and they have an important place in the management options of OA. But they should never be the first option.

This resource will answer this question with up-to-date, evidence-based information. It will also give you an idea of what to discuss with your GP or surgeon.

Our Top 5 Tips For Less Headaches - UPDATED

This is an updated version of our popular self-help guide to help shortcut your journey to find solutions that work.

These 5 tips are the most impactful things you can do to help improve your headaches on your own.

With such a huge amount of information on the internet and from health professionals, it gets hard to know what you should listen to.

These tips are curated by our physios and renewed by our experiences and the latest understandings of headache problems.

Each of the tips has a link to allow you to dive deeper into each topic.

Download this and get started today!

Will The McKenzie Method Help My Back Pain?

What if this is your first episode of low back pain and you aren’t sure what to do?

Or let’s say you have had other treatment for your low back pain, and it hasn’t helped.

How can you know if the McKenzie Method is the best thing for you?

This checklist will give you a really good idea just by answering these 9 questions.

Free Online Pain Education Course

While this information is useful for anyone, it is particularly relevant for anyone who is battling with persistent pain (aka chronic pain, ongoing pain, fibromyalgia).

This course is 6 weeks long and it is sent straight to your inbox each week. Each week’s email contains a link to the learning module. This is information is a mixture of reading, video clips and other resources to make the learning easy and entertaining.

Yes, you have to devote a little time to this (maybe 20 minutes per week), but if you want to learn something new, there is no alternative! The benefit is that this new knowledge will give you confidence and freedom, not to mention hope that there are other approaches that work apart from a pharmaceutical approach.

Not sure what to do?