Gait and Balance Gym

Working in conjunction with the Falls and Fractures Clinic, our Gait and Balance Gym provides exercise-based balance training programs to older adults (aged 65 and over) to prevent falls and fractures.

This is an MBS Clinic. You will be bulk billed.

You must:

• be aged 65 and over
• have no serious memory deficits (MMSE >18)
• be able to mobilise independently or with use of gait aid (frame, stick etc)
• provide consent/be willing to attend the clinic.

You can also use this service if you:

• have a history of falls and/or fractures (more than two in the last twelve months)
• are a single faller with established gait and/or balance deficiency
• have balance deficits caused by physical, neurological and/or vestibular deficits
• have clinical or paraclinical (Bone Mineral Density or BMD) risk of fractures
• have a history of symptomatic or asymptomatic fragility fracture
• have sarcopenia, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and/or other musculoskeletal conditions
• have had an unexplained fall with apparent complex medical cause
• have other chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

Exclusion criteria

You cannot use this service if you:

• are a patient from an aged care facility
• are wheelchair bound
• have dementia/cognitive impairments (MMSE<18)
• are aged under 65.

Your referral must include:

• your medical history
• a referral form (Adobe online form): this is for Individual Allied Health Services under Medicare if you are a patient with a chronic medical condition and complex care needs
• a GP management plan (item 721) and team care arrangement (item 721).

For referrals, including urgent referrals:

Phone: (03) 8395 8273

Days: Monday to Wednesday
Times: 9 am – 4 pm