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(08) 6110 0570admin@pdchealthhub.com.auA staged plan to get you back to work or sport, with progress checked against clear criteria and written reports for your GP, insurer, employer or NDIS.
Return to work and sport planning is a structured, step by step plan for getting back to your job or your sport after an injury, surgery or a period of illness. Your physiotherapist looks at what your body can currently do, what your work or sport demands, and what needs to change in between. For work, the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine consensus statement says that good work is beneficial to health and wellbeing, and that long-term work absence, work disability and unemployment generally have a negative effect.1 The Clinical Framework for the Delivery of Health Services, endorsed by WorkCover WA, also sets goals of function, participation and return to work within a biopsychosocial approach.2
For sport, the 2016 international consensus statement on return to sport describes a continuum from return to participation, to return to sport, to return to performance. It calls for a shared decision between you, your clinicians and your coach, and for criteria-based progression rather than time alone.3 We use tests of strength, movement and sport or work-specific tasks as guides to inform a decision, not as a guarantee that you will not be re-injured.
In practice you will have an assessment, agree goals, and follow a staged plan that may include modified duties or hours at work, or graded training in sport, with testing at set milestones. With your consent, we write reports for your GP, insurer, employer or NDIS provider describing your current function and capacity and what we recommend. NDIS participants provide evidence from their allied health professional that therapy supports are right for them, and our reports can help provide this.5
Most people use more than one service over time. Every service here works from the same shared plan, so you never have to start your story again.
Three steps from your first call to a plan the whole team can see.
Book online or call (08) 6110 0570. If you have a GP referral or care plan, bring it with you or ask your GP to send it to us.
Your clinician takes a full history, asks what matters most to you and agrees goals you can work towards together.
With your consent, your plan is shared with your GP and with other PDC clinicians you see, so everyone works from the same page.
Most of our services can be booked without one. You do need a GP referral to claim a Medicare rebate, and a Home Medicines Review or Residential Medication Management Review always starts with a GP referral. NDIS, DVA and workers' compensation claims each have their own paperwork. If you are not sure, call us on (08) 6110 0570 and we will check before you book.
If your GP has prepared a GP Chronic Condition Management Plan and referred you to us, Medicare pays a rebate for up to five eligible allied health visits a calendar year, shared across disciplines. Private health cover may also contribute, depending on your policy. We confirm what applies to you when you book.
Many of our services can be delivered by secure video call. Where a service needs a hands-on assessment, such as a foot or physiotherapy examination, we will book you in person at one of our ten clinics.
Your referral or care plan if you have one, a list of your current medicines, any recent test results, and your Medicare, DVA or NDIS details. If you use a glucose meter, CGM or insulin pump, bring that too.
Yes. A family member, carer, interpreter or support worker is welcome at any appointment. If you need an interpreter, let us know when you book.
Book online in under a minute, or call and our care team will check this is the right place to start.
Or go straight to a service
Phone (08) 6110 0570 · Medicare, NDIS, DVA and private options across our services
For GPs and health professionals
Send an online referral in under two minutes. One referral reaches every discipline at PDC Health Hub.
