Disability / NDIS
At Move Healthcare, we passionately believe in the benefits of keeping people moving. If you live with a physical or intellectual disability, our experienced physiotherapists can assist improve your function, increase your fitness and help you reach your goals.
We care about our clients, their families and their support team. We understand it’s a team effort.
We are a trusted NDIS registered provider with many years of experience working with those with a wide range of disabilities.
Our home-based physiotherapy service is a flexible service that comes to you, whether it be your own home, respite care, your day program, or out and about in the community. We’ll provide expert advice, education and therapeutic exercises to help you reach your goals. With all the exercises we prescribe, we make sure they can be practiced on their own and we’ll also train family members, friends, carers and support workers to assist you on-going.
Our hydrotherapy service is a great way to help improve movement and function with the support of being in water. We can provide these sessions at your local swimming pool with the aim to give you an exercise program that can be practised on its own. We can also help train family members, friends, carers and support workers to assist you ongoing.
Exercise rehabilitation is at the heart of who we are and we think we are pretty good at it. We can provide you with exercise programs to complete at home, at work, at your day program, in the park, at the beach or at your local gym!! Our expert physiotherapist can design specific exercise programs to get you moving, improve your health… and improve your life.
Mobility assessments and equipment prescription can be such a simple but effective way to have a considerable positive impact on a person’s quality of life. Our experienced physiotherapists can prescribe you with mobility aids such as walking frames and transfer equipment, and give you advice on where to purchase them. We are more than happy to work with Occupational Therapists and equipment suppliers in a collaborative approach to help you reach your goals. Our service can also provide training to family, support workers or carers on how best to use the equipment in a safe manner for all.
Falls and poor balance can have a significant impact on a person’s health and wellbeing, and can significantly limit access within the community. Our physiotherapists are experts at providing fall prevention advice and exercise programs to help improve a person’s balance. We will work with you, your family and your support workers to help keep you as mobile and as safe as possible, now and into the future.
We have extensive experience and understanding of neurological problems, how it can affect a person and those close to them, and how best to rehabilitate and manage the conditions into the future. We’ll help improve your physical health, and also work closely with family members, carers and other healthcare professionals to coordinate treatment and help you reach your goals.
Our experienced Physiotherapists are skilled at helping those living with an intellectual disability. Intellectual disabilities can range from very mild to very profound symptoms and can have a massive impact on a person’s general health and wellbeing. Our service will provide you with functional strategies to help you reach your goals and we love thinking “outside of the box” in finding ways to keep our clients moving. We love working with clients in their own homes and also outdoors in the community to provide them with a fun, engaging and goal driven approach that is specific to their needs.
Respiratory physiotherapy is a lesser known part of a physiotherapists training, but is vital in helping people with respiratory conditions. Our experienced physiotherapists all have training and experience in helping to manage respiratory conditions and can prescribe exercises and give advice on how best to improve and maintain your health.
Polytrauma usually refers to people who have been severely injured with two or more significant traumatic injuries. Neurological injury is commonly linked with polytrauma, often following an accident. These problems can significantly interfere with a person’s ability to perform everyday ordinary tasks. We can help assist people with multiple and complex issues to get moving again. Our highly experienced physiotherapists typically combine elements such as functional exercise, strength and conditioning and education to help you reach your goals and maximise independence.
Keeping people moving is the fundamental core purpose of Move Healthcare. We believe that the ability to walk is one of the most important factors in maintaining our health and wellbeing. Limitations in mobility can greatly impact quality of life and it’s unfortunately quite common to see people that are not able to walk well because they don’t have access to the right pieces of equipment or have not had adequate rehabilitation following an illness or injury. We are experts at assisting people to get moving again.
Our physiotherapists are experts at assessing a person’s mobility capabilities. Following our assessment we will advise on the best pieces of manual handling equipment to ensure optimal levels of independence and safety for all stakeholders. We believe strongly in a multidisciplinary approach to manual handling equipment prescription and will work with your care-staff and occupational therapist to make sure you get the right equipment for your needs.
Assistive technologies can be vital in helping people maximise their potential. Our highly skilled physiotherapists will assist you to find the right bits of equipment to help get you moving. Assistive Technology can range from simple devices to assist your exercise program, to electrical stimulation units that can improve your walking. At Move Healthcare, we think modern technology can play a vital role in your rehabilitation, as such we keep up to date in the latest technologies being released.
Good manual handling skills are vital for the safety of both the client and their carers. We can provide manual handling training to suit your needs. Whether that be a small informal training session designed to assist with a specific problem, or training geared to larger audiences such as staff members of group homes. Our physiotherapists are experienced in providing up to date, informative and engaging training sessions.
