Company History
The Movement Clinic Sydney has been a long time in the making, since Dennis Parlevliet started working at the clinic’s original location in 2009, inside the Fitness First gym in Castle Towers, Castle Hill. In 2010, Dennis and his wife Liz, had the opportunity to purchase the clinic and continued to work under the Physio Fitness banner for the next couple of years. With their families living across the globe in the Netherlands, they raised their young family with 3 kids and gradually set themselves to the task of nurturing their client base, making connections, creating referral networks and growing the business. Over the years they have created a community, where people can feel safe when they feel at their lowest, where patients can get excellent professional help, combined with a healthy dose of humour. In the last 10 years, that original one-man band turned into a team of 4 Physiotherapists, an Exercise Physiologist, a Remedial Massage therapist and a full-time Receptionist, with a completely different dynamic. You can best describe the treatment philosophy at The Movement Clinic Sydney as a very specific blend of no-nonsense communication, true dedication to your rehab goals with challenging and daring treatment techniques, and a belief in the ability to make a difference in people’s lives. Add a healthy dose of compassion, (and did we say humour?) and a team approach in solving problems, well then you get us! So, at the end of 2020, we decided that we wanted to sail our own course, as we felt that we were growing more and more different in almost every aspect of the business. With a lot of opportunities beckoning and a switched-on team ready to expand the business, we have now rebranded the business and named ourselves after what we are passionate about, which is making people move again! Treatment Philosophy
It’s all about MOVEMENT at The Movement Clinic Sydney. From the moment you walk or hobble in with your injury, our focus is on getting you back to your previous self and restoring your MOVEMENTS to their former glory. We don’t just treat the symptom of your injury, but also the effect it has on your general physical and mental status. We have a wholesome approach to your health, which means that we look at all the possible factors that might contribute to the development of an injury, whether it’s a trauma, work-related or perhaps increased stress levels to name a few. We think it’s vital that our patients understand what the dynamics behind their injuries are and what is needed to get them MOVING again. Right from the first appointment, we stimulate you to MOVE the injured area and we expect you to do the exercises we prescribe. Our location in the Fitness First gym is perfect for our philosophy, as every treatment session is geared towards MOVEMENT. We want you to be active and get moving, as it has proven to reduce anxiety and fear-avoidance behaviour and it increases your confidence. During the Rehab process, you will gradually start to understand what actions and decisions have caused you to be injured in the first place and in order to MOVE forward, you have to leave these old habits and thought processes behind and change the way you approach your health. As soon as our MOVEMENT Specialists have your body back to 100% again, you need to make the conscious decision for the future to keep MOVING! At The MOVEMENT Clinic Sydney we have THE POWER TO MOVE YOU
Vision
Our vision is for The Movement Clinic Sydney to become the dominant force in Sydney’s North West growth area for Injury Rehabilitation services, by staying true to our treatment philosophy to transform people’s lives and change their future in a positive way. Mission
We see it as our mission to spread the vision of The Movement Clinic Sydney, beyond the boundaries of the Castle Hill area. In order to achieve this, we are expanding our team and adding new satellite locations to our existing basis in order to reach more people in the Hills area. We have hired support staff, to develop superior policies and procedures that will support our therapists in continuing to deliver quality services with an amazing focus and customer service. We are also adding new services to our business model, which will help target new referral streams and improve intra-therapist referral, so we can get increased exposure for our message. Our new Social Media channels will lay a great foundation, from which we can deliver our vision.
