Viva Physiotherapy

Specialties

Viva Physiotherapy is conveniently located on the corner of Flinders Lane and Elizabeth St in the Melbourne CBD.

Our primary goal is to provide the best standard of physiotherapy care to our clients and we do this by ensuring that each appointment is of 30 minutes duration and is only ever 1:1.

We pride ourselves on identifying the cause of your pain, rather than just treating the pain itself. Our special interests include distance running, AFL football, biomechanics, pregnancy-​related problems and ergonomic issues such as neck pain and headaches.

Viva has also recently opened a fully-​equipped Pilates studio. We run 38 classes per week, in the morning, at lunchtime and in the evening.

We provide services such as physiotherapy, acupuncture, dry needling, sports massage, Pilates, manipulation, and ergonomic assessments.

Our physiotherapists are highly experienced with post-​graduate qualifications. Please visit our website for further details.

History

Established in 2009.

Kathryn Anderson started Viva Physiotherapy in 2009 because she wanted to change the worrying trend of physiotherapists treating multiple clients at a time and not allowing sufficient time for diagnosis and rehabilitiation. That’s why, at Viva, we offer strictly one-​on-​one appointments for 45 minutes (initial) or 30 minutes (follow-​up). We also focus on rehabilitation and long-​term goals: that means we assist you to get yourself better. Forever.

Meet the Business Owner

Kathryn A.

Business Owner

Kathryn started Viva Physiotherapy in 2009 after she completed her Masters of Physiotherapy (Manual Therapy) at the University of Western Australia. Kathryn gained her bachelor degree with honours from The University of Melbourne.

Since then, she has worked extensively in private practice, both in Australia and the United Kingdom. She spent three years at the prestigious Fulham Physiotherapy clinic in London, specialising in conditions such as sports injuries (particularlarly distance runners), spinal injuries and pregnancy. Kathryn also lectures to her peers on Pilates for the Australian Physiotherapy and Pilates Institute. Kathryn has been recognised by TAC and Worksafe as an Occupational Physiotherapy, Provider which means she is committed to returning injured people to work.

Kathryn was the recipient of the Karim Khan prize for Rehabilitation Science from the University of Western Australia.