HOW TO KEEP doing what you love, despite pain or injury…
AND RETURN TO YOUR PHYSICAL BEST, FOR GOOD!
With individualised rehabilitation programs to conquer pain, recover from injury and rebuild performance that actually works
We help people continue activities they love when others tell them to stop
IT IS TIME TO BREAK THE CYCLE
Have you ever had pain or an injury…
Stopping you from sport or exercise that you enjoy?
Hesitantly you try to get back into things after pain goes away,
Only to reinjure yourself again? And never be as good as before?
It doesn’t have to be like this!
Our expert clinicians can help you navigate your pain or injury with confidence.
So you can continue in your sport or exercise safely while recovering from injury (and continue to improve performance so no time is wasted).
With our individualised programs that target the root cause of your problem.
You a) recover faster, b) reclaim lost performance, c) make lasting changes and d) build resilience to reduce future injury risk.
Why traditional rehabilitation sets you up for failure
The healthcare system is broken. It doesn’t work better than doing nothing, and costs you time and money in the process.
Here’s how a typical appointment would go…
They talk to you for a bit, asking a few questions. Maybe some small talk to seem friendly and relatable.
Then they might move your body around, poke and prod a few things.
Tell you this is weak and that is tight. It sort of makes sense, but not really.
You get treatment, which inflicts pain to “relieve” pain. Afterwards might feel better, although temporary.
Before you leave, you might get some exercises to do. They are easy and ineffective.
You are told you need to come back in later that week, for more treatment. And to stop sport or exercise that you love.
After several weeks you have seen them for 8 or more times (an industry KPI).
The result?
Maybe you appear to be getting better and the treatment is working, but it isn’t.
Your body is just recovering by itself, while you lose fitness and get weaker. Setting yourself up for failure next time.
This creates a repeating cycle of ongoing injuries. We want to change that because you deserve better.
What needs to change or be done differently?
Without a thorough assessment to accurately identify your exact problem and root cause, you are just guessing to see what works.
Missing things can lead you backward for several sessions until this is realised and the course corrected.
Our service has been built on the back of this frustration for patients to save you time, money and ultimately get results.
To solve this problem and get started on the right path from session one you need:
Establish clear goals and key results you wish to achieve
A deep dive into your injury history to understand your problem
An understanding of important lifestyle factors that can enhance or derail your recovery
A clinical assessment to evaluate your pain triggers and get to the root cause
A performance assessment to know where your strengths and weakness lie to address
Management strategies to navigate and control pain
Strategies to help improve recovery
Exercises to keep you doing what you love and rebuild performance
An overall pathway and solution to help you achieve your goals when away from us
Developing your individualised plan at this level of detail can take hours…
But we have developed systems to help us streamline the process for you
The result with us?
You get a comprehensive report with your individualised recovery blueprint to help you confidently return back to your best. We also provide ongoing support to help ensure you achieve this!
Where’s the proof
What we do differently compared to traditional care
Your first consultation at ESM
❓ Initial questionnaire to capture key information
⏱ Comprehensive 60-minute initial consultation
🎯 Goal setting for key results
🔍 Deep dive analysis + identifying the root cause
👨⚕️ Targeted clinical assessment + diagnostics
💪 Performance screening options
🙌 Self-management strategies + activity modifications
🍎 Nutrition + lifestyle guidance for recovery
🏋️♀️ Coaching through movement + key exercises
📃 Comprehensive report with recovery blueprint
vs Traditional care
❌ No pre-screening which misses key information
❌ Short 30-minute session cutting corners 💨
❌ Goals not discussed 🙊
❌ Limited or brief outdated assessment 🙈
❌ Unclear diagnosis, maybe a suggestion instead 🙉
❌No performance testing
❌ You rely on their treatment to get better 💆♂️
❌ No holistic lifestyle or recovery advice 🙅♂️
❌ None or light exercises that do nothing
❌ Hieroglyphics on paper that your dog will eat 🐶
What is holding you back?
There are three main reasons why people fail to recover successfully:
They don’t engage fully with professional services
They have self-limiting beliefs or behaviours that slow or stop progress
The professional support they receive holds them back (…and they might not realise this)
PROBLEMS
Having had poor previous experience with services
WHY THIS FAILS
Reluctance to try again leads to prolonged unnecessary frustration and pain that doesn’t fully resolve or performance never recovered (and you don’t have to live with it!)
HOW WE CAN HELP
The experience you have is largely dictated by the skills and approach used by the clinician you see. If you had a bad haircut you wouldn’t give up on getting any haircut altogether. Getting professional help again from the right people is likely to yield different results to your previous experience that saves you time and frustration from working through it yourself
Not engaging with professional services earlier
Not prioritising the issue or feeling like it will go away and is self-managing leads to delays in recovery like trying to do your taxes without professional help
We help take all the guesswork out of the step-by-step process to recovery to confidently get you back to your best
Thinking that further improvement is not possible or that professional services can’t help
Many self-limiting beliefs like this become self-fulfilling! Avoiding working towards improvement of an injury often leads to disuse, fear of movement and increased pain
Unless you’re Usain Bolt, performance and injuries are almost always able to be improved upon. Our clinicians dive deeply into your strength, functional capacity, sport-specific tasks and general health to make exceeding your previous capabilities the bare minimum expectation of our service
Doesn’t understand the pitfalls of the problem, can’t see your blindspots and specifically what to do to address them
Without education about their injury, people fall into common pitfalls and avoid doing the right type of work to improve their situation based on misconceptions or not knowing their blindspots
We are experienced in helping you navigate the complexity and rollercoaster of progressing from rehab to performance. By knowing how to spot hurdles and address them before they become roadblocks gives you the confidence to progress rapidly without frustration and wasted time
Assumes they are recovered when pain stops but misses aspects of performance and compensations setting them up for re-injury
Often pain can clear up before performance returns to normal. These deficits in performance can be blindspots you aren’t aware of because the body can compensate. Leaving these unaddressed sets you up for future injuries and failure later
We use our fully equipped gym to rigorously test any deficits and compensations you may have in or out of the gym. This screening process towards the end of your care helps highlight these to you so you are confident in addressing these compensations and potential deficits fully
Doesn’t think addressing this problem now is important or urgent
Allowing something to linger around prolongs and possibly prevents full recovery. The longer this is left, it can become harder to retrain compensation patterns and recover lost fitness. Pain can also become a more ingrained feeling and expectation
Often we find giving people some simple advice to move the issue forward can prevent more headaches later, even if it is not the most important thing for you right now and you are super busy
Avoids pain and stops activities they love
Most commonly when we stop activities we enjoy, our performance and capacity reduces, leading to increased risk of injury down the track
We search to find a way to remain actively involved in sport and activities you love, which can accelerate your recovery and be more enjoyable. This process aims to maintain your fitness and decrease the chances of getting injured again
Health professionals not providing a plan or any communication with other parties
Without providing patients and their coaches a clear plan, many patients often are left with only their memory of some medical jargon in-session to guide their entire recovery journey
As what we believe should be an industry standard, we provide all patients and their health professionals/coaches with a detailed report of their issue, our relevant findings and our plan of action
Health professionals providing a poor evaluation and outdated ‘treatments’
Patients given an incorrect diagnosis and non-evidence informed passive treatments end up wasting time and money without being guided through what actually will help resolve their pain
ESM clinicians are evaluated on their ability to help you meet your goals - not bring you in for repeated passive treatments. Put simply, this involves evidence informed management strategies to help you fix yourself - not the other way around
Health professionals not providing education on self management
This can reduce your confidence in being able to recover successfully, and sets you up for re-injury
Unlike typical clinics, our strengths lie in giving you clear and simple to implement plans to help you recover when you aren’t with us. The reality is most of your recovery will be done while we aren’t there, so the better equipped you are to help yourself without us, the faster you will improve and the more confident you will be
Why act now
If you’ve been putting up with pain, training around an injury, avoiding activities you love or just giving up on your goals in general, the best time to contact us was months ago. The second best time is now
Paint vision of heaven / hell
Imagine performing at your absolute best, faster, stronger, more athletic, confident and well-informed than ever before. You’d feel proud as hell, not because of your results, but in knowing you’d done the work it took to get there. You’d be out of pain, stronger in every sense of the word, and confident of avoiding re-injury. Teammates would ask how you became the fastest on the team, friends would ask you about their similar injuries, your coach would want to know the name of your health practitioner, and your competitors wouldn’t even know you’d been injured.
Now bring yourself back to where you are right now - only envision being many more months down the path of fearing certain movements, always being unsure when your injury is going to ‘go’ and throw you out of your sport, your work, or even being able to function around the house. Imagine your pain getting worse, your growing list of questions only matched by your frustration with the inexperienced and incomplete rehab you’ve dabbled with along the way. Imagine never getting an answer to the ‘why’ of your injury - or ever an answer to the ‘when’ it might ever end.
The good news is, you get to choose which path you walk down and what journey you take. You are in control of your outcomes, you just need to decide and take action.
Why us / you?
We have helped over 10,000 patients take the next step in their recovery
We have over 30+ years of combined experience in health and performance
We have worked with people from nearly every sport at every level
We have helped those who haven’t had luck with many other professionals
We have worked with people who have got pain for no reason, those who have suffered and injury, those who have had surgery, and those who don’t want surgery
We have experienced many pains and injuries ourselves both in and out of sport
We don’t want you to have to put up with these pains or injuries
We know that if you choose us to help you, we will do everything we can to help you get the results you want. This is why we are in this profession and the better job we do, the more likely you are to tell others so we can help more people. A win-win!
How does it work + what do you get?
STEP 1: Deep Dive Dynamic Pre-Consult Assessment
Our Deep Dive process encompasses thorough questioning to gather all the necessary information to confidently support you in achieving your goals. In the event that we determine you need further support or specialized services, we have an extensive network of referral partners whom we can connect you with. This ensures that you won't be left without guidance, and you can promptly start the appropriate care and management for your condition, saving you time, money and unnecessary appointments.
This in depth pre-consult information means that absolutely nothing is missed in your history, your current and long term goals, and any obvious pathways we need to take your care - all before stepping foot in the clinic.
STEP 2: Comprehensive Initial Consultation
During our initial consultation, we perform a thorough investigation of exactly what you are dealing with, its root cause, and what your goals and expectations are. We base our management from these goals, to take the time to work with you on exactly what you want to achieve.
We then establish your pain triggers, and how you are performing in your day to day life or sport to know exactly what to first target in your unique rehabilitation plan and put you on the path of recovery.
Next we formulate critical management strategies to accelerate your recovery and let you know what to change/modify to not delay your recovery or cause more problems or harm (stronger word).
Finally we collaborate with you to develop your specific program, targeting key deficits that others would miss to help you move towards your goals, recover quickly and reduce re-injury risk long term.
STEP 3: Post-Consultation Report
Based on all of the above, we establish where exactly you are on the journey to achieve your goals across 5 broad phases:
Injury/Harm management
Controlling pain and starting to stimulate key areas
Restoring previous function inc. potential mobility, strength, power or endurance deficits (to name a few)
Increasing performance in key areas to above pre-injury levels
Maintaining performance improvements
Depending on where you are across this journey, we cater your programming, management advice and education to help you move towards pain-free performance. We then use these later phases as criteria to judge not only when you can return to sport, but how to minimise your chance of re-injury and have you performing at your absolute peak potential.
We then provide you with an electronic copy of all of this information, from diagnosis, programming, what to expect on your journey to recovery, education on when to slow down and when to push forward, as well as a raft of other health based management strategies unique to you to help you get the most out of your rehabilitation with us.
STEP 4: Review process and health coaching
We offer a variety of ongoing care options for those who work with us in clinic. Standard care review sessions are available to re-assess progress, symptoms, health and the overall clinical picture, including relevant pre-consult questioning, a thorough review consultation and providing an updated patient report - as our most basic and minimum standard of follow up care.
We also offer a suite of health coaching options with industry leading inclusions to maximise your time spent under our supervision. These include fortnightly or weekly reviews and check-ins, in-App support which facilitates direct chat features, video technique assessment, tracking of all of your rehabilitation and exercise sessions done in real-time, unlimited program reviews and performance screening as standard. While not an exhaustive list, these features alone offer a level of excellence in service that is unable to be provided in the standard consult-to-consult model, and is the proactive solution needed for many of the pitfalls of modern healthcare.
How do they get started
If you’re ready to get started on the rehabilitation work you need, click below to request a consultation. From there you will be directed to input your desired time, to be confirmed by the clinician of your choice. You will also be asked to fill in both our New Patient Form (primarily contact information) and Initial Consultation Request Form (detailed above - the crucial first step to a level of care you’ve never experienced before). Once you’ve submitted these, you’ll be contacted within 24-48 hrs to confirm your booking time, and any further detail necessary.
Getting to the clinic
The clinic is located at 5/445 Warrigal Rd, Moorabbin (VIC). It is situated inside a fully equipped strength sports gym: Melbourne Strength Culture. There is ample parking to the left of warehouse 5, and you can ring the doorbell or call us on 0485 855 859 if the front desk is unattended.