Our services
Accredited exercise physiology with Clyve Tan, working in the same building as your GP so your care stays joined up.
Practitioner
Clyve Tan
ESSA Accredited Exercise Physiologist
Experience
10+ years
Hospital rehab, aged care, private and occupational
Languages
English, Mandarin
Consultations in either
Referral needed
No
Ring reception, or ask your GP about a plan first
What we cover
These are the things people most often book us for.
Structured, progressive exercise for joints, muscles and tendons that are not doing what they used to.
Movement programs built for pain that has been there a long time, at a pace that does not flare it.
Loading and strength work for arthritic joints, planned around what you can manage day to day.
Exercise as part of managing conditions like type 2 diabetes, alongside your GP.
Finding the weak link before it becomes the reason you stop, for sport or for work.
Getting back to normal after surgery, following the plan your surgeon set.
In detail
An accredited exercise physiologist prescribes exercise as a treatment. Where a personal trainer builds fitness, an exercise physiologist works with injury, surgery, pain and long-term conditions, and holds a university degree and ESSA accreditation to do it.
In practice that means an assessment first, then a program written for your body and your week rather than a generic set of exercises. It is progressed as you change, which is the part that makes it work.
Clyve has more than a decade of clinical experience across hospital rehabilitation, aged care, private practice and occupational rehabilitation, and consults in English and Mandarin.
In detail
Alongside exercise physiology consultations, Clyve runs clinical reformer and mat Pilates one to one, not as a class. That means the session is prescribed for you and supervised the whole way through.
He also offers sports massage, dry needling and myofascial release, which are used as part of a program rather than instead of one.
In detail
Clyve is on the same online booking system as our doctors, so you can book him directly and pick your own time.
If you are not sure what to book, or whether exercise physiology is the right fit for what is going on, email Clyve on [clyve@thorpestreethealth.com.au](mailto:clyve@thorpestreethealth.com.au) and he will answer it himself. For anything else, reception is on (08) 6147 6547.
Fees, rebates and the bulk billed option are set out in full on the [fees and billing page](/fees-and-billing/), including which situations attract a Medicare rebate and which do not. They are published in full because the clinic asked for them to be.
How we work
Most people referred to an exercise physiologist go somewhere else, and the two never speak again. That is the thing this practice was set up to avoid.
Clyve works in the same building as the doctors, so a referral does not become a trip across town that never happens.
A chronic disease management plan written by your GP becomes a programme you actually start, rather than a letter you are left holding.
What happens in the exercise physiology room comes back to your GP, so nothing needs explaining twice.
What happens
Book online and pick a time that suits, the same way you would with one of our doctors.
Any referral or plan from your GP, scans or specialist letters, and clothes you can move in. None of it is essential for a first visit.
What is going on, how long it has been going on, what you can currently do without aggravating it, and what you actually want to get back to.
Written for your body and your week rather than handed out as a generic sheet, and progressed as you change.
Their qualifications, and what each of them focuses on.
Clear answers to the practical details patients need before booking or visiting the practice.
No. You can book without one. A referral from your GP under a chronic disease management plan is only needed if you want a Medicare rebate, so it is worth asking your doctor whether a plan suits you before you book.
More common questionsBoth are university-qualified allied health professionals. A physiotherapist typically treats an injury hands-on in the early stages, while an exercise physiologist prescribes and progresses exercise as the treatment, which suits longer-term conditions, post-surgical rehabilitation and chronic pain.
More common questionsYes. NDIS is accepted, along with DVA and WorkCover. Eligibility and pre-approval may apply depending on your plan, so it is worth checking before your first appointment.
More common questionsYes, and that is a large part of the work. The assessment establishes what you can currently do without aggravating anything, and the program starts there rather than at a level you are expected to reach.
More common questionsClinically reviewed by Clyve Tan · August 2026
This page is general information, not medical advice about your own situation. Book an appointment to talk about that.
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