We're not a generalist physio clinic. This is what we do best.

1. ACL reconstruction rehab

Our bread and butter. If you've torn your ACL, whether you're heading into surgery, fresh out of the operating theatre, or stuck mid-rehab somewhere else, this is the patient type we've built the deepest expertise in.

Why we're good at it: we run a structured 9-month programme with objective return-to-sport criteria (handheld dynamometer strength testing, hop tests, Y-balance, sport-specific drills). We discharge on data, not on calendar dates. We coordinate directly with your orthopaedic surgeon. We've seen the patterns of what works and what doesn't across hundreds of ACL recoveries.

Who specifically: pre-op patients wanting to prehab before surgery, post-op patients (any phase from week 1 to month 9), revision ACLs, multi-ligament knee injuries (ACL + MCL, ACL + meniscus), and contralateral ACLs (the other knee, after a previous tear).

See our full ACL programme →

2. Other knee surgery

The ACL expertise compounds. We rehab the full range of knee surgeries:

• Meniscus surgery, both meniscus repair (longer recovery, protected loading) and partial meniscectomy (faster but with osteoarthritis implications). The two are completely different rehab paths. See our meniscus recovery guide.
• Total knee replacement (TKR), the three months after surgery decide your long-term outcome. Range of motion targets, the strength months, and the daily compliance that determines whether you walk normally at month six. See our TKR recovery guide.
• Partial knee replacement (UKR), faster recovery curve than total knee, but the strength block at month three is what most patients skip and pay for later. See our UKR recovery guide.
• Tibial plateau fracture, 6-12 month recovery, weight-bearing protocols and quad rebuild. The fracture rehab most patients underestimate. See our tibial plateau guide.

If your knee has been operated on, we know how to rehab it.

3. Post-orthopaedic surgery, hip, shoulder, ankle, foot

The principles that make us strong on ACL, structured phasing, objective testing, surgeon coordination, honest timelines, apply to every other orthopaedic surgery. We rehab:

Hip and femur

• Total hip replacement, anterior vs posterior approach, precautions, and the glute work that decides whether you walk normally at month six
• Hip fracture (hemiarthroplasty vs ORIF), two different operations, two different recoveries. The first six weeks decide everything
• Femur fracture (IM nail / plate fixation), six months back to fully functional, with the strength gap closing at month nine
• Hip arthroscopy / labral repair, early protected loading, glute and hip stability rebuild

Shoulder

• Rotator cuff repair, strict sling phase, then the six-month rebuild. The re-tear risk if you rush back is real
• Shoulder stabilisation / labral repair, gradual return-to-load, sport-specific shoulder retraining for throwing or overhead athletes
• Pec tear recovery, bench-press injuries, lifting strains, both surgical and conservative paths

Foot and ankle

• Achilles rupture, surgical and conservative paths, strict early protocol, eventual return-to-running
• Ankle fracture ORIF, 12-week rehab guide built around dorsiflexion targets and calf rebuild
• Bunion surgery (hallux valgus), six weeks in a post-op shoe, then four to six months for the foot to settle properly

See our full post-surgical hub →

4. Runners and return-to-running

Half the reason this clinic is called Rehab N Run. We work with runners at every level, from people training for their first 5km to club-level marathoners to anyone trying to get back to running after an injury, surgery or extended layoff.

What makes us strong here: we're runners ourselves, we use the Dynamic Systems Approach rather than rigid biomechanics correction, and we treat return-to-running as a graded loading programme, not a "see how it feels" experiment.

Common presentations we see:

• Running injuries: shin splints, runner's knee, IT band syndrome, plantar fasciitis, stress fractures, achilles tendinopathy
• Post-injury return-to-running: graded run/walk programmes after a layoff
• Post-surgery return-to-running: typically month 4-5 for lower-limb surgeries, with strength prerequisites
• Hip and ankle mobility limiting running form
• Strength and conditioning programmes for runners

See our sports physio page →

"Keep it simple. Trust the process." We're specialists, not generalists. That's the entire point.

What unifies our work, the Dynamic Systems Approach

The four specialties above look different on paper but share a unifying philosophy. We treat your body as a learning system, not a machine to be "corrected." We build training environments with variability, real-world loading and progressive complexity, so the recovery transfers to your actual sport, your actual job, your actual life. Not just to the clinic mat.

That's why our rehab plans feel different from generic exercise sheets, and why patients who've drifted in other clinics find traction here.

When we're not the right fit

We'll tell you straight. If you're looking for any of these, we're not your best match and we'll point you elsewhere:

• Pure massage or "feel-good" appointments, we're a rehab clinic, not a massage clinic. Better to see a remedial massage therapist.
• Quick "fix me in one session" expectations, recovery from injury or surgery takes structured time. If you want a one-off, we'll happily refer you to a colleague.
• Pelvic floor or women's health-specific physio, we don't currently offer this. Several excellent women's health physios in SW Sydney we'd recommend instead.
• Paediatric developmental physio, we see kids for orthopaedic and sports issues, but if you need developmental milestones, gross motor delay or specialist paediatric work, a dedicated paediatric clinic is a better fit.
• NDIA-managed NDIS funding, we're not currently NDIS-registered, so we can only support plan-managed and self-managed participants. See our NDIS page.

Being honest about who we're not for is part of why patients trust us with what we are for.

Ready to see if we're the right fit?

Book a first appointment and we'll tell you within the session whether your presentation is in our wheelhouse. If it is, we'll lay out the plan. If it isn't, we'll point you to someone better suited and only charge if we've genuinely helped. Same-week availability, open 7 days.