Assessment and Diagnosis: comprehensive assessments and diagnosis of musculoskeletal conditions, including joint, muscle, nerve and soft tissue examinations, to accurately diagnose issues such as sprains, strains, and musculoskeletal disorders.

Conditions/Areas treated:

• • Muscle and Ligament strains and sprains
  • Joint pain
  • Chronic pain
  • Tendonopathies/-it is
  • Back and neck pain
  • Wrist and Hand pain (carpal tunnel, DeQuervains)
  • Hip and Shoulder pain (tendinopathy/-itis, bursitis, rotator cuff disorders)
  • Ankle and foot pain (plantar fasciitis, achilles tendinopathy/-it is)
  • Post surgical rehabilitation
  • Sports injuries

Student-led Service Fees

Low back Pain Telehealth Service

The Low back Pain Telehealth Service is a free service designed to help people with low back pain access timely, evidence-based care from home. The pathway combines a short digital assessment with video or telephone consultations delivered through our supervised student physiotherapy clinics, along with education and self-management tools to support ongoing care.

Who this service may help

This service may be suitable for people with new or ongoing low back pain, including people waiting for other services, people facing cost or access barriers, and people who would prefer telehealth-based care. The service is intended for people who do not require urgent medical care.

What the service includes

• Online self-referral.
• A short online triage questionnaire to help identify care needs and guide next steps.
• Video or telephone consultations through supervised student physiotherapy clinics.
• Evidence-based education and digital self-management tools and techniques.

How it works

After self-referring, you will be asked to complete a brief digital check to help determine whether the service is suitable. If appropriate, they are offered telehealth consultations and supported to use digital resources to better understand and manage your pain. If higher-risk symptoms are identified, clear escalation pathways are in place.

Benefits of the service

This service is designed to improve access to community-based care, support earlier intervention, and help people manage low back pain from their own home. It offers a flexible option for people who may have difficulty attending in person.

Service fees

This is a free telehealth service.

Enquiries or self-referral

To get started, self-refer online: https://app.personifycare.com/register/DIGITAL-PAIN

For enquiries, please contact: (08) 8302 2541 or healthclinics.physio@adelaide.edu.au

We offer physiotherapy assessment and treatment to restore, maintain, and rehabilitate physical function for injuries, pain, or neurological conditions such as Multiple Sclerosis, Stroke and Parkinson’s Disease.

Conditions treated include:

• Neurological
• Orthopaedic
• Falls and balance
• Frailty
• Pulmonary
• Cardiac
• General deconditioning
• Oncology
• Concussion

Student-led Service Fees:

We can provide a range of services that assist children and families to build their skills and address any concerns they may have around a range of physical and/or developmental issues. Below are just some of the ways our students and supervising physiotherapists can help children develop:

• Physical skill development. For babies and young children, this may include skills such as tummy time, rolling, sitting, crawling, standing and walking. For older children this may include skills such as running, getting up off the floor, climbing stairs, jumping, hopping, skipping, playground equipment, sporting and balls skills (catching/throwing/kicking/bouncing).
• Balance. We can assess and support children who experience falls, tripping, find it challenging to stand on one leg or have difficulty with uneven ground.
• Posture, movement or alignment concerns. We can investigate back, hip, foot or leg alignment problems, floppy/stiff/tight muscles, concerns with uneven movement or reduced movement affecting everyday life.
• Walking pattern and efficiency.  We can assess and develop strategies to improve walking patterns, toe walking, limping, excessive tiredness or fatigue.
• Developmental delays. Including assessment for suspected physical delays and collaboration with other health professionals to support overall development
• Baby handling, play and movement. We can provide advice on infant positioning, baby handling, and using therapeutic play activities to encourage physical skill and overall development in babies
• Muscle or joint pain in children.
• Physical activity, sport and exercise participation. Development of skills for sport or physical education at school or physical activity in general can be explored
• Neurological or other childhood conditions. Children with cerebral palsy, autism, developmental coordination disorder, genetic conditions and other conditions influencing child development can receive assessment, interventions and therapy strategies.
• Co-ordination, body awareness, motor planning.Helping children to become more aware of their body in space, improve their coordination and ability to carry out and plan movements
• General strengthening, endurance and core strength.

Clients/families we can see:

• Children/babies aged 0-12 years of age,
• Families who self-refer in,
• Children who are not covered by Medicare,
• Children/families on NDIS (eg Autism, developmental delay)
• Children/families referred by another health professional (although a referral is not required)

Physio for Children Student-led Service Fees:

We offer a more focussed service which has specific entry criteria:

‘Healthy Moves 4 Healthy Kids ‘n’ Teens’ sessions 

For school aged children aged 4-15 years.  These sessions include an initial assessment and physical activity sessions aimed at supporting a healthy lifestyle and healthy growth/development.  We take a fun, play- based approach to enhancing children’s movement and activity, while addressing any movement difficulties they may be experiencing.

Enquiries with our team are very welcome, so we can advise if this service is suitable for your child. The program flyer can be viewed here: AU Clinics website – Healthy Moves – A4Flyer.