Exercise physiology
in Five Dock.
Exercise used as treatment, by university-qualified clinicians, for people living with a long-term condition, a disability or pain that has not gone away. NDIS, Medicare, aged care and workers compensation all covered.
- NDIS plan managed & self managed
- Medicare chronic disease plans
- Home visits across the Inner West
Three things worth knowing before you ring
These are the three questions we are asked most often, and the answers surprise people.
You may not need a referral
For the NDIS, a Home Care Package, or paying privately, you can book straight in. A referral is only needed for the Medicare chronic disease pathway, and that comes from your GP.
How it gets paid for depends on the pathway
On the NDIS, a Home Care Package or a workers compensation claim, your plan manager, provider or insurer pays us directly and there is nothing for you to pay on the day. On a Medicare chronic disease plan you claim a rebate and pay a gap, and we will tell you what that gap is before you book.
It is not a gym membership
An accredited exercise physiologist is a university-qualified allied health clinician. Appointments are one to one, and the exercise is the treatment rather than a workout you are left to do alone.
Where people usually start
NDIS
We see plan-managed and self-managed participants. Your first appointment is an hour, and it is a conversation about what you want to be able to do.
Medicare
If you have a long-term health condition, your GP can refer you for up to five exercise physiology sessions a year with a Medicare rebate.
Chronic Pain
Pain that has lasted longer than three months behaves differently from a fresh injury, and it is treated differently. The first appointment is an hour.
Home Visits
If getting to the clinic is the hard part, Andrew comes to you. We cover Five Dock and the surrounding Inner West suburbs.
WorkCover
Rebuilding the strength and capacity your job actually needs, rather than general fitness. Your insurer pays us directly on an accepted claim.
For Referrers
For GPs, specialists, support coordinators, plan managers and case managers.
Exercise as the treatment
An accredited exercise physiologist prescribes movement the way a pharmacist dispenses a medicine: a particular thing, at a particular dose, for a particular condition, adjusted as you respond to it.
That is what separates it from a personal trainer. The people we see are managing diabetes, heart conditions, arthritis, Parkinson's, long-term pain, or the effects of a disability, and the program has to account for all of it.
You do not need to be fit to start, and you do not need to have exercised before. Most people begin with less than they expect.
Our accreditation numbers are published
Exercise physiologists are not registered with AHPRA. The accreditation that matters is ESSA, and it is what Medicare, the NDIS and every private health fund check before they will pay. Ours are on the team page, read from each clinician's own record rather than typed out.
Five Dock
164 Great North RoadFive Dock NSW 2046
(02) 8054 3775
Anti-gravity treadmill and force-plate testing are here.
Not sure which of these applies to you?
Ring us and describe your situation. It is a short conversation, it costs nothing, and we will tell you honestly whether we can help.
No referral needed · Plan managed and self managed NDIS welcome · Five Dock