Physiotherapy Woodville

Woodville is where a lot of western Adelaide's medical care happens, and that shapes who we see from here. The Queen Elizabeth Hospital is a few hundred metres from the station, so a good share of Woodville patients come to us straight after a discharge: a knee or hip replacement, a fracture that has come out of plaster, a stroke, a long stay that has left someone weaker than they went in. The hospital physios get people walking; we take it from there, five to seven minutes down the road, without the outpatient waiting list.

The rest is the ordinary life of a busy suburb: Woodville Road traffic, the railway station commute into the city, the shops along Port Road, and the sport played at Woodville Oval and the clubs around it. Back and neck pain from desk jobs in the city, shoulder and knee injuries from football and netball, and the arthritis and balance work of an older population that has lived here a long time.

From Woodville you come west along Woodville Road or Findon Road, then into Trimmer Parade. If you are coming by train, Seaton Park station on the Grange line is a short walk from the clinic. Parking is free and at the door, which matters when a knee has just been replaced.