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What does an initial physiotherapy appointment look like at Body Fit Physiotherapy? 

Updated: Oct 18



At Body Fit Physiotherapy, we offer a personalised treatment plan tailored to meet your specific needs, goals, and circumstances. Here’s how personalised rehabilitation is typically structured:


  1. Comprehensive Assessment: A thorough evaluation is conducted to understand the patient's medical history, current condition, functional limitations, and goals for rehabilitation. This assessment may include physical examinations, functional tests, and discussions about lifestyle factors and previous treatments.

  2. Goal Setting: Collaboratively establishing specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals with the patient. Goals may focus on improving physical function, reducing pain, returning to specific activities or sports, enhancing quality of life, or achieving other personal milestones.

  3. Individualised Treatment Plan: Based on the assessment findings and goals, a customised treatment plan is developed. This plan integrates various therapeutic interventions and techniques that are most appropriate for the patient's condition and preferences. These may include:

  4. Therapeutic Exercises: Prescribed to improve strength, flexibility, balance, coordination, and endurance. Exercises are selected based on the patient's abilities and goals.

  5. Manual Therapy: Hands-on techniques such as joint mobilisations, soft tissue mobilisations, and manipulations to restore mobility, reduce pain, and improve tissue function.

  6. Modalities: Use of modalities like heat, ice and taping to promote tissue healing, reduce symptoms and optimise function. 

  7. Functional Training: Activities and exercises designed to improve specific functional movements relevant to the patient's daily activities, work requirements, or recreational pursuits.

  8. Education: Providing information about the patient's condition, self-management strategies, ergonomic advice, posture correction, and techniques for injury prevention.

  9. Psychosocial Support: Addressing psychological factors such as fear of movement, anxiety, and motivation through counselling, behavioural techniques, and encouragement.

  10. Progress Monitoring and Adjustment: Regularly assessing the patient's progress towards goals and adjusting the rehabilitation plan as needed. This may involve re-evaluating physical function, pain levels, and patient-reported outcomes to ensure that the treatment remains effective and relevant.

  11. Home Exercise Program: Designing a structured program of exercises and activities for the patient to perform independently at home or in a gym setting. This helps reinforce gains made during therapy sessions, promotes self-management, and enhances overall recovery.

  12. Continuous Communication and Support: Maintaining open communication between the physiotherapist and patient to address concerns, provide guidance, and ensure adherence to the rehabilitation plan. This may also involve coordinating care with other healthcare providers as needed.

  13. Long-term Management and Prevention: Providing strategies and education to support long-term management of the condition and prevent future injury or recurrence. This includes lifestyle modifications, ergonomic adjustments, and ongoing exercise programs tailored to the patient's needs.


Personalised rehabilitation emphasises the importance of individualised care and active participation from the patient in their recovery journey. By tailoring treatment plans to address specific goals and challenges, us as physiotherapists can optimise outcomes and promote overall well-being for each patient.


Book an initial physiotherapy appointment for a personalised assessment and treatment plan. 


Body Fit Physiotherapy Team

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