Services

Movement For Life Physiotherapy are an integrated, holistic practice with a focus on a range of evidence-informed treatments and therapies tailored to your needs. 

Services

Movement For Life Physiotherapy are an integrated, holistic practice with a focus on a range of treatments and therapies to best suit your needs. 


Knowledge, skill and innovation combine to deliver exceptional outcomes

As a multi-disciplinary clinic we offer Physiotherapy, Functional Rehabilitation, Massage Therapy and Hydrotherapy. 


Within these areas we provide a range of services tailored over the years to deliver choice and variety to our clients. 


As a team, we work together to achieve the best outcomes for you.  For more information on these, please click the tabs above, or scroll down to explore our services further.

Person in a yoga pose with a rolled blue mat on a wooden floor

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CorePlus

CorePlus is an ideal way to prevent and manage injuries through a stronger, more flexible body and increased postural awareness.


Delivered by experienced physiotherapists with advanced musculoskeletal knowledge, CorePlus incorporates a range of different strength and conditioning disciplines to deliver lasting results. 


Click below to see our Core Plus Physio's or click Call Now to make an appointment

02

Dry Needling

Dry Needling is an increasingly popular treatment technique used by Physiotherapists to manage a range of musculoskeletal conditions. It gets its name to distinguish it from other types of needling that involve the injection of substances into the affected area.


Click below to see our Dry Needling Physio's or click Call Now to make an appointment.

Gloved hands inserting acupuncture needles into a patient’s bare back, close-up view
Two women smiling during a seated fitness session in a bright room

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Cancer Rehabilitation

Movement For Life Physiotheapy provide a range of health care services designed to look after men, women, and children recovering from any type of cancer surgery or cancer treatments.


We combine evidence-based research with clinical experience and the goals of the individual to develop results driven patient-centred programs.


To find out how we can help, click on Learn More below or give us a call.

04

Antenatal Hydrotherapy

Want to sleep better and keep fit and healthy during your pregnancy? 

During pregnancy, fitness levels commonly decline as exercise becomes more difficult. This can make childbirth and life as a new mum a lot more exhausting.


Our antenatal hydrotherapy sessions are the perfect solution.  Not only will you sleep better, you will be reducing your risk of gestational diabetes and hypertension and improving your mental health.

Person in blue striped swimwear practicing a ballet pose in a swimming pool, one leg raised near the wall
Hands applying a colorful wrist brace to a bent arm in a clinical setting

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Fracture Management

Got a broken bone? Movement For Life Physiotherapy are one of the few providers in Darwin to offer a private plastering and splinting service.  We can apply plaster and fibreglass casts, and offer waterproof Donjoy Exos splints for stable wrist and thumb fractures, ligament injuries and wrist arthritis - perfect for swimming in and the tropics!


Click below to see more about our plastering and splinting Physio's. To make an appointment click Call Now or book online using the Book An Appointment link.

06

Lower Limb Rehabilitation

Now in its 14th year, this 60 minute exercise class is unique to Movement For Life Physiotherapy. We offer this class 2 times per week and take small groups of patients recovering from leg injuries or surgery to the hip, knee and ankle. 

Physical therapist assisting a patient doing leg raises on a treatment table in a gym.
Two people placing wooden boxes in a room, one holding a clipboard and the other standing by a stack of boxes.

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Functional Strength & Conditioning

Movement For Life Physiotherapy provides practical, functional strength and conditioning programs, assisting people to get back to the things they love to do, be that work, sport or hobbies. 



We provide professional advice to workplaces on safe ergonomics and manual handling, and through our involvement with the Motor Accident Compensation (MAC) arm of the Territory Insurance Office (TIO) and local Workers Compensation Insurers, we have successfully assisted many clients to return safely and effectively to work.


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Post Surgery

Here at Movement for Life Physiotherapy, we have a long history of providing physiotherapy services to post-surgical patients, including 12 years of inpatient services at Darwin Private Hospital between 2004 and 2016.


All of our physio's are skilled at managing a range of post surgical presentations, from rotator cuff surgery of the shoulder, to ACL reconstruction and hip and knee replacements.

Physical therapy shoulder stretch with instructor assisting a woman in a pink sports bra against a blue wall.
Person walking up rough concrete stairs in orange running shoes

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Sports Physiotherapy

Everyday in Australia, thousands of people are participating in sport. Whether it be going for a brisk walk in the evening, tackling a steep track on you mountain bike, sweating it out at footy training or working out in the gym.



At Movement For Life Physiotherapy, we're highly trained to assist you with your sports fitness and sporting injuries. 

Conditions we treat

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