Community
12 December, 2023
Flagship clinic opens in city
HEALTH business Wellness Embodied is opening their fourth and flagship clinic near the Cairns Esplanade.
The clinic, on level 2, 80-86 Abbott Street (Mantra Trilogy complex) will replace the existing 53 Sheridan Street clinic, which has been in operation for five and a half years.
In that time, director Suzanne Rath has grown the practice from a physiotherapy clinic to a full multi-disciplinary allied health team, with two clinics in Cairns city, as well as centres in Mount Sheridan and Cooktown.
She said the Abbott Street practice would be a centre with predominantly physiotherapy and osteopathy, as well as offering more gym classes and state of the art recovery equipment.
“2024 will see us roll out, not just ice baths, infrared sauna and compression garments, but also mild hyperbaric oxygen therapy,” Ms Rath said.
“We’ve also recently added psychology to our services, which is the icing on the cake for me,” she said.
“I see the integration between physical and mental health as hugely important for wellbeing and we are happy to have a space where our practitioners talk to each other to achieve the best treatment options for our clients.”
Ms Rath, who is the current Cairns businesswoman of the year, has obtained the support of the Queensland Government for the hyperbaric oxygen therapy, having been awarded a business growth fund grant after a multi-stage application and pitching process.
“I first started reading about mild hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the context of an additional treatment for our clients with traumatic brain injuries and post-concussion syndrome,” she said.
“I was inspired to read how widely used it is in countries like the USA, to assist with inflammation management and improvement of a huge range of conditions.
“It’s been suggested for everything from cerebral palsy and autism spectrum disorder in kids, to sports injuries, to adults with multiple sclerosis and strokes.”
Psychology, physiotherapy, osteopathy, exercise physiology, naturopathy, myotherapy and remedial massage appointments are available now at Wellness Embodied’s Cairns locations.
