Pain Treatment Canberra
Fix the Cause by Changing How Your Body Moves
Movement-based treatment that shows you why pain keeps coming back—and what to do about it.
At The Body Lab Canberra, we assess how your body moves when you walk, uncover what’s missing, and fix the movement problem driving your pain.
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✔ Canberra clinic
✔ 20+ years clinical experience
✔ Evidence-informed biomechanics
✔ Registered Acupuncturist & Movement Therapist
Pain & Movement Problems We Help in Canberra
We help people struggling with:
Foot Pain (Flat Feet & High Arches)
If it shows up when you move… it’s likely connected.
Why Pain Keeps Coming Back
Most treatments focus on where it hurts.
But pain usually shows up because something else isn’t moving properly.
When joints don’t do their job:
other areas compensate
load shifts to the wrong place
posture adapts
symptoms return
At The Body Lab, we look at how your body moves as a system—
especially how your feet, limbs, and spine work together when you walk.
Because when movement improves, pain stops repeating.
What Happens in Your First Appointment
This isn’t a “lie down and hope” session.
Your first appointment is about understanding how your body actually moves—and what’s missing.
Here’s what we do:
1️⃣ Watch how you walk
We look at how your body moves step-by-step—where things flow… and where they don’t.
2️⃣ Test how your joints move
Not just if they move—but how and when they move.
3️⃣ Check how your body holds itself
Posture isn’t forced here—we look at how it adapts to movement.
4️⃣ Make changes on the spot
Using hands-on techniques, movement work, and (when needed) acupuncture to shift load and improve movement.
5️⃣ Show you what to do next
Simple, targeted guidance based on what your body is missing.
You’ll leave with:
✔ a clear understanding of what’s actually going on
✔ practical ways to improve how you move
✔ a plan that focuses on long-term change—not quick fixes
Here’s how we do it:
We use a combination of hands-on work, movement, and targeted input to restore how your body moves—step by step.
1️⃣ Restore joint movement
We free up joints that aren’t moving properly so your body can share load again.
2️⃣ Improve how your body absorbs load
We reduce strain and tension so movement becomes smoother—not forced.
3️⃣ Reset tension through the system
From the spine to the head, we help calm areas that are overworking or overloaded.
4️⃣ Settle pain and irritation
When needed, we use techniques like acupuncture to reduce sensitivity and support recovery.
5️⃣ Retrain how you move
This is the key.
We teach your body how to move properly again—especially when you walk.
6️⃣ Build strength where it matters
Once movement is right, we add strength to support it—so it lasts.
The difference - These aren’t separate treatments.
They’re one system working together to change how your body moves.
If your pain keeps coming back…
it’s probably not random
it’s how your body is moving
Most treatments keep you coming back.
Our goal is the opposite.
To help you understand your body, change how it moves…
and need less treatment over time.
Start here:
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Meet Riccardo Galeotti
Riccardo is the founder of The Body Lab Canberra and has over 18 years of experience working with chronic pain, biomechanics and movement therapy and teaches functional biomechanics. and Foot Mechanics .
His work blends:
Riccardo’s approach focuses on helping clients understand and improve how their body moves — so treatment becomes less necessary over time.
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If pain or movement problems keep returning, the first step is understanding how your body moves.
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