Second Creek Physiotherapy
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Consultations

Initial physiotherapy assessment

Forty-five minutes to work out what is actually driving the problem, not just where it hurts.

$125 to $155 45 min Norwood and Adelaide's inner east

What it covers

Initial physiotherapy assessment

Price
$125 to $155
Length
45 min
Category
Consultations
HICAPS
Claimed on the spot
Included
6 items

The first appointment is the long one. We start with the thing you have stopped doing comfortably, then watch you do it: bend, sit to stand, step up, reach behind you. Hands-on testing follows, working through the painful area and the joints above and below it, to confirm or rule out the likely causes. You get a plain explanation of what we found, treatment started in the same visit, and two or three exercises to take away. You also get an honest estimate of how many appointments the plan is likely to need, written down, so you are not signing up to something open-ended.

Included in the price

  • Full history and movement assessment
  • Hands-on testing of the painful area and the joints above and below
  • A plain-language explanation of what we found and what is driving it
  • Treatment started in the same appointment
  • A written home program with two or three starting exercises
  • A written estimate of how many visits the plan is likely to take

On the day

How this one runs.

  1. 01 Tell us what you have stopped doing comfortably
  2. 02 We watch you do it
  3. 03 Hands-on testing to confirm or rule out the likely causes
  4. 04 Treatment, the explanation and the plan, all in the same visit

What it costs

$125 to $155

a standard 45 minute initial assessment sits at the lower end; a 60 minute appointment for multi-region, post-surgical or complex presentations sits at the top

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Asked every week

Asked about this appointment.

Do I need a referral from my GP?
No. Physiotherapy is a primary contact profession, so you can book directly. A referral is only needed if you are claiming through Medicare, a work injury claim or DVA.
Should I get a scan first?
Usually not. Most back, neck and shoulder problems do not need imaging to be assessed and treated, and scans often show changes that have nothing to do with your pain. If we think a scan will change what we do, we will say so and write to your GP.
What should I wear?
Something you can move in. Shorts for a hip, knee or back problem, a singlet or t-shirt for a shoulder or neck. Bare feet are fine in the clinic and we will ask you to walk and step, so leave the good shoes at home.

On this appointment

Reviews left for initial physiotherapy assessment.

  • Went in for a back that had been niggling since my second baby. The assessment was 45 minutes and I left with a plan, a price and two exercises. Front desk did the health fund claim on the spot.

    Aisha R., Stepney

  • They told me at the first appointment that they were not sure physio was the right answer and wrote to my GP that day. Turned out it was not. I have gone back to them since for something else because of that.

    Colin D., Maylands

Often paired with

Serving Norwood, Kent Town, Kensington, Kensington Park, Beulah Park, Rose Park and 14 more suburbs.

Follow-up consultation

The standard thirty minute appointment: reassess, treat, change the program, keep it moving. $95 to $115

Manual therapy

Hands-on treatment to settle a painful area down far enough that you can start moving it again. $95 to $135

Back and neck pain

The bread and butter: low back pain, stiff necks, and the bend that has stopped being automatic. $95 to $155

Next step

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Ring (08) 5550 0070 or send the form and we will confirm a time. Most first appointments are seen within two to three business days.

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Also worth knowing

  • You get a written estimate of how many visits your plan is likely to need at the end of the first appointment, not an open-ended course
  • A straight progress read at visit three, in writing, including when it is not working
  • If we are not the right help, we will say so in the first appointment and there is no charge for it
  • The same physiotherapist for the whole plan wherever the roster allows
  • No treatment you have not had explained and agreed to first

Ask about initial physiotherapy assessment

Tell us what is going on and we will reply with a time and, if it helps, which practitioner we would suggest.

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