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Physiotherapy is particularly beneficial if you have been affected by major trauma, experienced surgery or have an orthopaedic condition or neurological condition such as Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis or stroke.
Physiotherapy can help with recovery from injury, surgery or illness, or enhancing daily living by promoting, maintaining, and restoring movement and physical function using various techniques and strategies including exercise, stretching and task-specific practice.
Using the expertise and knowledge of our physiotherapists you can create strategies to continue participating in activities of daily living and achieve your goals including:
To develop your individualised program, your physiotherapist will work with you to assess your condition and understand your rehab goals. They will assess things like, the way you move in bed, how you support yourself in sitting and your ability to stand and walk. Based on your condition and your goals, they will develop an exercise based retraining program with the goal of regaining function.
The program may involve:
Functional Practice: getting up from a chair and transferring from bed to a chair
Retraining of walking: which may include prescribing walking aids and orthoses 
Balance analysis and treatment of balance disorders
Stairs retraining
Outdoor mobility practice
Treatment of spasticity
Pain Management
ExerciseThere are several funding options available to access our programs. This includes:
Fees and charges are dependent upon your health fund and level of cover. Please check with your health fund if any additional charges apply.
Before you are admitted or before commencing your program, we will obtain approval from your insurer.
A broad range of health care and support services are available to meet the clinical needs of eligible veterans and eligible dependants.
If you do not have a funding stream, you can also choose to self-fund your program.
As a fully accredited NDIS provider, our NDIS Therapy Supports service provides NDIS participants with evidence-based allied health therapies to support, maintain and increase function and wellbeing. Click to find out more.
Simply contact our friendly team on (02) 8585 4900 or complete the online form below to discuss your goals and arrange an initial assessment.
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