Physiotherapy research shows that learning to recruit and strengthen ‘core’ muscles can significantly reduce recurrence of spinal pain. Bay Active Physio assesses these muscles using diagnostic ultrasound in real time.

The ultrasound provides an image of your muscles including Transversus Abdominis (deep stomach muscles), Pelvic Floor and Multifidus (deep back muscles). You can view the cross-section of the muscles on the screen and see how they move. The physiotherapist can then instruct you on how to contract them appropriately in order to achieve optimal muscle control. This all occurs whilst you are viewing the muscles, so there is feedback in real time.

Just incase you are wondering, there are no known risks to diagnostic ultrasound. However, because the risk to unborn foetuses is not known, it is not advisable to have multiple ultrasounds over a pregnant abdomen. Please inform us if you may be pregnant.