Falls and unsteadiness
A recent fall, a near-miss, or the fear of one. Fear of falling narrows a life faster than the fall does, and it responds well to progressive balance and strength work.
For older adults, families, care managers & registered providers
Exercise physiology, funded by your Support at Home package.
Strength, balance and falls-prevention work for people who intend to keep living in their own home. I come to you, with all the equipment — no driving, no parking, nobody to arrange a lift with. And exercise physiology sits in the category of the service list that carries the lowest participant contribution.
Who this is for
When exercise stops being optional
Most people I see here aren't trying to get fit. They're trying to keep doing something specific — the back step, the shopping, getting up off the floor unaided — that has quietly got harder.
After a hospital stay
Deconditioning after an admission, illness or injury. This is the window where a short, structured block of work makes the largest difference to what you get back.
Losing strength
Sarcopenia — the age-related loss of muscle — is treatable, and resistance training is the treatment. It is never too late to start, and starting small is the point.
Chronic conditions
Where exercise is part of the management: cardiovascular and respiratory disease, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, arthritis, chronic pain.
Restorative Care Pathway
A short, goal-directed block assigned at assessment. It's the shape this kind of program is built for, and I have capacity for these. Get in touch early — the clock starts when the pathway does.
Complex presentations
Cerebral palsy, acquired brain injury, epilepsy, spinal cord injury, Parkinson's. Where someone needs an EP who will work to a written risk protocol rather than decline the referral.
Paying for it
How the funding actually works
Exercise physiology is a Clinical support
On the Support at Home service list, exercise physiology sits under Clinical supports — the category that carries the lowest participant contribution of any category on the list. Your registered provider will confirm exactly what, if anything, you pay.
How the goal is worded decides which category a service is funded from, so it is worth being precise with your care manager: exercise prescribed to manage your condition and reduce falls risk. That is a clinical support. "Exercise to help me stay active" is a different category, with a contribution attached.
There are two ways to bring me in
If you self-manage your package, you can engage me directly as a third-party provider. You choose the clinician; your registered provider administers the payment. This is the simplest route and the one I'd suggest starting with.
If you don't self-manage, your registered provider can engage me as a subcontracted or associated provider. Ask your care manager whether they do that — many do, and it costs nothing to ask.
I'm not a registered aged care provider — and don't need to be
This is the question care managers ask first, so here it is plainly. Allied health delivered on behalf of a registered provider is delivered by an aged care worker, not by a provider. The registration obligation sits with the registered provider, not with me.
Other ways in
DVA — Gold and White Card holders, with a D904 referral from your GP. Medicare — up to five subsidised allied health sessions a year on a GP Chronic Disease Management plan. Privately — no referral, no waiting list to join, start whenever you like. Fees are provided on enquiry and confirmed before anything begins.
What actually happens
In your home, at your pace
No gym, no lycra, no being shouted at, and nothing for you to buy — I bring the equipment. A program built around your own kitchen bench, your hallway and your back step.
In your home — the default
I come to you, and the equipment comes with me — weights, bands, a step, balance gear. Sessions happen where the difficulty actually is, which is the whole point: a program written in a clinic rarely survives contact with a real hallway, and a falls risk can’t honestly be assessed anywhere but the house you might fall in.
In your community
Where the goal is outside the house — the walk to the shops, the stairs at the club — we work on it there, not on a treadmill approximation of it.
By video, if it suits
Available where travel is difficult, or between in-person sessions to keep a program progressing. Offered as an option, never as a substitute for the assessment.
For care managers & registered providers
What you get back in writing
This is the part that matters at the next assessment, and it is the part most providers don't do. These commitments are deliberately conservative — I'd rather beat them than explain them.
1business day
Every enquiry acknowledged, with a clear yes or no on capacity. No chasing.
2weeks
Typical wait from accepted referral to initial assessment, often sooner.
5business days
Assessment and progress reports in your inbox, written to be used.
Oneclinician
Your client sees me every session. No rotating roster, no handovers.
Objective measures, not impressions
Every client is measured before the first session — strength, balance and functional capacity, using validated measures matched to their goals. The same measures are repeated at the end of the block, under the same conditions, so the change figure means something. You get a written summary of the change against the stated goals, at the end of the block, without asking for it.
Reporting and care coordination can be quoted as a separate indirect activity line, priced apart from direct service delivery.
- ESSA-Accredited Exercise Physiologist (AEP), registration 60064
- Professional indemnity and public liability insurance current — certificate of currency on request
- Happy to work as a third-party, subcontracted or associated provider
- Session records ESSA-compliant and de-identified
Good to know
Common questions
Will this cost me anything?
Exercise physiology sits under Clinical supports on the Support at Home service list, which is the category carrying the lowest participant contribution. Your registered provider administers your budget and will confirm exactly what, if anything, you pay. Ask them specifically about the Clinical supports category — the answer differs from the other categories on the list.
I self-manage my package. Can I just choose you?
Yes — that's the most straightforward route. You engage me directly as a third-party provider and your registered provider administers the payment. Ring or send an enquiry and I'll tell you what your provider will need from me.
My provider handles everything. What do I ask them?
Ask your care manager whether they engage third-party or subcontracted allied health providers, and whether you can nominate one. If it's easier, give them my number and I'll have that conversation for you.
Are you a registered aged care provider?
No, and I don't need to be. Allied health delivered on behalf of a registered provider is delivered by an aged care worker rather than by a provider — the registration obligation sits with the registered provider. I work alongside them, not instead of them.
What areas do you cover?
In-home and community sessions across Brisbane, within about 12 km of Paddington — the inner suburbs plus the inner north, west, south and near east. Video sessions anywhere in Australia. If you're just outside that, ask anyway.
I'm 84 and haven't exercised in years. Is this for me?
Yes, and that's the usual starting point rather than the exception. Sessions start exactly where you are. The first one is mostly talking, then a few gentle baseline measures — how you stand up from a chair, how far you walk comfortably, balance. Nothing you can fail.
How soon can I start?
I'm taking enquiries now. As a solo practice I keep my caseload deliberately small, so there's sometimes a short wait for a regular spot — but I'll tell you honestly where things stand rather than leaving you guessing.
Two minutes
Enquire about a place
Whether you're enquiring for yourself, for a parent, or on behalf of a client. I'll come back to you within one business day.