Your First Visit: What to Expect

Your journey at Kobodi Wellness Studio begins with a comprehensive 45-minute initial consultation. We focus on identifying the root cause of your discomfort to build a sustainable path toward recovery.

1. Discovery & Assessment

We start with an in-depth discussion of your medical history, lifestyle, and specific goals. This is followed by a physical examination of your movement, strength, and joint function to pinpoint the source of your symptoms.

2. Diagnosis & Education

We believe you should understand your body. We’ll explain your diagnosis clearly so you know exactly what is happening and why.

3. Immediate Treatment

To kickstart your recovery, your first session includes hands-on therapy. This may involve manual mobilization, soft tissue work, or dry needling to provide immediate relief.

4. Your Recovery Roadmap

You will leave with a personalized management plan, including:

• Targeted Home Exercises: Easy-to-follow movements to accelerate healing.

• Clear Milestones: An estimated timeline and plan for your follow-up care.

• Expert Advice: Practical tips for managing your injury in daily life.

Preparation: Please wear comfortable athletic clothing that allows for easy movement and assessment.

Ongoing Care: The Follow-Up Consultation
Our follow-up sessions are designed to build on your progress, fine-tune your recovery, and ensure you are meeting your physical goals. These sessions focus on active progression rather than just symptom management.

1. Progress Review
We begin by checking in on your symptoms and how your body has responded to the initial treatment. We’ll review your home exercise performance and adjust your plan based on your real-world feedback.

2. Targeted Re-Assessment
Physiotherapy is an evolving process. We perform quick, specific re-tests of your strength and mobility to objectively measure your improvement and identify any remaining “weak links.”

3. Advanced Manual Therapy
Based on your current status, we continue with hands-on intervention. This may include deeper joint mobilizations, soft tissue work, or specialized techniques to further reduce pain and improve tissue loading.

4. Loading & Progression
As you heal, your exercises must evolve. We will progress your home program—increasing intensity or complexity—to ensure your body continues to adapt, get stronger, and stay resilient against future injury.

Goal: Each follow-up moves you away from “treatment” and closer to “performance,” ensuring you return to your daily activities with more confidence than before.

Initial Consultation (60 Minutes)

This comprehensive session is designed to address the physical demands of new parenthood alongside the mechanics of feeding.

• Maternal Physical Assessment: We evaluate your postpartum recovery, including pelvic floor health, abdominal separation (diastasis recti), and any neck or back pain associated with feeding postures.

• Oral & Feeding Assessment: A gentle assessment of your baby’s oral anatomy (checking for tension or ties) and a full observation of a feed to analyze latch and positioning.

• Mechanical Troubleshooting: We combine clinical lactation advice with Physiotherapy techniques to optimize “feeding ergonomics,” ensuring you are comfortable while your baby feeds effectively.

• Integrated Plan: You’ll receive a holistic management plan covering breast health (e.g., mastitis prevention), supply management, and your own physical rehabilitation exercises.

What to Bring: Please bring your baby, your usual feeding pillow, and any equipment (pumps/shields) you are currently using. If possible, try to time it so your baby is ready for a feed shortly after you arrive.

Follow-Up Consultation (45 Minutes)

Recovery and breastfeeding are evolving journeys. Follow-up sessions ensure that as your baby grows and your body heals, your feeding relationship remains sustainable.

• Progress Tracking: We review improvements in latch comfort, baby’s weight gain, and your own physical pain levels.

• Positioning Progression: As your baby gains head control and size, we adjust your feeding positions to maintain comfort and prevent repetitive strain injuries in your wrists, neck, or shoulders.

• Therapeutic Intervention: This may include hands-on physiotherapy for maternal musculoskeletal issues to address any tension affecting the baby’s ability to feed.

• Advanced Support: We refine your plan to include return-to-work strategies, pumping routines, or the introduction of solids, depending on your current stage.

What to Bring: Please bring your baby, your usual feeding pillow, and any equipment (pumps/shields) you are currently using. If possible, try to time it so your baby is ready for a feed shortly after you arrive.

At your first appointment, your dietitian will ask about your medical history and health goals. They’ll also want to understand your food habits and lifestyle.

Your dietitian will show you how changes to your diet can improve your health.

It’s a good idea to take along:

• recent blood test results
• relevant medical records
• Medicare card
• health fund details

Your dietitian might ask you to keep a food diary or fill in a questionnaire before your first visit.

This follow-up is important to help you achieve your health goals.

Your dietitian will want to see you again. They might ask you to come for regular visits to check your progress and adjust your plan.

Gentle, safe, and effective massage to support you during your pregnancy and to prepare you for birth. 

1:1 Clinical Exercise performed by a Physiotherapist to achieve your health goals. 

Exercises may include the use of Pilates equipment such as trapeze table, reformer, free weights, and resistance bands. 

A Clinical Exercise Assessment is required prior to doing a 1:1 Clinical Exercise session and 1:4 Clinical Exercise class. 

Health fund rebates may be applicable under Physiotherapy. 

1:4 Clinical Exercise performed by a Physiotherapist to achieve your health goals. 

Exercises may include the use of Pilates equipment such as trapeze table, reformer, free weights, and resistance bands. Maximum of 4 participants to class. 

A Clinical Exercise Assessment is required prior to doing a 1:1 Clinical Exercise session and 1:4 Clinical Exercise class. 

Health fund rebates may be applicable under Physiotherapy Group Class. 

Call 03 9816 3589 to enquire about class times. 

Health fund rebates are available following the completion of class packs. We will provide you with a receipt you can take to your health fund to claim your rebate. 

Onero™ Initial Consultation (45 minutes)

Every Onero™ journey begins with a mandatory one-on-one clinical assessment. This session ensures the program is safe and specifically tailored to your current bone health.

• Medical Screening: We review your DEXA (bone density) scans, medical history, and any existing injuries or fracture risks.

• Baseline Testing: We perform functional assessments, measuring your current balance, grip strength, and physical function to track your progress over time.

• Goal Setting: Whether you want to lift your grandkids or maintain independence, we align the program with what matters most to you.

• Program Introduction: You will be introduced to the foundational movements of the Onero™ protocol in a controlled, private setting.

Onero™ Follow-Up (Technique & Onboarding)

Before joining our group classes, we typically schedule 1–2 individual follow-up sessions. These are critical for your safety and confidence.

• Precision Training: Onero™ relies on high-intensity resistance and impact loading. We spend this time perfecting your technique in movements like the deadlift and overhead press.

• Safety Mastery: We ensure you understand how to “load” your bones safely without straining your joints or spine.

• Confidence Building: These sessions bridge the gap between clinical assessment and the group environment, ensuring you feel ready and capable.

Once you have mastered the foundational techniques, you’ll transition into our small-group classes. Research shows that performing these exercises twice a week is the key to stimulating bone growth.

• Expert Supervision: Every class is led by an accredited Onero™ practitioner (Physiotherapist or Exercise Physiologist) to monitor your form and adjust weights.

• The Three Pillars: Each 40-minute session focuses on:

  1. High-Intensity Resistance: Lifting weights specifically calculated to stimulate bone density.

  2. Impact Loading: Controlled movements designed to strengthen the skeleton.

  3. Balance Training: Targeted drills to significantly reduce your risk of falls.

• Supportive Community: Train alongside others on the same journey in a motivating, small-group setting.

Drop in – $60

5x Class Pack – $275 (save $25) 

10x Class pack – $500 (save $100) 

Health fund rebates are available following the completion of class packs. We will provide you with a receipt you can take to your health fund to claim your rebate. 

• deep tissue massage
• stretching stiff joints and restoring the range of motion — joints are moved through a series of movements
• deep quick thrusts to the spinal column that produce a clicking noise much like cracking your neck and knuckles

Initial Consultation – $130 

Similar to the initial consultation our experienced Osteopath will review your progress from the last consultation. This is done through another interview and followed by a physical assessment. 

Your osteopathic treatment will then consist of any of these treatment methods:

• deep tissue massage
• stretching stiff joints and restoring the range of motion — joints are moved through a series of movements
• deep quick thrusts to the spinal column that produce a clicking noise much like cracking your neck and knuckles

At Kobodi we promote a holistic and interdisciplinary approach to health and wellbeing, and may refer you to other practitioners within our practice and/or to our trusted network of GPs and allied health practitioners. 

Health fund rebates are also available through Hicaps. 

Standard Consultation – $93 

Please ensure you bring your Care Plan and any other relevant information to your first appointment.  

All appointments billed under Workcover will incur an out of pocket fee as per the CCMP rates. We can bill your Workcover insurer provided that you have 1) received approval from Workcover for the necessary treatment and 2) have reached the treatment threshold. 

Please note that in the event the Workcover insurance rejects the claim, you will be liable to pay for your appointment up-front and then seek reimbursement from Workcover yourself. 

All appointments billed under TAC will incur an out of pocket fee as per the CCMP rates. We can bill TAC provided that you have 1) received approval from Workcover for the necessary treatment and 2) have reached the treatment threshold. 

Please note that in the event the TAC insurance rejects the claim, you will be liable to pay for your appointment up-front and then seek reimbursement from TAC yourself. 

If you have been provided with a home care package and would like to access our allied health services. Please contact the clinic on 03 9816 3589.