OOPS
GUIDE TO OOPS

1. WARNING!!

Anytime you are not recovering through the self help guide, here, you should seek professional advice. As well as the list of symptoms that are often associated with serious medical conditions, if you have:

  1. Pain that is stretching along more than one body segment, even if intermittent, you are advised to consult a physiotherapist directly such as an OOPS Consultant. A body segment is the part between two major joints e.g shoulder and elbow; low back and hip, upper back and shoulder. e.g. If the pain runs from the neck to the upper arm it is passing over the neck and shoulder, the source of the pain is most likely to be the neck. The more distant pain is called referred pain. Sometimes the pain is only distant from the source problem e.g knee pain can be given by deep hip injury. This may only be suspected when you are not recovering by following the advice here.
  2. Anytime you are unable to use the limb because of weakness, even where there is no pain or the pain has eases soon after injury, consider this is a severe injury e.g. a full ruptures of ligament or tendon. See a doctor immediately.

2. ADVICE FOR IMMEDIATE MANAGEMENT OF RECENT INJURIES OR ONSET OF PAIN

The information on First Aid for injuries gives you broad guidance for managing pain or injury that has happened within the past 1-3 days.

From the first aid page you will see links to your specific area of injury for first aid management for the first three days. 

You will also see links to rehabilitation of the injury or pain after 3 days. 

3. SELF ASSESSMENTS

A self assessment that will help the physiotherapist to understand your musculoskeletal pain, impairment, or disability, will be sent to you to complete for yourself, when you book for a consultation.

4. SELF-GUIDED THERAPEUTIC TOOLS

Starting at the full body chart or Physical Assessment link below, you will be able to map and score your symptoms and movement.  This will give you a link to the best way to start your self guided rehabilitation that is specific to the part of your body of concern.

5. OOPS PERSONAL CONSULTATION

The personal online consultation is the fee-for-service part of the service. Take this service as being delivered in Australia, International clients (outside Australia) will probably not be able to receive a health insurance rebate.
The fees are set in relation to the United Nations, National Income classifications: High; Middle and; Lower Income Nations.
Payments are processed through paypal.
If you would like to avail yourself of a direct consultation with Owen, please complete and submit the self-assessment form as by link below.

There are two aspects to the direct consultancy:
INITIAL ASSESSMENT. Owen or another physiotherapist will conduct a full assessment with you online on the ZOOM platform. They will provide you with a prognosis for the condition, a plan of action, and options of how to progress either by: referring you to your nearest doctor or physiotherapist; giving you guidance in use of self-guided tools or; providing you the first custom-made therapeutic advices and recommending continuing to follow online consultancy therapeutic advise and reviews.
ONLINE CONSULTANT PROGRAM. The first plan will be provided along with the initial full assessment provided by Owen. Additional sessions are commonly advised to progress the therapeutic plan established at the initial assessment.

Warnings

Injury First Aid 

Physical Assessment

Consultation