Pillar Sports Physio

Pillar Sports Physio Physiotherapy clinic focussing on Sports injury management, Rehab planning and General Physiotherapy

Introducing Pillar Sports Physio’s newest addition, Ollie Malley! Originally hailing from from the Apple Isle, Tassie, O...
18/01/2026

Introducing Pillar Sports Physio’s newest addition, Ollie Malley!

Originally hailing from from the Apple Isle, Tassie, Ollie has been working in a busy clinic in Bendigo over the last few years and is keen to get stuck into the Geelong lifestyle with his partner, Millie.

Ollie loves to keep active and is currently training for Ironmans triathlons and marathons, while also having a hack at the driving range

Ollie is available on Wednesdays and Thursdays from the beginning of Feb.

We are very excited to welcome Ollie and Millie to the Pillar Family!

Favourite sport: AFL

Biggest Achievement: Physiotherapist for Sandhurst Dragons triple football premiership in 2024

Favourite quote : “hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard”

Officially One year of full time Pillar!Never been someone to do anything outside of safety, so this was a big deal for ...
04/01/2026

Officially One year of full time Pillar!

Never been someone to do anything outside of safety, so this was a big deal for me. Luckily, my close circle encouraged me to go out solo and here we are.

Pillar would not be possible without a few key people

1) My wife Rose, who is dealing with the chaos at home with 2 young girls, while still encouraging and pushing me to be the best version of myself

2) The team at Stepping into the environment they have created, and being able to work closely with a team of high quality EPs, with exceptional facilities, makes Pillar be able to operate with ease.

3) My close and extended family for checking in, offering advice and being supportive.

Overall, a huge year. Lots of lessons learnt, lots of layers of the onion peeled back, and lots of growth opportunities seized.

Next year, employing a weapon physio, assisting the throughout the GFL season, and continuing to grow Pillar Sports Physio.

Thanks to everyone who has booked in, checked in and been supportive.

New Location! We’re excited to announce that Pillar Sports Physio is now available at a new location — the Lara Health a...
22/09/2025

New Location!
We’re excited to announce that Pillar Sports Physio is now available at a new location — the Lara Health and Wellness Centre!
🗓 Tuesdays only
📍 Lara Health and Wellness Centre
Book your next appointment now via the link in bio or DM us to secure your spot!

The newest addition to the Pillar family, Polly.Due to an intensive week of training with our newest administration assi...
17/08/2025

The newest addition to the Pillar family, Polly.

Due to an intensive week of training with our newest administration assistant, we are closed until the 25th of August.

Back up and running with Polly answering phones and emails next week.

03/08/2025

Unfortunately sustained a high grade Syndesmosis injury that required surgery.

Here are some exercises we used in the Early phase of her rehab.

🔑 Factors are Ankle Dorsi + Plantarflexion motion, Lateral control, Calf capacity and Rate of force development.

Running Assessment 🏃‍♂️ Running assessments and a key offering at Pillar Sports Physiotherapy. They are an in depth asse...
23/01/2025

Running Assessment 🏃‍♂️

Running assessments and a key offering at Pillar Sports Physiotherapy. They are an in depth assessment looking at Biomechanics, Mobility, Muscular endurance, Strength and plyometric capacity.

We would tailor this to your running goals (Long distance, middle distance, sprinting or sport related) and your injury history.

We perform the tests, compare them to Normative data and develop a plan, including necessary interventions.

I will be releasing a Video series next week outlining what this looks like

Let us know if you would like any more information!

Here’s Jacob. GFL footballer, Exercise Physiologist extraordinaire, keen cyclist and outstanding bloke.He had been deali...
03/01/2025

Here’s Jacob. GFL footballer, Exercise Physiologist extraordinaire, keen cyclist and outstanding bloke.

He had been dealing with some generalised groin pain over the last few months, which peaked towards the end of the season.

After performing some testing we discovered that he
- lacked power off of his right leg
- had decreased strength in his hip abductors and hip flexors
- adductors actually tested quite well

Here are some exercises we used to guide Jacob back to running and change of direction. Still work to do regarding training loads and exposures but we have seen some good progress.

1. KB Eccentric hip flexion - Directly targeting hip flexor strength, especially while lengthening.

2. Curtesy lunge to Hip Lock -Used to bias some hip internal rotation and create strength in the frontal plane.

3. Lateral hip lock to box - Progressing a hip lock to involve lateral movement and get some length through the stance leg adductor.

4. Banded Acceleration Step- shifting focus to power based exercise, this focusses on develop hip extension during some acceleration shapes

5. Banded Drop + Drive- Great for developing an understanding of using the Inside leg as leverage for COD tasks.

This is Rose. I’m lucky enough to call her my Wife. Rose just completed the Noosa triathlon in a time of 2:45, proudly b...
01/01/2025

This is Rose. I’m lucky enough to call her my Wife. Rose just completed the Noosa triathlon in a time of 2:45, proudly beating my previous time by 6mins (I have not stopped hearing about it)

Planning her sessions and managing niggles was an interesting one. She’s a full time marketing manager, Super Mum and Yoga instructor. She doesn’t have 10+ hours a week to train, we had to make the most of the little time we had.

Part of this involved sessions being low volume but high intensity. This needed us to have a big focus on recovery.

Something that really helped Rose was her passion for Yoga and Flexibility. Along with regular strength training, We included these stretches in her routine. She would complete 2 rounds of each, holding for 60-90s depending on tolerance.

1. Downward dog + calf paddles - Great for mobility through the posterior chain, especially the calf complex


2. Cross Leg Sit - Targets the posterior hip. Can regress to both ankles on ground if needed

3. Couch stretch - Targeting Hip flexor / anterior thigh, commonly restricted in cyclists and runners

4. Toe Sit - Targets the underside of the foot and calf complex

⭐️ EXCITING ⭐️ ! Our first blog is now live! 💥 Lower Limb Assessment Framework 💥The purpose of the framework is to prov...
01/01/2025

⭐️ EXCITING ⭐️ ! Our first blog is now live!

💥 Lower Limb Assessment Framework 💥

The purpose of the framework is to provide you with a clear insight into the potential sources of your injury, and to help improve your performance.

Find the full blog link in our bio …

Address

27/8 Lewalan Street
Grovedale, VIC
3216

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 5:30pm
Thursday 8am - 5:30pm
Friday 8am - 4pm
Saturday 8am - 12pm
Sunday 8am - 12pm

Telephone

+61419570586

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