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Physiotherapy, Melbourne

Get back your full range.

Owen assessing a patient's shoulder and upper back position

Rehab built on what's actually measured: joint angle, strength, load. Not how you say you're feeling this week. For post-surgery recovery, injury rehab, and getting cleared back to the sport or training you actually want to get back to.

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Open Mon to Fri, 7am to 6pmMelbourne, VIC(03) 7010 4827

Example reading

Post-op shoulder
Example goniometer reading: shoulder flexion from 40 degrees to 155 degrees over 10 weeks 0° 90° 180° 40° 155°
Shoulder flexionFrom 40°, over 10 weeks
Owen supporting a patient's shoulder through a loaded side raise

The measurement

Every session starts with the measurement.

Joint angle, strength and load are measured before anything else happens, then re-tested on a set schedule. The plan changes when the number does.

How re-testing works
Shoulder abduction,
week 6 re-test118°

Conditions we treat

  • ACL reconstruction
  • Rotator cuff repair
  • Frozen shoulder
  • Ankle sprain
  • Lower back pain
  • Hip replacement
  • Hamstring strain
  • Tennis elbow
  • Runner's knee
  • Post-fracture stiffness

What we treat

Four starting points. One rule.

Measure first, treat, then measure again. Every program starts from a measured baseline.

All services

Injury & post-op rehab

Range and strength retested on a set schedule.

Sports physiotherapy

Built around what your sport actually demands.

Chronic pain & mobility

A measured baseline, so change is visible.

Return-to-training clearance

A real answer on when to load back up.

The method

Measured, not guessed.

Baseline

Joint angle, strength and load measured before treatment starts.

Plan

A program built around your actual numbers and your actual goal.

Re-test

Remeasured on a set schedule, so progress is a number, not a feeling.

Clear

Cleared when the numbers say you're ready, not when the calendar does.

Owen raising a patient's straight leg on the treatment table to test hip flexion

Re-test: same position, same tool, every time.

See the method

What progress looks like

Ready is a result, not a feeling.

How three common recoveries are measured in the clinic. Figures are illustrative examples, not patient results.

  1. Post-op shoulder
  2. ACL rehab
  3. Chronic lower back pain
How progress is measured
Owen supporting a patient's head and shoulder during a range test
Illustrative example

Post-op shoulder

40° → 155°Flexion. Range retested every two weeks.
Owen holding a patient's knee in flexion during a strength and range check
Illustrative example

ACL rehab

61% → 95%Quad strength symmetry. Cleared on strength, not on time since surgery.
Owen checking a patient's lower back movement while standing behind him
Illustrative example

Chronic lower back pain

25° → 85°Pain-free trunk flexion. Tracked against a pain-free baseline.
Owen Castellano guiding a patient's arm through a shoulder rotation

Your physiotherapist

Owen Castellano, APAM

I got tired of seeing patients discharged on "how does that feel" instead of an actual number.

  • Joint angle, in degrees, with a goniometer
  • Strength, left against right, with a handheld dynamometer
  • Load, week by week, against the program you actually followed
About Owen

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