Physiotherapy & Pilates Experts in Newcastle NSW
Peak Physio is one of Newcastle’s most trusted providers of health, fitness, and rehabilitation services. Our physiotherapists are experts in injury management having helped over 3,000 clients since 2012.
SERVICES
Physiotherapy
Our physiotherapists are highly skilled professionals who are qualified in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of musculoskeletal problems.
Remedial Massage
Our qualified massage therapists are widely trained in Massage Therapy, including Remedial Massage, Myotherapy, Pregnancy Massage and more.
Pilates
With the correct prescription of exercises and effective teaching, Pilates is a useful tool for physiotherapists in retraining strength without dysfunction after injury.
Newcastle physiotherapy experts, also providing:
* Women’s Health * Sports Physiotherapy * Trigger Point Dry Needling * Headache Management * Exercise Programs * Work Injury, CTP, EPC Programs, DVA * Personal Training * Ergonomic Assessments * Pre-employment Medicals *
Appointments available Monday to Friday, 7am – 7pm
CONTACT US
PEAK PHYSIO
Newcastle Physiotherapy Clinic
Level 1, 7 Newcomen Street, Newcastle NSW 2300
Phone: (02) 4929 3898
info@peak-physio.com.au
ABOUT US
Peak Physio opened in 2012 to provide Physiotherapy and Pilates to the Newcastle community. Since then, we’ve helped thousands of patients recover from injury and return to full function. Our results have helped us to become known as the Newcastle physiotherapy experts.
The physiotherapists at Peak Physio practice with a strong “hands on” approach, utilising massage, manual therapies, dry needling and manipulation, teamed up with exercise therapy through strengthening and rehabilitation.
We also have a significant focus on Pilates, post-surgical physiotherapy, sports physio, pain management, women’s health, customised exercise/personal training programs and corporate health.
Conveniently located in the heart of Newcastle City, Peak Physio is your number one choice for high-quality, effective, professional physiotherapy treatment.
LAITH CUNNEEN
Physiotherapist | Exercise Physiologist
MScMed MPhty BExScRehab
Laith is a registered Physiotherapist with a decade of clinical experience. He has worked across a wide range of healthcare disciplines in exercise physiology, physiotherapy, personal training and corporate health consulting. As a treating physiotherapist, Laith has extensive experience with musculoskeletal injuries, post-surgical rehabilitation, postural correction, and the management of complex and chronic pain conditions. He holds masters degrees in Physiotherapy and Pain Management.
ORLA CUNNINGHAM
Physiotherapist
BSc Physiotherapy (Hons)
Orla is a senior physiotherapist with over 15 years of clinical experience. After studying physiotherapy in London, Orla worked in a variety of roles within the UK’s National Health Service before moving to Australia in 2011. She has spent the past decade in private practice treating a vast array of musculoskeletal injuries. Orla is adept at treating all types of conditions, but also has a particular interests in running, hockey, pilates, yoga and acupuncture.
GRAYCE GERKE
Physiotherapist
BSc (Physiotherapy)
Grayce is a registered AHPRA Physiotherapist, who completed her studies at Charles Sturt University. Since graduating, Grayce has worked in private practice, treating a wide range of musculoskeletal injuries, and undertaken extensive training in Women’s Health Physiotherapy to further her passion for helping women of all life stages and ages. Grayce is also a strong believer in Pilates as a health and rehabilitation tool, and is a qualified DMA Clinical Pilates Instructor.
CHERYL DOYLE
Reception &
Administration
Born and bred in Newcastle, Cheryl trained in administration (specialising in the medical field) and has extensive experience in customer service related positions. Always a friendly face, she is responsible for the administrative technical operations of Peak Physio and for always producing the warm and welcoming environment. Having helped the practice develop since 2014, Cheryl is a familiar encounter to all of our loyal physiotherapy clients.
ALEXI MCCANN
Reception
Student Physiotherapist
Hailing from the Central West, Alexi moved to Newcastle in 2014 to start university. Brought up with a family of passionate sporting and health enthusiasts, Alexi was no exception and her tragic love for sport and the science behind the human body led her to start a Bachelor of Physiotherapy at the University of Newcastle. Now in the final year of her Physiotherapy degree, Alexi is assisting with Peak Physio’s Strength and Balance classes, allowing her to utilise the skills she’s learned at university. Alexi focuses on making the exercise classes fun and practical, all while giving the body a good work out to help increase our clients’ overall strength and keep them moving freely.
YOUR HEALTH
A series of articles written by the staff of Peak Physio in the interests of keeping the Newcastle community in peak health.
Ergonomics: Workplace Health and Why it Matters
We’ve all been there – you get up from your desk at work, you bend over to pick something up, or you go to do that one thing you do at work over and over. Even though it seems like a simple, routine thing, this time you feel an intense pain. Did you do something wrong this time? Maybe. Or maybe this has been the result of a long line of little mistakes?
The solution?
Ergonomics.
Pain Management: Simple Strategies for Dealing with Persistent Pain
Just about everybody has to deal with pain at one point in their life or another. However, some of us have to deal with pain on a regular basis.
There are any number of conditions that can cause pain and it comes in many different varieties. Some people deal with constant, burning pain. Others deal with occasional dull aches. Whatever the cause of your pain, there are a number of treatment options available.
Is Fat to Blame? The Relationship Between Weight & Pain
It has become common knowledge that in this 21st century our society is battling rising rates of obesity. Over the years there have been huge amounts of research that links higher obesity rates with chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancer and… the list is endless.
However it is less commonly known that being overweight and carrying even a little bit more weight than we should can be linked to experiencing pain.
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Dry Needling: Everything You Need to Know
Physiotherapists have a reputation for brutally digging into trigger points (or ‘muscle knots’, as they are colloquially known) with their hands, thumbs, fingers and even sometimes elbows, leaving their patients feeling battered and bruised (temporarily, of course!).
If only there was a technique that could treat trigger points without inflicting the same amount of pain, and without causing grown men to weep. There is, in fact, such a technique and an increasing number of physiotherapists are becoming trained in it, sparing their precious hands and their patients’ pain thresholds at the same time.
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Women’s Health Physiotherapy: The Problems No One Talks About
Historically, physiotherapists have been known mainly for treating back and neck pain or running onto a football field when a player has sustained an injury. However, the emerging practice of “gender health” or “pelvic health” physiotherapy and, specifically, Women’s Health has recently garnered increased publicity. Many patients with pelvic dysfunction are suffering in silence, not aware that help is available. So we think it’s time that we devoted a little more space to the problems that no one wants to talk about.
Tendinopathies: Tennis Elbow, Jumper’s Knee & Other Painful Conditions
Tendinopathies are an incredibly common type of injury, yet they are often poorly understood by the general public. In this article, we take a look at deeper look at tendinopathies – what they are, where they occur and what can be done about them.
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