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Collins Street Physiotherapy Collins StreetPhysiotherapy · since 1998 Appointments(03) 9629 4299

You will only ever see one of two people.

No roster, no whoever-is-free. Christine coaches, Darren treats, and between them that is the entire practice — which is exactly why people choose it. Which of these sounds like you?

Christine Jenkins demonstrating a mat exercise in the HealthFit studio. I want to be stronger than the problem. Runs HealthFit. Builds the strength that stops the same problem coming back. Christine Jenkins Darren Jenkins assessing a patient's arm in the consulting room at Collins Street Physiotherapy. Something hurts, and I want it worked out. Founded the practice in 1998. Works out what is wrong, and treats it. Darren Jenkins
Collins Street since 1998

You are picking a person, not a facility.

Darren treats the problem. Christine builds the strength that keeps it from returning. Whichever you start with, that is who you keep seeing.

Call (03) 9629 4299
A practitioner's hands working on a patient's upper back.

What each of us gets asked

Asked of Darren

Do I need a referral from my doctor?
No. You can book directly. If you have a referral for a specific plan we will work to it, and if a GP should see you first we will tell you.
How do I book?
Call (03) 9629 4299. Consultations are by appointment. Online booking is coming; today the phone is the fastest route and someone who knows the diary answers it.
How soon can I be seen?
It varies week to week. Ask when you call. We will give you the soonest real appointment rather than a vague answer.

Asked of Christine

Can I just come to a class?
No, and this is deliberate. Everyone starts with a 45-minute one-to-one assessment so the program fits you and the technique is taught before you are in a room with other people.
What are the three ways it runs?
Individual, group classes, and online. All three run. Which one suits you is decided at your assessment with the instructor.
How many people are in a class?
Capped, deliberately, so the instructor is watching rather than leading. Places must be booked in advance.

All questions

Some things should not wait for an appointment

Chest pain, sudden weakness or numbness, a head injury, loss of bladder or bowel control, or a fever with back pain. Call 000 or go to an emergency department.

See a GP firstUnexplained weight loss, night pain that wakes you every night, or pain following a fall in someone with osteoporosis.

Ask one of us directly

Describe it and Darren or Christine will answer — including telling you that you need neither of us.

Who are you asking?
Your name is needed so we can reply.
Email or phone is needed so we can reply.
What is going on? is needed so we can reply.

How the two of us work together

At the last treatment appointment Darren says what happens now, and for most people what happens now is strength work, because the thing that caused the problem has not changed. That is usually where Christine's name comes up.

Some people arrive in a class from Darren's room. Plenty arrive never having seen him. Both are ordinary, and neither gets a different program.