Musculoskeletal rehabilitation in Canberra, injuries, pain & post-surgical recovery.
Expert exercise physiology for knee, hip, ankle, shoulder, and spinal conditions. Evidence-based rehab, objective return-to-function testing, and funded pathways through NDIS, DVA, Medicare, and Workers Comp.
- Knee, hip, ankle, shoulder & spine
- Post-surgical & chronic conditions
- Objective return-to-sport testing
- NDIS, DVA, Medicare & WC accepted
Choose your condition area.
Each hub page covers the specific injuries and conditions within that area, with dedicated pages for individual conditions underneath.
ACL & PCL tears, meniscus injuries, fat pad impingement, plica syndrome, MCL/LCL tears, knee OA, patellofemoral pain, and post-TKR rehabilitation.
FAI, labral tears, hip bursitis, hip osteoarthritis, post-THR rehabilitation, piriformis syndrome, and hamstring tendinopathy.
Ankle sprains, syndesmosis (high ankle sprain), chronic ankle instability, Achilles tendinopathy, and post-fracture recovery.
Rotator cuff tears and tendinopathy, frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis), shoulder impingement, AC joint injury, and post-surgical rehabilitation.
Chronic lower back pain, disc bulge and sciatica, spondylosis, and post-surgical spine rehabilitation programs.
Not sure where you fit?
James assesses every client individually. If your condition isn't listed, call or book anyway, if we can help, we will. If we can't, we'll refer you to the right person.
Call 0418 153 608What sets our MSK rehab apart.
Objective testing, not just time
Return-to-sport and return-to-function decisions are based on strength ratios, hop tests, and performance metrics, not arbitrary timeframes. You're cleared when your body is ready.
Evidence-based loading
From heavy slow resistance for tendinopathies to progressive loading after joint replacement, every program is grounded in current clinical evidence, not habit or guesswork.
1:1 with James, every session
No juniors, no group classes. The same clinician assesses you, writes your program, and delivers every session. Continuity of care is the rule, not a premium option.
Not listed above? Also treated.
The condition pages cover the problems I see most, but they are not the boundary of the work. If you have a musculoskeletal problem that has not found an answer, especially one that has already been through a surgeon, physio or another EP, it is very likely something I treat. A sample of what walks through the door:
- Golfer's elbow and tennis elbow: tendinopathies of the forearm that respond to the same progressive loading principles as the Achilles, dosed for the demands of grip, work and sport.
- Brachial plexus irritation and thoracic outlet symptoms: arm pain, pins and needles or heaviness driven from the neck and shoulder girdle, where careful assessment separates nerve, vascular and muscular contributions before loading begins.
- Gluteal tendinopathy and lateral hip pain: the outer hip pain that makes side sleeping and stairs miserable, treated with load management and targeted strength rather than repeated injections.
- Sacroiliac joint pain: assessed honestly, because the SIJ is blamed far more often than it is guilty, and treated through hip and trunk capacity.
- TMJ and jaw pain: often travelling with neck tension and stress, and well suited to the combination of hands on treatment and graded exercise.
- Plantar fasciopathy, shin splints, patellofemoral pain, hamstring strains, wrist and hand overuse: the everyday running, court and desk injuries of an active population.
If your problem is not named anywhere on this site, ask me directly. I will tell you honestly whether it is something I can help with, and point you to the right clinician if it is not.
The Fitness & Wellbeing Physiology approach to musculoskeletal rehab.
Across every joint and condition on this page, the same principles apply. First, diagnosis drives the program, an ACL rehab, a tendinopathy and an osteoarthritic knee need fundamentally different loading strategies, which is why cookie-cutter programs fail. Second, progress is measured, not assumed: strength testing, hop and balance batteries, and stage-specific criteria tell us when to progress, when to hold, and when you're genuinely ready to return to sport or work. Third, load is the treatment, modern musculoskeletal evidence is overwhelmingly clear that graded, progressive loading outperforms rest and passive care for almost everything on this page.
Programs commonly run 6–12 weeks for straightforward presentations and longer for post-surgical or complex cases, with GP and specialist reporting built in. If you can't find your condition here, call, the pages below are our most common presentations, not the limits of practice.
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