Our Exercise Physiology Services
Chronic Disease Management
Chronic Disease Management
Chronic Disease Management
People with health issues such as obesity and diabetes can be supported through Exercise Physiology. Oncology patients can also be guided through their recovery with the help of an Exercise Physiologist.
Physical Assessments
Chronic Disease Management
Chronic Disease Management
We can undertake physical assessments that clearly identify your physical capabilities and weaknesses. We have developed assessment protocols to help you keep track of your progress and give you quantitative data through body scanning.
Manual Handling Training
Chronic Disease Management
Manual Handling Training
We offer corporate Manual Handling Training & Ergonomic Worksite Assessments (including vehicle ergonomics). Presentations are available for group training.
Working with the Elderly
Working with the Elderly
Manual Handling Training
Keeping mobile and regaining mobility is vital for health and well-being. Exercise Physiologists can ensure that mobility improvement is undertaken in a safe and effective program
Injury Rehabilitation
Working with the Elderly
Injury Rehabilitation
Wondering whether to see a Physiotherapist or an Exercise Physiologist for your injury?
Fitness Assessments
Working with the Elderly
Injury Rehabilitation
We offer spirometry breathing tests and VO2 Max testing to give you accurate information about your fitness levels and lung capacity. These tests can be undertaken with the assistance of our Medical Practitioner, Dr Andrew Elkerton, who can supervise the testing for patients with asthma or other respiratory concerns
Exercise Prescription
Exercise Prescription
Exercise Prescription
Exercise Physiologists prescribe exercises to improve posture, reduce pain, improve strength and mobility and for injury rehabilitation
Pain Relief
Exercise Prescription
Exercise Prescription
Exercise Physiologists can help relieve muscular spasms through stretching and remedial massage
Postural Correction
Exercise Prescription
Postural Correction
Exercise Physiologists help with postural correction through stretching and exercise prescription
Muscle vs fat?
Training for a specific event?
Pre-employment Screening?
We offer quantitative analysis of your body composition with our Evolt360 body scanner. This let's you know your visceral fat levels around your organs and even bone mass, along with total body composition of muscle vs fat for each body limb and segment.
Pre-employment Screening?
Training for a specific event?
Pre-employment Screening?
Pre-employment screening and Functional Capacity Assessments can be undertaken for potential new employees to identify pre-existing injuries and physical abilities.
Training for a specific event?
Training for a specific event?
Training for a specific event?
Need to get to the next level of performance to reach your personal goals? We can help.
Home Visits
Exercise Physiology vs Physiotherapy
Training for a specific event?
We can make home visits for people that find it difficult to travel due to limited mobility. Increasing mobility can improve independence and quality of life.
Exercise Physiology vs Physiotherapy
Exercise Physiology vs Physiotherapy
Exercise Physiology vs Physiotherapy
Wondering whether to see a Physiotherapist or an Exercise Physiologist for your injury?
Injury Prevention
Exercise Physiology vs Physiotherapy
Exercise Physiology vs Physiotherapy
Exercise Physiologists have expertise in injury prevention, so that you are free to exercise to your heart's content!
Medicare for Exercise Physiology
Exercise Physiologists can use the Medicare System to see patients only if the patient has a referral from their GP called an ‘Enhanced Primary Care’ plan (EPC) which offers them up to 5 sessions per calendar year.
These EPCs are generated by the GP and signed and dated by them and submitted to Medicare, which then allows the Medicare Item Number 10953 to work for Medicare patient rebates or for bulk billing of the session. There is a different item number that can be used for indigenous people as well, which will be on the EPC.
Even if the EPC allows say 3 sessions with an Exercise Physiologist, if the patient also went to see a podiatrist or physic or other allied health professional that mistakenly used one of those sessions, the processing for us would no longer allow 3 sessions with an EP. So sometimes, this has been an issue for us as we can process the sessions successfully.
EPCs are valid for 12 months from the date of issue. At the start of a new calendar year, the patient is eligible for a new set of 5 sessions. If they are still using sessions from an older EPC from the previous calendar year, these will count towards the 5 sessions for the new year, so there’s no way of having more than 5 sessions each year.
Not all patients are eligible for an EPC. So you can suggest patients ask their GP for an EPC, but GPs have to follow strict guidelines to be able to offer an EPC to a patient. The main criteria is that it’s a chronic health condition (like obesity or diabetes) or a long term injury. Treatment for acute new injuries are not usually eligible through the EPC system.
The referral date on an EPC is the date the GP signed the EPC, not the date we received it. The referral date has to be prior (or on the same day) as the first session.
We create cases in Cliniko to track and process EPCs. There is a lovely integration between these Medicare cases and Medipass through Cliniko, so that when you process the session attached to an EPC case, the detail auto fill and even the payment will come through automatically within 24 hours and insert the payment for us in Cliniko. You can check this has happened correctly if the red invoice ticket turns black. If there is any difference in the price we entered in Cliniko and the payment amount, this self reconciliation will not occur and the invoice will remain looking unpaid in Cliniko.
