Injury or pathology alters muscles function and timing leading to poor movement patterns and postures.

 

DPS Exercises use pilates equipment to provide more appropriate input to the motor cortex to teach correction of abdominal patterns of movement.  DPS can help to retain the correct muscles and movements once the pathology is controlled.  This is achieved with low load, closed chain exercise to recruit the local stabilisers of the limbs and spine, and can be gradually progressed to more complex higher level exercises. 

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DPS is becoming more and more recognised as an adjunct to traditional 'hands on' manual therapy.  At PhysioMax, all of our physiotherapists are trained in the McKenzie method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Treatment, which interlinks very closely to the philosophy of directional preferential treatment, and exercise-based therapy. 

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There has traditionally been a gap in the continuum between 'treatment' and 'gym programs', with many patients being provided with inappropriate or non-specific exercises as part of their rehabilitation.  DPS is an approach which attempts to fill the gap, and take patients from that point where 'normal' treatment is no longer beneficial, yet the patient is still at only about 80% of the maximum level of function they can achieve given the type of injury. 

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Speak to your Physiotherapist about a program designed especially for you.