Consultations

What to Expect

Initial consultation

Once paperwork is completed, your therapist will go through a full history about the complaint(s), previous medical history and answer any questions you may have regarding your treatment. You will then be taken through a range of assessments including postural, orthopaedic and neurological tests relevant to the type of therapy. If further imaging is required, we will refer you for x-rays or scans.

Once a clear diagnosis has been made and explained to you, the therapist will begin treatment. Each therapist has a wide range of techniques to suit the diagnosis and can be modified to your personal requirements. The treatment should be a pain-free process and extra care will be taken with all new patients. Chiropractic & Physiotherapy consultations will take approximately 30 minutes, where all our other therapies will be around one hour in duration. A second appointment will be booked in shortly after to follow up and reassess the initial complaint.

Subsequent consultations

An examination reassessment is required for each new patient. This will generally take around 20 minutes, depending on the individual. Your consultation will start with a few questions regarding the previous treatment and the progress of the complaint. The treatment may be similar to the initial appointment with some adaptations to improve your progress. Some take-home exercises or stretches may also be prescribed.

Co-management

We have the ability for multiple therapists communicating and co-treating together to optimise your results. Common co-management modalities are: Chiro and Physio, Chiro and Remedial Massage, Pilates and Physio or EP and pilates. These treatments can be done on the same day but your therapist will formulate a treatment plan for each individual case.