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Meet Recovery Room physiotherapist Anri van Zyl and learn how her physiotherapy expertise and dance experience help dancers recover and return with confidence.


Dance is an art, but it also places significant demands on the body. Jumps, landings, deep

Flexibility is about more than just tight muscles — your nervous system plays a central role in controlling how far you can move, and training it to feel safe in a greater range of motion is the key to lasting change. In this article, we break down the sc

Achilles tendon ruptures are on the rise. Not just with professional athletes, but increasingly with weekend warriors. In this article we highlight how Recovery Room Physiotherapy measures a patients risk to achilles tendon injury and offer a check list

Tendinopathy and muscle strains are two different injuries that affect the muscle–tendon unit. Muscle strains usually occur suddenly when muscle fibres are overstretched or overloaded, while tendinopathy develops gradually when a tendon becomes sensitive

If you’re searching for help with knee pain or a knee injury, there’s a good chance you’ve already tried exercises like lunges, step-ups, or single-leg squats. And there’s also a good chance they were too painful. At Recovery Room Physiotherapy & Perf

What elite sport teaches us about injuries, performance, and season success — and why fully recovering from last year’s injuries matters more than you think.

Movement leads to adaptation that encourages recovery.
The moral of The Thatcher’s Hip
When we feel sore, stiff, and disabled, the instinct is to protect and unload.
Sometimes protection is appropriate early — but the long game is almost always movemen

AIMS: Acute Injury Management System — Faster Recovery, Better Outcomes

Our Acute Injury Management System is designed to jump-start recovery after acute ankle and knee injuries and post-operative procedures such as ACL and ligament repairs. Using a mu

Learn about how we assess and treat our patients with foot pain. Using accurate physiotherapy assessment and best practice rehabilitation to help you get out of foot and ankle pain.

At Recovery Room Physiotherapy in Dunedin, we’re equipped with VACOped boots and expertise in rehabilitation protocols to help you get back on your feet - literally!