Real Time Ultrasound Imaging (RTUI)

Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre now offers Real-Time imaging to assist the recovery and aid prevention of back, pelvic, groin and hip problems. Our specially-trained Physiotherapists can image the deep muscles in your back, lower abdominal area and pelvis to check if they are working correctly or even working at all!

Its important to learn how to activate the inner unit of muscles in your tummy, back and pelvic floor that can be seen with RTUI to enhance core stability and improve motor control in any painful spine and pelvic conditions. Many chronic problems in the back and pelvis do not improve with treatment or exercises because the deep unit is either not working at all or people are exercising the wrong muscle group (outer unit), so they are exercising the wrong way!

Using the portable RTUI machine in the Physiotherapy department your physiotherapist can show you which muscles should be working and how to activate them correctly in Real-Time !! Its non-invasive, there is no radiation.

• RTUI appointments usually take 30 minutes and can be booked through reception.
• Normal private health insurance rebates for physiotherapy apply to RTUI performed by a trained physiotherapist.

Ask your OPSMC practitioner whether its right for you.