MEET YOUR PHYSIO
Hi, I’m Tracey.
Physiotherapist.
Former Royal New Zealand Navy medic.
Mum.
Big believer that people are capable of more than they sometimes realise.
My career in healthcare started before physiotherapy.
I joined the Royal New Zealand Navy at 17 and worked as a medic, including service in Afghanistan and East Timor, before completing my Bachelor of Health Science in Physiotherapy in 2012.
Since then, I have worked across private practice, community rehabilitation, neurological physiotherapy and women’s health.
I later completed postgraduate study in Clinical Physiotherapy with a focus on Continence and Women’s Health through Curtin University.
All of those experiences now come together in Strong Foundations Physiotherapy.
Why Strong Foundations?
For someone who is pregnant or postpartum, that might begin with understanding pelvic floor and abdominal wall function, managing symptoms and progressively rebuilding strength and confidence.
For someone following a neurological injury or condition, it may mean improving transfers, walking, balance, strength or the ability to participate more independently in everyday life.
For an older adult, it may mean developing enough strength and confidence to keep living independently, travelling, gardening, getting onto the floor or playing with grandchildren.
Different person.
Different body.
Different goal.
Same philosophy.
Different person.
Different body.
Different goal.
Same philosophy.
I’m interested in what you want to do.
Not simply what diagnosis is written on your referral.
I want to know:
What has become difficult?
What are you avoiding?
What do you miss doing?
What would make the biggest difference to your everyday life?
Then we use physiotherapy to start closing that gap.
Less fear.
More evidence.
More capacity.
I do not believe good physiotherapy should leave people with a longer list of things they are no longer allowed to do.
Where possible, the goal is to understand the problem, manage symptoms, build capacity and progressively return to meaningful activity.
That might mean lifting, running, getting off the floor, walking further, managing stairs, returning to sport or simply feeling more confident moving through everyday life.
Physiotherapy should help you do more, not make you feel fragile.
Strong foundations build strong people.
Strong Foundations Physiotherapy offers appointments from a private home gym in Merrimac as well as mobile physiotherapy across the Gold Coast.
The environment is intentionally practical.
There is room to lift.
Walk.
Balance.
Get onto the floor.
Move.
Practise.
And build confidence.
Because that is what your body eventually needs to do outside physiotherapy too.
If you want physiotherapy that is practical, individual and built around what matters to you, let’s work out the next step.