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Balance & Falls
Balance for the life you want to live
Balance changes can affect where you go, what you do and how confidently you move through everyday life. We look beyond a single balance score to understand what has changed, what matters to you and what may be contributing.
Find your starting point
Explore balance care
The Balance programme
Assessment, specialist care and practice
Balance & Falls is the parent programme for individual assessment, vestibular care, individual balance rehabilitation and suitable Balance Classes. Individual care does not require class enrolment.
When to consider an assessment
You don’t need to wait for a fall.
A near-fall or a change in how you move can be enough to start a conversation.
We begin with what has changed and what you want to keep doing. Age is useful context, but it does not explain the whole picture.
What happens at an assessment- 01
Almost falling
Near-falls, stumbling or needing to catch yourself.
- 02
Moving differently
Walking, turning or everyday tasks feel less steady.
- 03
Doing less
Confidence drops and places or activities start to feel out of reach.
Balance is more than strength
Understand what is changing before deciding what needs to change.
Balance draws on several systems at once. The activity and surroundings change what those systems need to do.
- 01
Sensory
Vision · vestibular information · body-position sense
- 02
Movement
Strength · mobility · gait · balance reactions
- 03
Thinking & confidence
Attention · confidence · learned strategies
- 04
Environment
The activity, surroundings and support available
The pattern matters.
Assessment brings these factors together rather than assuming that one impairment explains the person’s balance difficulty. A walking aid, handrail or slower pace may be a useful strategy when it supports participation.
If vertigo, spinning or dizziness linked to head movement is the main concern, a focused vestibular assessment may be more useful. Explore Vestibular care
Your balance assessment
Start with what has changed.
Assessment connects your concerns with a plan you can use in daily life.
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Understand the change
We discuss what has changed, what feels difficult and what matters to you.
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Make a practical plan
We select relevant tests, consider contributing factors and agree a useful first step.
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Review and adapt
We check walking, near-falls, confidence and daily activity, then change the plan if needed.
Review may lead back to assessment and a different approach.
Where the plan may lead
Individual balance rehabilitation
Depending on the findings, care may involve individual rehabilitation, targeted exercise, a suitable group programme, home-based care, adaptation or another clinical referral. Improvement is not guaranteed; meaningful activity and participation guide review.
Where care happens
Balance care in the environment that matters.
Assessment may take place where balance concerns are most relevant, subject to clinical suitability, coverage and clinician availability.
Selected setting
inClinic
A clinic may suit a focused balance assessment, supported exercise, rehabilitation and review when clinic access works for you.
Explore inClinicDigital support
Information, education, enquiries, booking, referrals and coordination can support care before and between physical appointments. Digital access does not imply every assessment or treatment is delivered online.
Evidence and clinical standards
Evidence informing this care
Balance and falls
Australian community-care guidance supports early falls-risk assessment and tailored prevention. High-certainty systematic-review evidence supports balance and functional exercise for reducing falls in community-dwelling older people.
- 01Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (2025). Preventing Falls and Harm from Falls in Older People: Best Practice Guidelines for Community Care in Australia
- 02Sherrington C, Fairhall N, Wallbank G, et al. (2020). Exercise for preventing falls in older people living in the community: an abridged Cochrane systematic review
Access and funding
How balance care can be accessed.
Intake can confirm the relevant referral, rebate, provider and funding requirements before care begins.
Private Care
Book directly with Clinics GRP. A Support at Home plan is not required for self-funded care.
Support at Home
Care may be available where it forms part of approved care and provider arrangements.
Other funding
Eligibility, referral requirements and rebates depend on the individual pathway and current policy.
Common questions about balance care
Do I need to have fallen before I seek assessment?
No. Near-falls, feeling unsteady, avoiding activities or losing confidence can be reasons to seek assessment before a fall happens.
What happens during a balance assessment?
We discuss what has changed and what matters to you, then select relevant assessments of movement, balance, health and your environment. Together we agree on a practical plan and how to review it. Not everyone needs every test.
Is balance only about leg strength?
No. Movement capacity, sensory information, nervous-system processing, learned strategies, attention, confidence, the task, environment and available support all contribute. Strength can matter without being the whole explanation.
Can assessment happen at home?
Home assessment may be appropriate when the person's usual surroundings matter to assessment or care. Intake checks clinical suitability, coverage and clinician availability.
What if I already use a walking aid?
A walking aid, handrail or assistance can help you participate. Assessment considers whether your current strategy is useful, whether the equipment suits you and whether anything is restricting you more than necessary.
Does everyone need The Balance Program?
No. Individual physiotherapy, vestibular care, therapeutic exercise, home-based care, adaptation, support or another clinical referral may be more appropriate. A group programme is one possible part of a wider plan.
How do you measure whether care is helping?
We review meaningful activities and confidence alongside everyday function, selected clinical measures, falls or near-falls and support needs. Results guide the next decision; no single score defines success and improvement is not guaranteed.