Physica Active
Tailored Physiotherapy-Led Exercise Programs to Support Your Recovery and Performance
Group Classes - Physica Active
At Physica, our Active classes are designed to help you recover from injury and build strength for a healthier, more resilient body. Our diverse exercise programs include:
- Functional Strength and Conditioning
- Clinical Pilates-Informed Exercises
- Redcord Suspension Training
These sessions are guided by experienced Physiotherapists, integrating evidence-based techniques within a therapeutic framework to ensure optimal outcomes.
We offer a variety of equipment, including:
- Pilates-Specific Tools: Reformer, Trapeze Table
- Strength and Conditioning Gear: Redcord, Dumbbells, Kettlebells, Resistance Bands, and Balance Equipment
Our functional training programs replicate real-life movements and demands, helping you improve strength, flexibility, and resilience. Whether you're rehabilitating or looking to enhance everyday performance, our classes will empower you to meet life’s challenges with confidence.
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Our Physica Active classes offer a customized blend of exercises designed specifically for your needs, developed by your Physiotherapist. Each program integrates principles from Functional Strength and Conditioning, Clinical Pilates, and bodyweight exercises tailored to support your recovery and long-term health.
Exercise plays a crucial role in rehabilitation, and our classes cater to individuals recovering from:
- Back pain and arthritic conditions
- Pre- and post-natal back or pelvic pain
- Joint replacement surgery
- Spinal or other joint surgeries
- Overuse injuries and other musculoskeletal conditions
What to expect from our program?
Our Physiotherapists conduct a comprehensive initial assessment, followed by ongoing evaluations to monitor progress toward your goals. Your program will be closely supervised to ensure safe, effective exercises that align with your condition and objectives. While our classes draw inspiration from Clinical Pilates, we enhance the experience by combining it with advanced strength training techniques and other evidence-based exercises. This ensures you receive a dynamic, comprehensive program designed for optimal results.
How is it different to Clinical Pilates?
Our Physica Active Classes incorporate the most effective elements from Pilates, blending them with other advanced techniques to provide the latest in evidence-based exercise therapy. Pilates originated from Joseph Pilates (1880–1967), who developed this low-impact exercise method in Europe. His philosophy emphasized the mind-body connection, drawing inspiration from yoga, meditation, and martial arts. Over time, Clinical Pilates emerged from these foundations, integrating the Pilates approach into medical practice to support physiotherapists in rehabilitating and preventing musculoskeletal injuries. However, the term "Pilates" has often been used inconsistently within the health industry. Recognizing this, the Australian Government introduced reforms in 2019 to better distinguish between evidence-based treatments, like Clinical Pilates, and other practices that may lack clinical justification. Our Physica Active Classes adhere to these high standards, ensuring that all exercises are grounded in the latest research to optimize your recovery and performance.
What should I wear?
Comfortable gym clothing. Please bring a towel and a bottle of water to your Physica Active session.
Is Physica Active covered under my private health insurance?
Since 2019, changes to Private Health Insurance regulations have prohibited insurers from offering rebates for standard 'Pilates' classes. These changes were part of the government’s review of Natural Therapies, aimed at removing non-evidence-based treatments from health insurance coverage. However, the reform was not intended to affect Physiotherapy services. Thanks to strong advocacy from the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA), it has been confirmed that Pilates-informed exercises prescribed by a Physiotherapist as part of an individualized program remain eligible for rebates. This applies to one-on-one sessions, group therapy, and class settings, ensuring that evidence-based exercise therapy continues to be supported by health insurers
Physica Active Timetable
Rest assured the service we offer at Physica is compliant with the new legislation; we currently provide individualised exercise programs to clients based on an assessment with a physiotherapist. Our programs utilise pilates based equipment in addition to RedCord and functional strength and conditioning. Sessions eligible for rebates by private insurers cannot consist solely of “Pilates” and therefore cannot be called Pilates. Our group physio exercise classes are now known as “Physica Active.”