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Movement Assessment Melbourne

Understand Why Pain or Injuries Keep Returning — Principle Four Osteopathy Melbourne CBD

Many people don’t get injured doing something unusual.

They get injured doing something familiar — walking, lifting, running, sitting, or training exactly as they normally would.

So the obvious question becomes:

Why does the same problem keep happening?

Often the answer isn’t the painful area.

It’s how the body is moving before pain begins.

A movement assessment identifies the patterns that overload tissues long before symptoms appear.

At Principle Four Osteopathy Melbourne CBD, we use movement assessment to guide treatment, rehabilitation and injury prevention — not just diagnose pain.

👉 Book a movement assessment

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What Is a Movement Assessment?

A movement assessment looks at how your body distributes load during everyday tasks and exercise.

Rather than focusing only on where pain exists, we evaluate:

How joints coordinate
How muscles share workload
Where compensation occurs
What movements provoke symptoms

This helps explain why an injury developed — not just what hurts.

Who Benefits From Movement Assessment

This assessment is particularly useful if you:

Keep getting the same injury
Feel tight in multiple areas
Have pain that moves location
Feel restricted during training
Want to prevent injury before increasing activity

Learn more about conditions we treat

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Why Traditional Treatment Sometimes Fails

Many treatments focus on the painful tissue alone.

But the painful tissue is often reacting to repeated overload from elsewhere.

Example:

Hip stiffness → lower back overload
Shoulder restriction → neck tension
Ankle restriction → knee pain

Without addressing the movement driver, symptoms often return.

What Happens During Your Assessment

Your osteopath will guide you through a series of comfortable movements such as:

Squatting
Reaching
Rotating
Balancing
Stepping

We observe how load transfers through the body — not whether you can perform perfectly.

👉 Functional Movement Screen

https://principlefourosteopathy.com.au/services/functional-movement-screen/

What You Learn From It

After assessment you’ll understand:

Why your symptoms developed
What movements aggravate them
What movements help
How to prevent recurrence
This clarity alone often reduces fear and improves confidence.

What Happens Next

Your results guide an individual plan which may include:

Hands-on treatment
Targeted exercises
Load progression
Activity modification

👉 Exercise rehabilitation

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Practical Examples

Movement assessments often explain:

Back pain during sitting
Shoulder pain during pressing
Knee pain during running
Recurring muscle strains

Because the body adapts to repeated stress patterns.

When Should You Book One?

Consider booking if:

Pain keeps returning
You feel uneven during training
You want to increase activity safely
You’re unsure what exercises are appropriate

👉 Book now

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Our Approach

We combine assessment findings with practical guidance so you leave knowing what to do — not just what’s wrong.

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