Book your appointment now. Alive Physio and Wellness is committed to solve your chronic and complex pain so that you have the capacity and knowledge to start your wellness journey. We look beyond the superficial injury to effect life changing, permanent improvements. Our values:
Engage – by communicating and listening respectfully, understanding your symptoms and looking deeper into the causes in order to find a true solution. Educate – through sharing our professional experience and expertise using an evidence-based approach
Empower – by facilitating and creating a treatment plan that gives you the tools to manage your physical condition for long-lasting change. We look after your long term physical health and prevention by using a holistic (physical, emotional, mental and spiritual) approach that also liaise with other medical/alternative practitioners. Our techniques and approaches we use to transform your life:
Manual therapy
Fascial Counterstrain Therapy
Visceral Manipulation
Craniosacral Therapy
Dry Needling
Meditation and mindfulness sessions
27/11/2025
Sometimes we forget that the body and mind are always talking to each other. When life feels overwhelming, the mind starts racing faster than the heart can keep up, especially at this busy time of year.
But a simple pause can change everything.
Place your hand on your heart.
Take five slow breaths.
Tell your nervous system, “You can rest now.”
This gentle self-touch activates the parasympathetic nervous system, releases oxytocin, and reminds your whole being that you are safe, supported, and loved. Peace is already within you and it’s always just one slow breath away. ✨❤️
20/11/2025
🎁 Did you know we offer gift certificates?
With Christmas not too far away, it’s the perfect time to give the gift of relaxation, healing, and wellbeing. ✨
Choose from a wide range of wellness services - manual lymphatic drainage, Maya abdominal massage, reflexology, therapeutic massage, physiotherapy/Fascial Counterstrain sessions, or yoga and meditation classes/programs.
Gift certificates are available in $50, $100, and $150 amounts, or you can purchase the exact value of any service.
A thoughtful way to support someone’s health and self-care this festive season.
🌿💛 Call us on 1300 538 999 to organise one.
10/11/2025
🎉 We had so much to celebrate over the weekend! 🎉
It was our physio Nad’s birthday, he completed three weekends of intense Fascial Counterstrain training, and we marked over 20 years in the health industry, including 18 years of running our own private practice, from humble beginnings in Canberra to our practice here in Hawthorn.
We’re also so proud that Nad is the only physiotherapist in Victoria trained and specialising in Fascial Counterstrain — a huge milestone! 👏
What an incredible journey it’s been. We’re deeply grateful to all our past and present team members, and to our amazing clients who continue to trust in the work we do and share in our vision of holistic care.
Here’s to continued learning, growth, and helping more people live with ease, move with freedom, and feel well from the inside out. 💫
02/10/2025
25/09/2025
07/09/2025
Happy Father's Day to all the incredible dads out there!
❤️
13/08/2025
🌟 Understanding A Spiritual Life & How To Live It 🌟
📅 Sunday 31 August | ⏰ 10am – 5pm
📍 Alive Physio & Wellness, Hawthorn
Join Trish Lehman (📞 0422 270 730 | theessenceofparenting.com.au) and Alison Dew (📞 0488 016 512 | elementsofgrowth.com.au) for a transformational one-day workshop designed to help you explore life’s deeper questions and reconnect with your true self. You’ll walk away with practical tools for personal growth, spiritual clarity, and a deeper connection to your inner wisdom.
✨ Discover:
• The purpose of life on Earth
• How karma shapes your daily life
• The power of free will & choice
• The journey of spiritual evolution
• How to trust your intuition
• Life after death & reincarnation
…and much more.
🎟 Limited seats – secure your place today!
💰 $195 (includes course booklet + morning & afternoon tea)
💲 COST: • Full term: $270 (9 classes) • Drop-in: $35 per class • Partial enrollments welcome!
Each 75-minute class focuses on precise alignment, mindful movement, and creating space for both body and mind to flourish.
Whether you're new to yoga or looking to refine your practice, Sally's expert guidance will meet you exactly where you are.
Note: Weeks 1 & 2 will be taught by Jane while Sally attends teacher training.
Ready to find your flow? Book online in the link in our bio or call on📞 1300 538 999
26/06/2025
Your brain can literally change how much pain you feel. 🧠
Research shows meditation can reduce chronic pain intensity by rewiring how your brain processes pain signals. It's not just relaxation - it's neuroplasticity in action.
Ready to discover how powerful your mind really is?
Book into a one-on-one or group meditation session with Shilani to learn how our integrated approach can help rewire your relationship with pain.
24/06/2025
Your deadline stress from 2019 might still be living in your shoulders. 😳
Stress doesn't just disappear when the situation ends - it can sometimes get stored in your fascia. That tight neck, those tense hips, that constant jaw clenching? Your body could be holding years of accumulated stress.
The good news? What gets stored can be released.
Ready to discover where your stress lives and how to let it go? Book your assessment today.
23/06/2025
Trochanteric bursitis can make simple activities like walking, climbing stairs, or lying on your side intensely painful.
At Alive Physio & Wellness, we understand that while inflammation in the hip bursa causes immediate symptoms, there can often be other contributing factors in the body including fascial restrictions throughout the hip and pelvic region.
Fascial Counterstrain offers gentle techniques to release these patterns, improve lymphatic drainage, and restore normal hip mechanics.
By addressing all factors contributing to bursitis – not just the inflammation itself – this approach can help create lasting resolution rather than temporary symptom relief.
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Created by husband and wife team, our journey started in 2007. It was a memorable year for us. We had our first child and we started running a home-based Physiotherapy practice in Jerrabomberra, Canberra. With our commitment to providing a high standard of patient care, we believed in empowering patients to achieve wellness, rather than just dealing with episodes of pain.
Nad always looked past the symptoms presented and looked at the bigger picture of what is going on in the patients' whole body. This philosophy together with his unique treatment style and patient education meant we had no choice but to expand the business into a commercial premise in 2012 with other physiotherapists and complementary practitioners. After running a successful practice for 9 years, we closed the business in 2016. However, Nad continues to travel to Canberra once a month to look after his patients.
Alive Physio and Wellness was born in 2014 with our relocation to Melbourne. We are excited to share our knowledge with our patients and continue to strive to provide 'best practice' in physiotherapy.
OUR AIM
Our aim is for our patients both young and old to be able to rehabilitate from an injury and get back into their daily routine. We also look after their long-term physical health and prevention by using a holistic (physical, emotional, mental and spiritual) approach that also liaise with other medical/alternative practitioners. Our continuous passion to Engage, Educate and Empower clients means, it helps them to work towards long term wellness and optimal health.
OUR VALUES
Engage – by listening, communicating, assessing, treating and evaluating.
Educate – through experience, science and evidence based approach.
Empower – by facilitating, providing tools for change.
