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Principal Osteopath @timmorris_osteo
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Our philosophy at Form Osteopathy…

We believe in listening to our clients’ needs and goals, and understand that everybody is different - with different lifestyles and personal preferences.

Some clients want to understand the mechanisms of their condition; for others they want peace of mind from a professional that their pain isn’t an indication of something more sinister. Some clients want active solutions outside of treatment to help the healing process, and others simply prefer more treatment sessions even though they know therapeutic exercises would speed up their recovery.

There are a range of ways that clients want to engage with osteopathy and understanding each clients’ unique needs is an essential part of our approach.

We also place much importance on communication with the other professionals caring for our clients. Knowing when to refer a client for imaging, to communicate with their GP, to discuss exercise protocol with their PT or refer to a specialist is an essential part in caring for our clients’ overall wellbeing.

If a client has a strong exercise background, we can modify training programs to assist in recovery – whether this be specific exercise modifications, regression or progression exercises to return the client to full mobility. Likewise, we guide our clients with no exercise experience through the rehabilitation process to ensure they feel comfortable and know what they are doing.

If you want to learn more about who we are and our philosophy, visit formosteopathy.com

#FormOsteopathy #OsteopathyAustralia #SportsOsteopath #OsteoCare #ManualTherapy #HolisticHealth #MusculoskeletalHealth #InjuryRehab #PainRelief #MovementHealth #HeadacheRelief #VertigoTreatment #SportsInjuryClinic #GoldCoastOsteo by @formosteopathy_

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10 months ago

With a lot of new followers, we thought it was high time to re-introduce our principal osteopath @timmorris_osteo

🔷 Career journey 🔷

Timothy Morris is an AHPRA registered practitioner and completed his Bachelor of Applied Science and a Masters of Osteopathy at RMIT University in Melbourne.

Tim’s spent his graduate year working at a busy osteopathy clinic in Townsville. After this time, he moved to the Gold Coast and worked as an associate at Spine + Body for several years. He also worked at various allied health clinics in Brisbane and northern NSW, and in aged care, growing his knowledge.

From this point, Tim started what is now known as Form Osteopathy. The goal of Form Osteopathy is to deliver osteopathy services that represent his beliefs in healthcare. This journey culminated in Tim taking that next step and establishing Form Osteopathy at its current location at 91 Upton Street, Bundall.

Tim has experience working with Olympic level athletes in the field of athletics, swimming and surfing. He has also supported Queensland Basketball during their National Championships campaigns.

🔷 Tim's treatment approach 🔷

Tim is an experienced hands-on practitioner and takes a holistic view of osteopathy. He places significant value on explaining the nature of pain and empowers his patients to make lifestyle changes that will assist with recovery.

Tim is highly experienced in:

- Soft tissue massage techniques
- Joint manipulation
- Stretching
- Dry needling
- Patient education
- Exercise prescription

Tim enjoys treating all presentations of musculoskeletal injury and has a special interest in running injuries, training-related injuries (i.e. gym), headaches and vertigo. He has worked with individuals of all ages and injury presentations.

🔷 Outside of osteopathy🔷

Outside of osteopathy, Tim strives to lead a balanced life, spending time with friends, cooking, hiking, mountain biking, and visiting family in Melbourne. Those that know him well knows he is also a bit of a film buff. He can be found at a BFT studio training most days. by @formosteopathy_

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a year ago

How do you pronounce Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome? 🤣

#formosteopathy #FAIS #GoldCoastOsteo #HipPain by @formosteopathy_

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Who gets FAIS and when?

FAIS symptoms often first appear in early adolescence, but they tend to become most pronounced in the late teens and early twenties, with peak incidence generally falling somewhere between 20 and 40 years of age.

Activities that demand an extreme range of hip motion, such as ballet, gymnastics or martial arts can bring symptoms on earlier or make them more noticeable, simply because these movements push the joint toward the end ranges where impingement is most likely to occur.

Symptoms are also more common in the athletic population generally, particularly in sports that involve rapid changes of direction, such as basketball, AFL and soccer.
Movements in these sports typically repeatedly load the hip through rotation and deep flexion.

From a clinical perspective, the timing for diagnosing FAIS matters.

Because FAIS tends to take hold during the very years someone is most active in sport, and because it can persist and contribute to hip osteoarthritis later in life, recognising the early signs in adolescence and early adulthood is where the real opportunity for management lies.

#FAIS #HipPain #FormOsteopathy #GoldCoastOsteo #EvidenceBased by @formosteopathy_

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7 days ago

🔷 Meet the 3 hip shapes 🔷

When considering FAIS, we need to understand the different hip shapes and how some of these hip morphologies can lead to the development of FAIS.

No two hips are built exactly the same, and the femur and acetabulum come in a handful of recognised variations.

Understanding these variations is central to understanding FAIS because it's the shape of the joint itself that determines whether impingement becomes a risk.

The 3 hip shapes:

🔹Normal hip morphology: there's a slight concave curve where the neck of the femur meets the head, and the socket sits angled slightly forward - a feature known as anteversion.
🔹Cam morphology: extra bone forms at the front and top of the femoral head-neck junction and the femoral head loses some of its natural roundness.
🔹Pincer morphology: It describes overcoverage of the socket over the femoral head, either in one area (focal) or around the whole rim (global) and is typically associated with either a retroverted or unusually deep acetabulum.
🔹Mixed morphology: describes cam and pincer features occurring together, sometimes referred to as combined ‘impingement morphologies’.

These variations in the hip joint are referred to as morphologies and not deformities due to the regular occurrence of these bony variations and the absence of definitive symptoms associated with them.

These shapes turn up so frequently in people without any pain, and because their presence doesn't reliably predict who will go on to develop symptoms, ‘morphology’ has become the preferred term.

#FAIS #HipPain #FormOsteopathy #GoldCoastOsteo #EvidenceBased by @formosteopathy_

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12 days ago

So, what exactly is FAIS?

The term ‘femoroacetabular impingement syndrome’ was introduced to reflect the central role of patients' symptoms in the disorder.

🔷 To reach a diagnosis, patients should have the appropriate symptoms of FAIS, positive clinical signs and imaging findings to corroborate the diagnosis. 🔷

Symptoms the patient may experience day-top-day include:

🔹Groin pain (most common symptom)
🔹Occasionally posterior hip pain (buttock pain)
🔹Pain may also refer to the lateral hip, thigh, lower back or knee
🔹Pain is often provoked by deep hip flexion, twisting, pivoting or changing direction
🔹Catching, clicking or locking sensations
🔹A feeling that the hip or leg gives way or buckles
🔹Stiffness
🔹Limited range of motion, particularly internal rotation

Clinical signs may include:

🔹Not negative FADIR and IR@90 tests
🔹Reduced hip muscle strength
🔹Reduced functional task performance
🔹Increased impingement in single leg squat
🔹Reduced trunk function
🔹Reduced dynamic balance
🔹Alterations in gait
🔹Poor range of motion

Imaging findings should also corroborate a diagnosis of FAIS.

X-rays should show FAIS symptoms, and an MRI should be utilised when assessment of labral or cartilage injury is required.

#FAIS #HipPain #FormOsteopathy #GoldCoastOsteo #EvidenceBased by @formosteopathy_

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14 days ago

🔹 Hip anatomy 101 🔹

The hip joint enclosed by a capsule made up of an outer fibrous layer and an inner synovial membrane, together surrounding a fluid-filled cavity that keeps the joint lubricated.

Where the femur (thigh bone) and acetabulum (concave socket in the pelvis) actually meet, the surfaces are coated in hyaline cartilage, which is a smooth tissue designed to let the joint glide with minimal friction while absorbing the compressive load that comes with everyday movement and weight-bearing.

That range of motion isn't limitless, though. Two things work to keep the ball securely seated: the depth of the socket itself, and a ring of fibrocartilage called the labrum, which lines the rim of the acetabulum.

External to this, there are also a number of ligaments that provide stability and resist certain movements, helping to keep the hip secure while still allowing a large range of motion.

From a clinical perspective, understanding this normal anatomy matters because it's variations in the shape of this ball and socket that set the stage for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome, which we'll get into next.

#FAIS #HipPain #FormOsteopathy #GoldCoastOsteo #EvidenceBased by @formosteopathy_

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19 days ago

Before we get to femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS), we first need to understand the hip joint.

The hip joint, known formally as the femoroacetabular joint, is what's called a ball and socket joint.

Clinically, this is classed as a synovial joint.

In the hip joint, the spherical head of the femur (thigh bone) nestles into a concave socket in the pelvis called the acetabulum.

Because the ball can rotate freely within the socket, the hip is capable of three degrees of movement.

This means that the hip can accommodate flexion/extension, abduction/adduction, rotation and circumduction movements that the body makes.

#FAIS #HipPain #FormOsteopathy #GoldCoastOsteo #EvidenceBased by @formosteopathy_

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21 days ago

Have you ever felt a sharp pinch deep in your groin when you squat low, pivot on a planted leg, or twist to reach behind you?

For a lot of people, that sensation becomes so familiar it starts to feel normal, something to work around rather than work out.

Over the next few weeks, we're going to unpack why that pinch happens, starting with what's actually going on inside the hip joint itself.

We'll walk through the anatomy of the femoroacetabular joint, the anatomical variations that can set the stage for hip and groin pain, and who tends to be most affected.

Hip pain that gets dismissed as ‘just tight hips’ is sometimes something more specific worth understanding properly, and that's exactly what this series is for.

We’re diving deep on femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS). Stay tuned.

#FAIS #HipPain #FormOsteopathy #GoldCoastOsteo #EvidenceBased by @formosteopathy_

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a month ago

Yesterday we were joined by the teams at @visionptsouthport and @visionptbundall for a workshop all about squat mechanics.

It was a really enjoyable and informative session, where we talked through how to perform a squat safely and efficiently, how to identify and adjust for client limitations, and knowing when pain is OK or if it needs further investigation.

We also had a fun time talking through different issues the personal trainers have run into when coaching clients, how to identify these constraints and what they mean, and workshopped key workarounds to get their clients moving well.

Thanks Vision PT Southport and Vision PT Bundall for coming in!

#GoldCoastOsteo #Workshop #TeamTraining #SquatMechanics by @formosteopathy_

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a month ago

🏋️‍♀️ Barbell overhead press 🏋️‍♀️

We’ve looked at the seated vs standing dumbbell shoulder press but what about the barbell overhead press?

Similarly to the dumbbell shoulder press, the barbell version also strengthens your shoulder muscles, upper back, triceps and biceps, but the barbell version allows you to lift much heavier loads.

While the dumbbells build stability, the barbell builds output. The barbell version is better at building overall strength and size.

So, how do you execute this exercise?

🔷Stand with feet hip width apart.
🔷Hold the barbell above the chest but not resting on it, with palms facing forward.
🔷Bend the elbows and keep the shoulders down and back.
🔷Press the bar up above your head.
🔷Lower slowly.

Which version do you prefer?

#FormOsteopathy #GoldCoastOsteo #OverheadPress #StrengthTraining #EvidenceBased by @formosteopathy_

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