Physiotherapy for Mount Warrigal · NSW 2528
Physiotherapy in Mount Warrigal
HealthPlex does not have rooms in Mount Warrigal. Your nearest HealthPlex clinic is at Barrack Heights, about 4 minutes away — roughly 2.8 kilometres away, in the Centre Health Complex on Captain Cook Drive. We treat injured workers and CTP claimants there, and offer bulk-billed physiotherapy to patients with a valid GP referral.
Better said here than discovered at the door: Lake Entrance Road is Mount Warrigal’s southern boundary, and we sit just past it.
Nearest clinic to Mount Warrigal
HealthPlex Barrack Heights
Centre Health Complex
9–25 Captain Cook Drive
Barrack Heights NSW 2528
Hours: Mon–Fri 9:00am–5:00pm
Who we see from Mount Warrigal
Mount Warrigal was Native Dog Hill first — warrigal being the word for the dingo — and the hill still defines it: 76 metres, with ocean east, Lake Illawarra and the escarpment north and west. , and those houses have aged along with the people in them.
Around one in five residents is now over 65, and That shapes the caseload: hips and knees with sixty years of work in them, osteoarthritis, rehabilitation after a joint replacement, balance and gait work for the streets that fall towards the lake. Health and aged care employ many locals, and manual handling is what that costs — backs and shoulders, injuries that run through a workers compensation claim, not Medicare. Sport supplies the rest: Freeman Park carries the local sporting fields, Mount Warrigal Public School has filled it since 1967, and Lake Illawarra High is nearby. Ankles, hamstrings and growing-body knees follow.
From Mount Warrigal to Captain Cook Drive
The trip is short from anywhere in Mount Warrigal: down past the MacKenzie Avenue or Jones Avenue shops to Lake Entrance Road, then a brief run to Captain Cook Drive — about 4 minutes in ordinary traffic. By bus, the nearest stop to us is on Lake Entrance Road about 150 metres from the door.
Before you arrive: this is a medical complex, not a shopping centre. A GP practice, pharmacy, dental, pathology and radiology sit alongside us, so imaging your GP wants can happen on the same trip.
What physiotherapy will cost you
Most Mount Warrigal patients are covered by one of these pathways.
Under an accepted NSW workers compensation (icare / SIRA) or CTP Green Slip claim, the insurer funds treatment. No out-of-pocket cost to you — insurer funding, not bulk billing.
With a GP Chronic Condition Management Plan referral, Medicare covers up to 5 allied health services per calendar year, shared across all allied health disciplines.
Veteran Card holders with a referral: DVA’s fee is accepted as full payment and no gap is charged.
Plan funded, not bulk billed. Participants can use plan funding for physiotherapy where their plan includes it.
Two terms get blurred constantly. Bulk billed means Medicare, which only pays a physiotherapy benefit when you hold a valid referral — without one the appointment is private. Under an accepted WorkCover or CTP claim there is no out-of-pocket cost to you, and DVA card holders with a referral are treated with no gap.
WorkCover and CTP physiotherapy for Mount Warrigal workers
If you were hurt at work or in a motor accident, your physiotherapy is funded by the insurer under an accepted claim and there is no out-of-pocket cost to you — the usual pathway for injured Mount Warrigal workers. Occupational rehabilitation is our core work: assessment of the injury alongside what your job demands, a plan aimed at your return to work, and insurer approvals, progress reports and employer coordination handled by us.
Treatment under an accepted NSW workers compensation claim (icare / SIRA). Bring your claim number and insurer details — the insurer is billed, not you.
Treatment under an accepted CTP Green Slip claim after a motor accident, with progress reporting handled for your insurer. No out-of-pocket cost to you.
Refer an injured worker through refer to us. We begin assessment and insurer approvals promptly.
Psychology is available at the same address where a claim has a psychological component. More detail is on our WorkCover physiotherapy in the Illawarra page.
The clinic and nearby suburbs
Clinic details are on the HealthPlex Barrack Heights page. Neighbouring suburbs have their own:
From Warilla
From Oak Flats
From Shellharbour
WorkCover physio
Frequently asked questions
Is there a HealthPlex physiotherapist in Mount Warrigal?
No. The nearest clinic is at Barrack Heights, about 4 minutes away — roughly 2.8 kilometres away, in the Centre Health Complex at 9–25 Captain Cook Drive, just over Mount Warrigal’s southern boundary. The nearest bus stop to us is on Lake Entrance Road about 150 metres from the door.
My balance is not what it was on the streets off Native Dog Hill — can physiotherapy help?
It is a common reason older Mount Warrigal residents are referred to us. A physiotherapist can assess strength, balance, gait and any joint pain contributing to it, then set and review an exercise program. Your GP can advise whether a referral suits you.
Can I get bulk-billed physiotherapy?
Yes, for patients with a valid GP referral. Medicare only pays a physiotherapy benefit when you hold an eligible referral — usually a GP Chronic Condition Management Plan — covering up to 5 allied health services per calendar year, shared across all allied health disciplines rather than 5 per clinic. Without one the appointment is private.
I hurt my back lifting at work in aged care — will WorkCover cover the physio, and is that bulk billing?
Under an accepted NSW workers compensation claim your physiotherapy is funded by the insurer and billed to them directly, so there is no out-of-pocket cost to you. That is insurer funding, not Medicare bulk billing — separate systems. The same applies under an accepted CTP Green Slip claim.
General information for Mount Warrigal residents about physiotherapy at HealthPlex Barrack Heights; not individual clinical advice. Practitioners are AHPRA registered. Medicare bulk billing requires a valid GP referral and eligibility criteria apply; WorkCover, CTP, DVA and NDIS funding is subject to your claim or plan being accepted.