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03 9824 8001Spinal Pain and Spinal Injuries
Ace Sports Clinic Malvern offers personalised spinal pain treatment, spinal physiotherapy, and rehabilitation programs designed to help you recover with confidence.
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- Improve your strength and flexibility
- Restore movement after injury
- Move freely without pain
- Science-based healthcare
- Get expert advice
- Enhance your quality of life
QUALIFICATIONS:
Every practitioner at Ace Sports Clinic Malvern is university-trained and experienced in diagnosing, treating, and rehabilitating spinal pain and spinal injuries. Whether your condition is related to sport, posture, or acute injury, you’re in expert hands with our spinal injury physio team.
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Empowering Freedom of Movement
Is spinal pain or injury holding you back or limiting how you move? Let’s get you back on track with a spinal pain treatment plan at Ace Sports Clinic Malvern.
Targeted Physio for Spinal Injuries and Rehabilitation
Spinal pain and injuries can affect the neck, upper back, or lower back, often impacting how you move and function day to day. These conditions may develop from sport, poor posture, repetitive strain, or sudden injury, and can involve muscles, joints, discs, ligaments, or nerves.
Our comprehensive spinal osteopathy and physiotherapy approach is designed to reduce pain, restore movement, and support long-term recovery.
Your personalised plan may include:
- Clinical assessments to identify the source of spinal pain and movement restrictions
- Manual therapy and hands-on techniques to reduce stiffness and improve mobility
- Load management strategies to support recovery without overloading sensitive structures
- Pain management strategies, including gentle mobilisation and activity modification
- Neuromuscular retraining to improve posture, control, and spinal stability
- Progressive strengthening of key muscle groups, including core, glutes, and postural muscles
- Targeted exercise programs to restore movement and build strength
- Education on posture, ergonomics, and training habits to reduce recurrence
- Collaboration with our multidisciplinary team, including physiotherapists, osteopaths, and rehab specialists, for complete care
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Common Symptoms of Spinal Pain and Injuries
Spinal conditions can present in a number of ways, including:
- Persistent or intermittent neck or back pain
- Stiffness or reduced range of movement
- Pain that worsens with sitting, bending, or lifting
- Radiating pain into the arms or legs
- Muscle tightness or spasms around the spine
- Headaches linked to neck tension
- Discomfort during sport, work, or daily activities
Types of Spinal Conditions We Treat
At Ace Sports Clinic Malvern, we treat a wide range of spinal conditions, including:
- Sports spinal injuries related to impact, loading, or overuse
- Disc-related conditions, such as bulges or herniations
- Postural-related neck and back pain
- Facet joint irritation and spinal stiffness
- Muscle and ligament strains affecting the spine
- Nerve-related pain, including sciatica
- Recurrent or chronic spinal pain requiring structured rehabilitation
Treatment Protocol for Spinal Injuries
Your spinal injury physio plan will depend on your symptoms, goals, and contributing factors. Treatment typically progresses through the following stages:
- Acute Phase: Reducing pain and irritation, restoring gentle movement, modifying activity, and improving tolerance to everyday tasks.
- Rehabilitation Phase: Building strength and stability through targeted exercise, improving posture and movement patterns, and gradually increasing load.
- Functional Phase: Returning to sport or work with structured progression, spinal control, and resilience.
- Prevention Phase: Ongoing strength work, posture and movement education, and load management strategies to reduce the risk of recurrence.
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Spinal Physiotherapy Trusted by the Best
Spinal pain is one of the most common conditions affecting people of all activity levels, from office workers to athletes. Whether it develops gradually or comes on suddenly, it can have a real impact on how you move and feel day to day.
With the right approach, recovery is highly achievable. Spinal physiotherapy and spinal osteopathy are proven, evidence-based ways to reduce pain, restore movement, and build long-term resilience.
Whether you’re dealing with a recent sports spinal injury or returning to activity after time off, our Ace Certified Practitioners are here to help you move better, feel better, and live better.
Ace-Certified Practitioners
Our specialists complete advanced training with us prior to becoming an Ace-Certified Practitioner.
About Ace Sports Clinic
Our mission is to inspire high performance through positive and personalised care. We do this by providing the highest standard of care in a full-service, professional and collaborative environment. Focusing on your specific needs, our Malvern team of practitioners work together to provide a positive experience that helps you achieve your goals through effective treatment of spinal pain and rehabilitation of spinal injuries.
Values
Excellence is our DNA
Simply, we believe in providing outstanding care.
Our clinic is based on a set of values that we live by every day:
- Holistic health and wellness incorporating mind, body and spirit
- Positivity, Honesty and Empathy.
- Positivity in our staff creates authentic connections
- We uphold the highest ethical standards – always
- Empathy is in our genes. How we relate to each other and our clients
- Collaboration of a multi-skilled team means better outcomes for our clients.
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Our Therapies
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy is an active, exercise-focused approach to pain, injury and rehabilitation. Our Malvern physiotherapists will get you moving again and improve your strength and flexibility.
Osteopathy
Osteopathy is a gentle, hands-on approach to pain, injury and prevention. Our Malvern osteopaths will identify the underlying cause, rather than just treating your symptoms so you can move freely.
Exercise Physiology
Exercise physiology analyses the body’s responses to physical activity and how it adapts to over time. Our exercise physiologists work to maximise athletic performance, prevent illness and support recovery.
Massage Therapy
Massage therapy is the manipulation of soft tissues of the body including connective tissue, muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints. Our massage therapists can help with relaxation, recovery and performance.
Clinical Pilates
Pilates is a mind-body exercise that emphasises alignment, breathing, developing a strong core, and improving coordination and balance. It is practised with a qualified instructor on a mat or reformer.
Dry Needling
Dry needling reaches into the muscles releasing deep knots, tightness and tension providing pain relief and improved muscle activation. Visit our Malvern dry needling therapists today and experience better movement.
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Ace Sports Clinic Malvern
6/1 Milton Parade
Malvern, Victoria 3144
Opening Hours
Mon-Fri: 8:00am – 7:00pm
Sat: 8:00am – 1:00pm
Frequently Asked Questions
No, you do not require a referral to see any of our practitioners. Osteopathic practitioners, physiotherapists and chiropractors are primary health care practitioners who can accurately diagnose and manage all musculoskeletal injuries. We work closely with sports doctors and GPs, so are always happy to collaborate with your doctor if you request.
We accept all private health claims which can be processed on the spot. The level of private health coverage depends on your private health insurance plan and some limits for each modality can apply. Because we collaborate as a multidisciplinary team we can help maximise your benefits.
- if its your first visit, please complete all of the applicable forms online prior to your appointment. These forms will be emailed to you. If you experience any difficulties with the forms, please arrive 15-20 minutes before your scheduled appointment time so that we can assist you.
- Bring comfortable loose-fitting clothing to allow for the comprehensive assessment (t-shirt, shorts, running shoes).
- Bring any relevant medical information, copies of scans and reports, doctors’ notes and your current exercise program. These documents can also be emailed to us.
We accept HICAPS, Mastercard, Visa, American Express and EFTPOS. We can process private health claims on the spot so you only pay the gap.
No, but we do accept EPC Allied Health Medicare Plans from GPs which allow us to provide you with a Medicare rebate on your Allied Health Appointment
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03-9824-8001
Ace Sports Clinic Malvern
6/1 Milton Parade
Malvern, Vic Melbourne 3144
Opening Hours
Mon-Fri: 8:00am – 7:00pm