Knee Physiotherapy · Neutral Bay
Know exactly what's wrong with your knee
And exactly what happens next. Adolescent knees, sporting knees, post-operative knees and arthritic knees. Every knee we see is assessed, tested objectively, and progressed against clinical criteria rather than a calendar.
Led by an APA Titled Sports & Exercise Physiotherapist, a postgraduate credential held by fewer than 5% of Australian physiotherapists.
Start with what you're feeling
Does this sound like your knee?
Most people come to us before they've had a scan or a diagnosis. Find the line that sounds most like yours.
Should you be seen urgently?
Most knee problems can wait a few days. These ones shouldn't.
- The knee is locked and you can't fully straighten it
- It swelled up within an hour of the injury
- You can't put weight through it, or you suspect a fracture
- Your kneecap has dislocated, particularly if this is the first time
- The knee is hot, very swollen, and you feel unwell or feverish — this needs medical review the same day
- You've had recent surgery and have calf pain, increasing redness, or wound discharge — contact your surgeon
Call us on 0429 178 916 and we'll find you an appointment. If you can't reach us and it's urgent, see your GP or go to the emergency department.
The two questions everyone asks
Do I need a scan?
Often, no. Most knee problems can be diagnosed accurately from a careful history and physical examination, and scanning early can create more problems than it solves. MRI scans of pain-free knees routinely show meniscal tears and cartilage wear, so a finding on a scan isn't automatically the cause of your pain. Treating the scan rather than the person is a common and expensive mistake.
Imaging genuinely matters when there's been significant trauma, when the knee swelled rapidly, when it locks or won't fully straighten, when there's real instability, when a fracture is suspected, or when you aren't progressing the way we'd expect. In those cases we'll organise it or refer you promptly.
Do I need surgery?
Sometimes, and when you do we'll say so plainly and get you in front of the right surgeon. But it's needed less often than most people assume. Degenerative meniscal tears generally do as well with structured exercise as with arthroscopic surgery, and where ACL reconstruction is planned, rehabilitation beforehand measurably improves the result. Most first-time kneecap dislocations are managed without an operation.
Where surgery is the right call, what happens before and after it determines a great deal of your outcome. That part is what we're built for.
What happens when you come in
What happens when you come in
Assess
A full assessment of the knee, the joints above and below it, and the demands you're returning to. Diagnosis first, plan second.
Test objectively
Strength, jump and hop testing on dual force plates where it's relevant, including side-to-side symmetry. Numbers, so progress isn't a matter of opinion.
Stage the rehabilitation
Your program is built in phases with defined criteria to exit each one. Delivered through an app so you can train between sessions while we review what you've actually done.
Retest before clearing you
You're cleared when the testing says you're ready, not when a timeline says you should be. For return to sport, that means meeting targets rather than just feeling fine.
Your first appointment
Bring shorts, and any scans, reports or referrals you have. We'll take a full history, examine the knee, and explain what we think is going on and why. Where it's appropriate we'll test you on the force plates the same day so you have a baseline. You'll leave knowing the diagnosis, the likely timeframe, what the first phase involves, and what we're going to measure to know it's working. $180, claimable through private health extras.
Proof
Why people trust us with their knee
Credentials
- APA Titled Sports & Exercise Physiotherapist — a postgraduate credential held by fewer than 5% of Australian physiotherapists
- Certified GLA:D® provider — an internationally researched education and exercise program for hip and knee osteoarthritis
- Dual force plate testing for objective strength and return-to-sport decisions
We work alongside orthopaedic surgeons and sports physicians across the lower North Shore and wider Sydney.
Every knee, at every stage of life
Every knee, at every stage of life
Whatever's going on, there's a pathway for it. Each condition below has its own page.
The growing knee (roughly 10–18)
Adolescent knees behave differently. Growth, sport volume and skeletal maturity all change the picture, and the answer is rarely just rest. We work with school and club athletes across the lower North Shore, and we're direct with families about training load, not only exercises.
- Adolescent anterior knee pain
- Osgood-Schlatter
- Patellar tendinopathy (jumper's knee)
- Patellar instability and dislocation
The athletic knee
Field, court, road and water. The priority is returning to the real demands of your sport, tested rather than assumed, with a plan that reduces the chance of a second injury.
- ACL injury and reconstruction
- Meniscal injury, conservative and post-operative
- MCL, PCL and multi-ligament injuries, including knee dislocation
- Runner's knee: PFPS and ITB syndrome
- Patellar and quadriceps tendinopathy
The knee that's been around a while
A knee that limits what you do isn't something to accept. Strength and load tolerance improve at every age, and good rehabilitation either delays surgery or prepares you properly for it.
- Knee osteoarthritis and GLA:D
- Degenerative meniscal tears
- Preparation and rehabilitation for joint replacement
Post-operative rehabilitation for any of the above — see our knee arthritis and post-operative rehabilitation page
FAQ
Questions, answered
Get a straight answer about your knee
A full assessment, a clear diagnosis, and a plan with defined stages. $180, claimable through private health extras.
Book a Knee AssessmentFinished rehab but not finished?
Being pain-free isn't the same as being robust. Rebuild is our physio-led strength and performance program for people who've completed rehabilitation and don't want to be back here in twelve months.