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Physiotherapy

We offer an array of physiotherapy services to help you feel your best, including helping to reduce stiffness and increase mobility.

Our highly trained and experienced physiotherapists offer an array of services to help you feel your best. Physiotherapy can help reduce stiffness and pain, increase mobility and improve quality of life.

About Physiotherapy

We provide a hands-on, exercise and evidence-based practice, utilising a range of techniques including:

  • Stretching
  • Manipulation
  • Mobilisation
  • Exercise prescription
  • Continence and pelvic floor
  • Physiotherapy
  • Advice for lifestyle, sport and work
  • Dry needling
  • Hydrotherapy
  • Gym-based rehabilitation.

Dance & Performance

GLA:D Osteoarthritis Prgram

GLA:D™, or Good Life with Arthritis: Denmark, is an education and exercise program developed by researchers in Denmark for people with hip or knee osteoarthritis symptoms.

Hydrotherapy

Hydrotherapy (hydro) or aquatic physiotherapy is an active, evidence-based physical therapy aimed at treating a variety of musculoskeletal and orthopaedic conditions..

Osteogenic Bone Health

Women's Health

Our physiotherapist's offer women's health physiotherapy services with a special interest in pregnancy, postnatal and pelvic floor physiotherapy care.

Additional Services

Bike Fitting

Bike fitting is the art of assessing a cyclist’s individual needs and setting their bike up to harmonise this relationship.

We offer a wide variety of health and exercise options promoting health, fitness and general wellbeing to all patients, regardless of physical ability or age.

Milestone Assessment

Our Milestone Assessment Program measures and tracks our patients' post operative progress.

Prevention

  • Ergonomic advice
  • Sports or activity specific injury prevention
  • Advice and exercise in chronic condition management
  • Strength and conditioning
  • Understanding of sports-specific team warm-ups that reduce injury risk
  • Physical screenings – series of individual measurements of muscle lengths and functional outcome tests to identify potential areas for injury prevention
  • Braces/taping.

Treatment

When visiting for treatment, our physiotherapists will conduct a thorough and accurate assessment of your injury and explain in detail the cause, implications and recovery expectations. They also utilise directed hands-on and/or exercise-based management.

  • Treatment for multitude of musculoskeletal conditions
  • Tailoring treatment plans to individual patient needs and goals
  • Gym programs for a multitude of issues
  • Hydrotherapy – individual programs for chronic conditions.

Rehabilitation

Our physiotherapy team provide full, detailed individualised rehabilitation programs, and regular guidance and support to help you recover from injury or surgery.

  • Physiotherapy-based exercise prescription
  • Goal-based return to play process
  • Post-operative care and protocols for variety of upper limb, lower limb and spinal surgery
  • Aimed at optimising the patient’s strength, mobility and function
  • Workers’ compensation rehabilitation model of in-house physiotherapy management linked into exercise physiology and gym
  • Hydrotherapy – individual programs for chronic conditions.

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A patient at the physiotherapy reception desk, the sportsmed physiotherapy sign on the wall behind

Our people

Physiotherapy at sportsmed

Anita Bruce, APA titled Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist

Anita Bruce

APA titled Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist

Ned Pontifex, Sports, Exercise and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, MACP

Ned Pontifex

Sports, Exercise and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, MACP

Ryan Kelly, APA Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist

Ryan Kelly

APA Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist

Susan Everett, APA Titled Sports and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist

Susan Everett

APA Titled Sports and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist

Ask for physiotherapy when you callOur reception team will find you the soonest appointment.

(08) 8130 1222