Clinics GRP Therapeutic Exercise
Clinician-guided exercise for older adults focused on strength, conditioning, mobility and day-to-day function.
Available care settings
Therapeutic exercise links strength, conditioning and mobility work to the activities the person wants or needs to keep doing.
Clinical approach
Start at the right level. Exercise with a purpose. Progress according to function and confidence.
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How care is delivered
Programs may be delivered in clinic, at home or through community-linked pathways depending on supervision needs and goals.
Where care happens
Continuity
Care can move between settings as mobility, confidence or support needs change.
Funding and access
Reviewing progress
Exercise is progressed when strength, tolerance and everyday function are improving and the response remains manageable between sessions.
Common concerns
People often start when strength, stamina or confidence has reduced and generic exercise no longer feels safe or useful.
First appointment
The first review establishes current ability, health considerations, goals and a safe starting level for progression.
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The clinician reviews current ability, goals, risk, and the safest starting level.
The plan links exercise to function, progression, and review rather than generic fitness alone.
Care service
Assessment-led physiotherapy for mobility, strength, balance, pain, recovery, and day-to-day function across clinic, home, and care settings.
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Rehabilitation for post-hospital recovery, post-surgical recovery, reconditioning, complex mobility decline, and return-to-function goals.
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Assessment and rehabilitation for balance changes, unsteadiness, falls and reduced walking confidence, shaped around everyday function and participation.
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Education, prevention, wellness, confidence, participation, and long-term functional independence support for older adults.
View serviceAustralian guidance recommends regular strength, balance, mobility and coordination activity for older adults. Therapeutic exercise should be individualised to assessment findings, health needs, goals and risk rather than presented as generic fitness or a guaranteed treatment result.
Clinical sources
How to read this evidence
Evidence guides care but does not establish that a service is suitable for every person or guarantee an outcome. Assessment, goals, health conditions, functional capacity, consent and identified risks shape individual care.
Reviewed by: Clinics GRP Clinical Review Team, Clinical review and governance
Last reviewed: 2026-08-15
It is prescribed around assessment findings, goals, safety, and progression rather than a generic group format.
Yes. Some people train in clinic, some at home, and some move between both depending on what they need.
Yes. It is often used to rebuild strength, endurance, and day-to-day function after a period of decline.
Private Care · Direct clinical access
Explore self-funded care in our clinics, at home and across appropriate care settings. You do not need a Support at Home plan. Clinical suitability, availability and any applicable rebate requirements are confirmed before care begins.
Exercise and meaningful goals
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