Clinical Exercise
Our clinical exercise program is designed to work hand-in-hand with your physiotherapy treatment, or separately, and is customised to help you achieve your individual goals.
Our Melbourne CBD Reformer Studio is fully equipped with reformers and trapeze tables. We utilise a variety of equipment, in addition to the reformers and trapeze, such as balance boards, weights, and fitballs.
The personalised and individualised structure of our Clinical Exercise program means it is beneficial for almost anyone, from beginners to the most experienced Pilates aficionados!
Our Program Structure:
To get you started, our physiotherapists complete an initial 1:1 assessment, taking a detailed history, discussing your goals, and conducting a comprehensive movement assessment to understand your current capacity, deficiencies, or pain.
Following your initial 1:1 session, you’ll complete around 2-5 additional 1:1’s to commence your program. This ensures that you are comfortable with our equipment and proficient with your exercises.
Once your physiotherapist is satisfied that your exercise program is appropriate for your needs, you may advance to our Clinical Exercise Group Classes.
Supervised by our physiotherapists, our 1:4 classes are claimable under your private health insurance (with physio extras) and our group class timetable includes morning, lunch-time and evening classes. We prefer to keep our class numbers below 5, so that our practitioners may monitor all attendees.
Clinical exercise may be beneficial for:
- Management of spinal pain and/or conditions
- Before, during and after pregnancy
- Musculoskeletal injuries
- Posture
- Falls prevention for older adults
- Performance enhancement for professional and amateur athletes, and all in-between
- Neurological conditions such as stroke, Parkinson’s Disease or Multiple Sclerosis
- Mental health and emotional wellbeing
- Hypermobility
- People of all ages looking to improve their flexibility, strength and balance.
FAQ
Yes! You are required to complete an initial appointment with one of our physiotherapists before you can book into group classes. This is so that your physio can take time to get to know you, your goals/pain/injury and create a program unique to you.
During a 45minute class, you and up to 3 others will complete your individual programs at your own pace, under the supervision of a physiotherapist.
After 2017, the Federal Department of Health reviewed and removed some of the rebates available through Private Insurers for natural therapies, including for Pilates. Clinical Exercise classes may incorporate Pilates exercises or equipment and will also use other movements and gym equipment. Underpinned by the principles of physiotherapy, and following an evidence based, therapeutic framework, it is a widely used physiotherapy treatment modality.
If you would like to learn more about the key differences between Clinical Exercise and Pilates, our CBSSMC Physiotherapist, Emily Fegan, explains them here, in her blog "Clinical Exercise Vs. Pilates".
Yes, we do! While you must participate in our classes until you and your physio are comfortable that your program and your use of our equipment is safe, you can attend the clinic outside of our scheduled class times and complete your program without supervision.
As these sessions are unsupervised by a physiotherapist, they are not claimable under your private health insurance. For this reason, we always aim to keep the cost of our independent sessions low.
These sessions are not able to be booked online, so call our reception team to discuss booking an “Independent” session or to find out more about pricing for our Independent Packages.
No! Anyone and everyone can participate in our Clinical Exercise program! If you have a referral which you think may help build a complete picture of your history, injury, or goals, for your physiotherapist, certainly bring it!
There are a number of ways to make a booking, for a 1:1 and for our classes. You can always reach our reception team, during business hours, on (03) 9639 2286 or message them using the chat icon in the bottom right of your screen.
You can make bookings through our online booking system using the “Book Now” button at the bottom of this page.
PLEASE NOTE: fully booked classes will not appear.
NEW PATIENTS: You must book an initial 1:1 assessment with a physiotherapist before making a Group Class booking.
We require 24 hours’ notice of your cancellation. Failure to notify us will result in a late cancellation fee.
You will receive a reminder SMS 2 days before your appointment. You can call our reception team, message them via our website or email at citybathsphysio@bigpond.com, to let us know of your cancellation.
See our current exercise class timetable below
