About

Backfocus Physiotherapy Collins Street offers you some of the best physiotherapy and allied services available in Melbourne.
Our personable and highly skilled therapists work closely with you to ensure a rapid return to health and help keep you on track to attain your personal goals, be they in sport, lifestyle or work related.

Within our group you will find a very well respected team of experienced and motivated clinicians including Musculoskeletal and Sports Physiotherapists, Myotherapists, Clinical Pilates Instructors, Exercise Physiologists and Occupational Physiotherapists.

Together this successful group of therapists? offers you an attractive opportunity to secure a great result from your health care.

Physiotherapy treatment techniques are aimed at removing joint, muscular and nerve symptoms. They restore normal mobility and function whilst providing patients with skills to help manage their condition long term. We use a hands on approach to treatment using a variety of manual skills and extensive knowledge of exercise therapy to help you recover from either chronic or acute injuries. Their extensive training in pathology, injury mechanism and rehabilitation allows them to provide the most reliable and evidence based advice and treatment for musculoskeletal disorders.

Physiotherapy is extremely effective for soft tissue tears and strains including muscle and joint related injuries. It is also very effective when there is a irritated or pinched nerve. Problems may be related to a wide variety of causes including high velocity sporting injuries, over strains, repeated or bio-mechanical related problems or postural overload type injuries. The ability to diagnose the pathology and relate it to the mechanism of injury is one of the most significant advantages Physios offer.

Physiotherapists at Backfocus participate in a regular continuing education programs to ensure that they stay abreast of the latest research and provide you with the most effective treatment available.

We have a strong commitment to evidence based and outcome measured therapy. Physical measures are routinely taken and used for re-evaluation and to guide clinical decisions during your course of treatment. Our commitment to outcome measurement is evidenced by our collaborative input with researchers at Latrobe University investigating spinal pain.

It is an extensive list of injuries that we treat and the following are just a few of the things that we see. Some of these are; Low back pain, sciatica, disc injuries, thoracic pain, shoulder pain, neck pain, headaches, whip lash,pinched nerves, jaw pain, wry neck, shoulder impingement syndrome, rotator cuff tears, bursitis, muscular tears and strains, ligament tears, overuse injuries, arthritic joints, tennis and golfers elbow, occupational and sporting injuries.
Remember that you are best to speak with one of our Physiotherapists directly and they will be able to quickly assess whether our services will be effective for you. (more)