With an emphasis on supporting Australians through allied health and therapy services, IIME offers independent examinations in physiotherapy. Our team of physiotherapists are able to complete in-depth assessments that not only consider the immediate needs of the claimant, but also detailed treatment plans that are unique to each claimant, their health and their specific injury or illness as well as future care costing plans
Home, Call or Clinic
Our physiotherapy services are carried out by an experienced team you can trust, with the ability to work with you via telehealth, home visit or on-site at a clinic to provide medico-legal opinions for pain, injuries and illnesses that may or may not be permanent
Our Independent Physiotherapy Services
Through independent examination, our physiotherapists provide detailed written reports with customised programs and support requirements for future care needs
The following assessments and reports detailed in our service offering are conducted by experts that are qualified to provide independent opinions.
Assessing Movement and Function Through Effective Physiotherapy
In order to to help evaluate injuries and/or illnesses efficiently, our team is trained to assess:
- Range of movement and mobility.
- Strength and balance.
- Walking
- Transfers (sit-to-stand).
- Cardiovascular health and function.
- Neurological health and function.
- Exercise capacity.
- Participation in activities of daily living.
Medico-Legal Reports
Independent physiotherapy assessments that are accompanied by a medico-legal report help to support claimants that are filing personal injury claims for their injury or illness. Our physiotherapists specialise in medico-legal reports for:
- Neurological conditions (acquired brain injury).
- Orthopaedic and musculoskeletal conditions (multi-trauma, amputees).
- Paediatric conditions (cerebral palsy).
- Cardiological conditions (cardiomyopathy, Marfan syndrome and more).
Causation and Impairment Explanations
IIME’s physiotherapy assessments help to determine the impact on health and overall level of impairment that has been caused by an illness or injury. Our physiotherapists can provide causation and impairment services and explanations on a person’s:
- Prognosis
- Diagnosis
- Future function.
- Future care costs.
- Present and future care needs for physiotherapy consultation and services including private practice, rehabilitation (pre-operative and post-operative care), neurological and vestibular, chronic pain, women’s and men’s health (pelvic floor and incontinence), pilates and hydrotherapy.
- Recommendations on future care with other allied health services such as occupational therapy, podiatry, exercise physiology and attendant care requirements.
- Equipment and gait ads.
- Accommodation appropriateness.
- Wheelchair and mattress appropriateness.
- Functional capacity to participate instrumental and personal activities of daily living such as:
- Working
- Self-cleaning / bathing.
- Household duties.
