Physiotherapy for Warilla · NSW 2528
Physiotherapy in Warilla
HealthPlex does not have rooms in Warilla. Your nearest HealthPlex clinic is at Barrack Heights, about 3 minutes away — roughly 1.9 kilometres south, in the Centre Health Complex on Captain Cook Drive. We treat injured workers and CTP claimants from across the Illawarra there, and offer bulk-billed physiotherapy to patients with a valid GP referral.
Better said plainly than discovered at the door. From most of Warilla it is a short drive or one bus south.
Nearest clinic to Warilla
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 Warilla
Warilla was granted township status in 1951 and most of it went up across the fifties and sixties — brick and tile on flat blocks, wide streets, plenty of original owners still in those houses. It held the Shellharbour council chambers from 1969 to 1991. Little Lake and Warilla Beach sit on one side, Lake Illawarra to the north, Barrack Heights to the south.
Two things send most Warilla patients to a physiotherapist. The first is work: the occupational mix runs heavily to trades, labourers and aged-care workers, whose backs and shoulders are their livelihood. Between the industrial park on Sunset Avenue and the jobs around Warilla Grove and the George Street strip, lifting and repetitive-load injuries are a constant. The second is sport and the beach — the Warilla-Lake South Gorillas have played Group 7 football since 1965, the Warilla-Barrack Point surf club has patrolled since the late fifties, and Warilla High, Warilla North Public and Warilla Public fill the ovals and netball courts between them. The caseload runs from a Year 9 forward with a rolled ankle to a retired steelworker with an arthritic hip — plus a fair share from the bowls club that carries Warilla’s name but sits over the boundary, a few streets from us.
From Warilla to Captain Cook Drive
Lake Entrance Road runs south out of Warilla and meets Captain Cook Drive — the simplest run and the one most people take. From the George Street side, Barrack Avenue brings you out the same way. There is Warilla Grove is a stop for several bus routes, and the nearest stop to us is on Lake Entrance Road about 150 metres from the door.
Worth knowing before you arrive: this is a medical complex, not a shopping centre. It holds a GP practice, pharmacy, dental, pathology and radiology alongside us, so imaging your GP wants before physiotherapy starts can happen on the same trip.
What physiotherapy will cost you
Most Warilla patients are covered by one of the pathways below.
Funded by the insurer under your NSW workers compensation (icare / SIRA) or CTP Green Slip claim. 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, and Medicare only pays a physiotherapy benefit when you hold a valid referral — without one the appointment is private. No out-of-pocket cost applies under WorkCover, CTP and DVA, where an insurer or the Commonwealth pays instead.
WorkCover and CTP physiotherapy for Warilla workers
If you were hurt at work or in a motor accident, your physiotherapy is funded by the insurer and there is no out-of-pocket cost to you. Occupational rehabilitation is the core of what HealthPlex does: assessment of the injury alongside what your job actually demands, a treatment plan written with your return to work in mind, 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 directly, not you.
Treatment under a 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 Warilla worker through refer to us. We begin assessment and insurer approvals promptly.
Psychology is available at the same address where a claim carries a psychological component. More detail is on our WorkCover physiotherapy in the Illawarra page, alongside our analysis of what actually drives return to work.
The clinic and the suburbs around it
Full details of the clinic are on the HealthPlex Barrack Heights page. Neighbouring suburbs have their own:
Mount Warrigal
Lake Illawarra
Shellharbour
WorkCover physio
Frequently asked questions
Is there a HealthPlex physiotherapist in Warilla?
No. The nearest clinic is at Barrack Heights, about 3 minutes away — roughly 1.9 kilometres south, in the Centre Health Complex at 9–25 Captain Cook Drive. Lake Entrance Road runs straight down to it from Warilla, and there is
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 there is no Medicare item to bill.
I hurt my back at work — 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 a CTP Green Slip claim after a motor accident.
What is actually at the Barrack Heights address?
A multi-tenant medical complex, not a shopping centre. Along with HealthPlex physiotherapy and psychology it holds a GP practice, pharmacy, dental, pathology and radiology. Call 02 9072 9921 to book.
General information about physiotherapy available to Warilla residents at HealthPlex Barrack Heights; not a substitute for individual clinical advice. Services are delivered by practitioners registered with AHPRA. Medicare bulk billing requires a valid referral from your GP and eligibility criteria apply; WorkCover, CTP, DVA and NDIS funding is subject to your claim or plan.