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Rehabilitation and education is at the heart of her practice philosophy. The practice motto Treat | Prevent | Educate flows from here.

She is a keen runner and also cycles at times, but only for fun!

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Ria qualified as a physiotherapist from the University of Pretoria in 2001 and received her Masters Degree in 2004 in Sport Medicine form the same institution. She has completed courses in chronic pain, dynamic and kinesiotaping as well as dry needling.

She has worked in both out-patient and hospital practices and is the owner of PhysioFirst. She worked in school sport for 13 years, but is not actively involved with teams anymore – preferring to spend more time with her 3 daughters.

I grew up in the Lowveld and graduated from Stellenbosch University with a degree in BSc Physiotherapy. Living by the motto that life is what you make of it! I am an extrovert and therefore getting all my energy from working with people. I enjoy the outdoors especially when exploring it through hiking and deep sea diving. I have a big passion for running, crossfit and swimming.

Ek het besluit om ‘n fisioterapeut te word omdat ek van kleins af baie sportbeserings gehad het en die frustrasie daarvan verstaan. Hierdie het my aangemoedig om die beste terapeut vir my patiënte te wees en almal so gou as moontlik pynvry te kry!

In my spare time l enjoy hiking, playing netball and anything exercise. And singing on top of my voice to absolutely any song l know!

I graduated from the University of Cape Town with an Honours degree in Physiotherapy in 2020. I completed my community service at Joe Morolong Memorial Hospital in Vryburg. I worked in private practice in Rustenburg as well as a disability claims assessor for Momentum.

I love interacting and working with people, making a difference in other people’s lives even in the smallest way. Being a physio allows me to empower, educate, encourage and treat patients to perform and return to their highest functional level.

I am an enthusiastic and passionate physio who was born and raised in Richard’s Bay, KZN. I graduated from the university of Pretoria in 2023 with a degree in Physiotherapy.

I love working with people to achieve the highest possible results and effective care while empowering my patients with sound knowledge and understanding. I also pride myself in being flexible, adaptable and resilient.

I love spending my time with family and friends, especially if it is outdoors like hiking, swimming and deep sea fishing. In my quiet time, I do like to invest some time for myself to grow my mindset as well as personal and professional growth. I enjoy being in the process of becoming.

We also offer the following services:

Strapping
Dry needling
Sport massages
Cupping

Every patient is evaluated at the first session to establish where the root of the problem is and decide on a treatment plan. Exercises and rehabilitation are part of every series of treatments.

I firmly believe if you understand why we are teaching you an exercise that you are more likely to actually do the exercise. Knowledge and understanding also lessens fear – just by understanding why you have pain actually makes it less painful!

Special interests:

Headaches
Back & neck pain
Joint pain (shoulder, knee, elbow, wrist
Sport injuries

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A standard appointment is 45 minutes to an hour.

Please note that we are a cashless establishment.

Medical aids:

We do claim directly from medical aids, but there may be a small co-payment as not all plans and options have the same benefits.
We are subcontracted to Discovery and Bestmed as a preferred provider.

Private patients: