Back In Motion Burleigh Waters remains open for in-room Physiotherapy consultations. However, if you can’t come to us for any reason, we can continue your treatment through online consultations or home visits, allowing you to stay on the road to recovery.
The 3 Pillars of a perfect Physiotherapy consultation are:
Education
Manual Therapy
Exercise
While we can’t do manual therapy in an online consultation – to quote Meatloaf – “2 out of 3 ain’t bad!”.
In an online consultation, we can:
- Perform an Assessment of your injury and provide you with a diagnosis.
- Educate you on the contributing factors and activities you should avoid or need to comply with to ensure a speedy recovery
- Give you an idea of the recovery time frame
- Provide you with supervised exercise therapy that mimic our hands-on treatment to decrease pain and allow better movement
- Prescribe specific exercises to your injury that you can work on from home to continue gaining momentums
Online consultations are not new. Even before the impact of COVID-19, there has been a growing demand for a video-consultation services provided by physiotherapists. There is now evidence that shows video consultations are cost effective, safe and well-received by patients – especially by those living in rural and remote areas, or who have other access issues due to age or disability.
As per the Australian Physiotherapy Association media release, private health funds are currently providing rebates during COVID 19 pandemic. If you are eligible for an Enhanced Primary Care plan, your online consultation can also be covered under Medicare. Discuss with your family doctor to assess your eligibility.
Online consultations are ideal if:
- you are experiencing flu-like symptoms
- are in self-isolation
- are considered high-risk of contracting COVID-19 or
- just have general concerns about leaving the house
If you have no flu-like symptoms and are just concerned about leaving the house – but really want hands on Physio - we can come to you via a home visit. All necessary COVID-19 precautions are in place for these home visits.
Given the situation, we are waiving our usual travel fees for home visits and are offering our online consultations at half our normal fees – and a reminder that these services can be claimed on private health insurance.
For further information, contact Back In Motion Burleigh Waters on 07 5613 3115.