“Wellness is the complete integration of body, mind, and spirit — the realisation that everything we do, think, feel, and believe has an effect on our state of well-being.”
Greg Anderson
The first thing you need to know about my practice is that it is proudly run out of my home.
My practice has been designed to create a comfortable and personal, yet professional experience. I’ve spent a lot of time creating a space that provides the comforts one gets when visiting a friend or neighbour.
Why? Because our clinical relationship and your treatments have the best chance of flourishing and being the most effective when you feel calm and at ease.
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What Can Physio Help With?
Meg provides the following services:
Physio for Pain and Musculoskeletal Conditions
- Any pain, conditions or injury of muscles, bones, joints and/or tendons
- Any body area: Low back, neck, shoulder, arm, wrist, pelvis, hip, knee, or ankle
- Exercise and rehabilitation for musculoskeletal conditions
- Rehabilitation after orthopaedic surgery
Prenatal & Postnatal Physiotherapy (excluding internal pelvic floor assessments)
- Treating any musculoskeletal condition that occurs during pregnancy or postpartum
- Pelvic girdle pain, low back pain, rib pain, wrist & thumb pain, neck pain or upper back pain
- Exercise guidance for pelvic floor symptoms (working with your pelvic floor Physio)
- Prenatal and postnatal Pilates classes
Physio for Other Conditions
- Chronic pain (as part of your multi-disciplinary team)
- Conditions such as arthritis or osteoporosis
- Any condition that requires guidance on exercise rehabilitation
General Physical Activity Guidance
- Assessment of current exercise levels
- Collaboration on how to best meet your exercise and fitness goals (with or without injury)
- Movement and exercise for longevity
You can claim any applicable Private Health Insurance or Medicare Plan rebates after your session by sending off the paid invoice. Codes for each session can be found under the ‘information’ section of the relevant appointment when booking online.
Is your condition or injury not listed? It is still very likely I can help you if you're in pain and wanting to improve your quality of life and exercise capacity. Get in touch if you're unsure. We can talk it out before you choose to book a session.
About Meg
Meg Doyle has over a decade of experience working with women in the healthcare industry and has been a registered Physiotherapist since 2017. She is a member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association and is dedicated to continued education and staying on top of the latest research. She is a local and is proud to serve the women in her community.
Personally, Meg is a lover of learning, self-reflection and personal growth, which is a recipe that leads to her constantly questioning her practices, updating them, or avoiding them completely if they’re no longer aligned with the latest evidence and what feels authentic to her. She is also a lover of holistic health and isn’t afraid of diving into deep and spiritual conversations. She welcomes the whole of you in your sessions as the physical body is only one piece of our multi-layered human experience.
Meg loves working closely with other local allied health professionals including:
- Pelvic floor & women’s health physiotherapists
- Pelvic Strength Physiotherapy, Croyden
- Beth Scott: consulting in Ringwood, Mitcham & Croyden
- Woman within Physiotherapy (Samara Nanayakkara): consulting in Rowville & Mount Waverley
- Osteopaths, Chiropractors & Myotherapists
- Rehab Lab Clinical Myotherapy: Ringwood
- Doctors and medical specialists
- Dieticians & Nutritionists
- Midwives, Birthing Educators & Lactation Consultants
She will always make an effort to connect with other health and fitness professionals that you are working with to ensure you get the best treatment possible.
What to Expect During Your Initial Consultation
You can choose to book your first session in person or online via Telehealth, and you’re welcome to change it to either on the day.
Your first session is about me getting to know you, first and foremost, since you are the one experiencing your condition, pain or injury.
We’ll start by having a conversation
The condition, pain or injury
- When and how it started
- The history of the condition if you’ve had it for a while
- What it’s currently stopping you from doing
- The movements or activities you’re finding challenging
- Your current exercise levels
- If it’s impacting other areas of your life such as your mental health, sleep or work
How your pain “behaves”
- What movements make it worse or better
- How it feels throughout the day or during different activities,
- If it’s impacting your sleep
- How medications are working for you (if any)
Your goals, both short and long-term
- What you’re wanting out of this first session
- Your goals for movement long-term
Plus any other relevant pieces like your past medical history, what you do for work, etc.
This first part is important for informing how I choose to assess the body area, as well deciding what treatment plan I feel will be best to offer you (we collaborate on this).
Next, we move on to assessing movement and physical structures of the body
This may include:
- Assessment of relevant movements such as walking, a squat, bending forwards, and arm or neck movements
- Strength and range of motion assessments
- Specific Physiotherapy tests that provide information about certain structures
- Palpation (a fancy word for “feeling”) the body area, including the relevant muscles, tendons, bones, ligaments and joint capsule
Lastly, starting treatment
Treatment is tailored to your condition or injury, your goals, and most importantly, you. This means we collaborate on the best path forward that aligns with the best available research, what I know from clinical experience, and what you feel will fit in best with your life.
Treatments will be a combination of any of the following:
- Manual therapy such as remedial massage and joint mobilisation
- Exercise rehabilitation which could be stretches, mobility-focuses, strength-based with weight, or Pilates-style exercises
- A personalised home exercise program on an easy-to-use app
- Education and empowerment around pain, the condition you have, prognosis, and any other relevant pieces
- Conversation around mental wellness and mindset
Education and Empowerment My goal with treatment is always for you to end up no longer needing to see me anymore
In-between sessions
My clients are always on my mind. This means you can expect follow-up texts or emails between sessions, particularly if I’m not seeing you for a little while.
Throughout our journey together I am also always available if you have any questions about your home program, treatment, or anything new that comes up for you. This could be in the form of a phone call, text, email, or even a message on Instagram. I am here for you! This is all included for no additional cost.
Location & Opening Hours
Her Holistic Physio attracts clients from most suburbs in the City of Knox, and others from Maroondah City, Yarra Valley and the Dandenong Ranges. I’ve worked with clients from many of the following suburbs:
Boronia, Bayswater, Ferntree Gully, Upper Ferntree Gully, Knoxfield, Wantirna, Wantirna South, Rowville, Scoresby, Lysterfield, The Basin, Bayswater North, Croyden, Croyden Hills, Croyden North, Crodyen South, Heathmont, Kilsyth South, Ringwood, Ringwood East, Montrose, Selby, Mount Dandenong, Kalorama, Sherbrooke, Upwey, Belgrave, Olinda, Ferny Creek, The Patch, Kallista, Selby, Tecoma, Mooroolbark, Chirnside Park & Sassafras
Opening Hours for 2024
Thursdays: 4pm – 7:30pm
Fridays: 9am – 6pm
Saturdays: 9am – 1pm
Into 2025 …
The gentle plan is for me to be able to offer even more days/times in 2025. Current intentions are:
Mondays: 10am – 12:30pm
Wednesdays: 10am – 12:30pm
Thursdays: 10am – 12:30pm + 4pm – 7:30pm
Fridays: 9am – 6pm
Saturdays: 9am – 1pm
Frequently Asked Questions
Initial consultations with Meg are $185 for an hour, and follow-up sessions are $138 for 45 minutes. This is above the industry average in Australia in price because Meg offers longer consultations than other Physiotherapy practices. More time allows for a truly spacious and holistic experience of care. I reduce session costs at my discretion if we run very short for whatever reason.
The amount you see a Physio is completely determined by you, the condition you’re presenting with and how the Physio you see likes to work with people. Generally, after your first session, you may see the Physio shortly after to check in with your home exercises. From there, if you’re nursing a new injury or feel you need more support, you may see your Physio more regularly, or if you’re after more of a distant approach, you may only check in every few weeks or months, depending on where you’re at in your program.
Steer clear of any Physio recommending you come in for regular checkups or body “adjustments” on a weekly or bi-weekly basis with no progression in your treatments unless they have a very good reason for it, or it’s at your request (unless you’re choosing to do Physio exercise classes which are usually a weekly thing).
You do not need a referral to see a Physiotherapist, including those more highly specialised like Pelvic Floor Physios.
Physiotherapists are involved in the care of any condition of the body imaginable. It could be anything from the more well-known sports and musculoskeletal injuries that people see Physio treat often, to less known areas that Physios are involved in such as after abdominal surgery, cancer, burns rehabilitation, respiratory conditions or chronic pain, to name a few.
The best type of Physiotherapy is care that is centred around you as well as the latest research. Generally, this will mean active and exercise-based treatments over only using passive treatments like massage (but they can absolutely still be a part of your care), a focus on education and empowerment, and having a treatment plan that is tailored to you, your life, and your goals and expectations.
There are various branches of Physiotherapy, including musculoskeletal (muscles, bones, joints, tendons & ligaments), orthopaedic (rehab after musculoskeletal surgery), geriatric (older people), women’s health (pregnancy, postnatal and pelvic health), men’s health (pelvic health), and paediatric (children). This list is not exhaustive.
If you feel you need help and you find a clinician that ticks all of the boxes above then it is very likely that investing time, money and energy into Physio will feel it was worth it.
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