Clinical Pilates Thornbury — Advanced Health Preston (7 Min Away)

Advanced Health Preston offers clinical Pilates — reformer-based, clinically supervised rehabilitation — just 7 minutes from Thornbury on High Street. For Thornbury residents who’ve been told they’d benefit from Pilates for their back pain, postpartum recovery, or movement dysfunction, but want clinical supervision rather than a group fitness class, Advanced Health is the obvious destination. Sessions are supervised by Andrew Cunningham, our AHPRA-registered chiropractor.

Getting here from Thornbury

7 minutes north on High Street from Thornbury into Preston. We’re at 4/107 Plenty Road, Preston 3072, with free on-site parking. Trams 86 and 96 run the High Street corridor directly from Thornbury to Preston. For Thornbury residents who prefer to cycle, the Darebin Creek trail links into Preston’s cycling network.

Thornbury sends us a particular type of clinical Pilates patient: active people in their 30s–50s who have tried studio Pilates or yoga and found it doesn’t address the specific physical issue they have — a disc injury, sacroiliac problem, postpartum core weakness, or recurring back pain. They want a Pilates programme that’s been designed for their body and their problem, not a class they happen to join.

What clinical Pilates at Advanced Health involves

All new clinical Pilates patients begin with a 1:1 assessment with Andrew (45 minutes): movement screening, identification of specific weaknesses or imbalances, and prescription of an individualised programme. You then join small-group sessions (2–4 people) working through your prescribed programme on the Reformer, Trapeze Table, Wunda Chair, and mat — whichever combination is appropriate for your programme stage.

Programmes are reviewed and progressed every 4–6 weeks. The goal is always measurable improvement and ultimately independence — equipping you with the movement skills and strength to maintain your progress without indefinite supervised sessions.

Clinical Pilates presentations we commonly treat for Thornbury patients

• Lower back pain and disc conditions — progressive loading programme targeting deep stabiliser recruitment and spinal control
• Postpartum rehabilitation — pelvic floor recovery, diastasis recti management, safe return to exercise after pregnancy
• Cyclist-specific conditioning — hip flexor and hip extensor balance, thoracic rotation and extension, gluteal activation — all critical for Thornbury’s large cycling population
• Hip and pelvic instability — sacroiliac joint issues, hip impingement, gluteal weakness
• Scoliosis — specific programming to manage curves and reduce progression
• Injury prevention for active adults — identification and correction of movement weaknesses before they become injuries

Clinical Pilates and chiropractic — an integrated approach

Many Thornbury patients combine chiropractic and clinical Pilates at Advanced Health. Andrew provides both — which means your Pilates programme is informed by exactly what he finds in your chiropractic assessment. The joint and soft tissue work in chiropractic treatment creates the conditions for Pilates to be effective; the Pilates programme builds the strength and motor control that prevents the joint problem from recurring. This integrated approach is more effective than either modality used in isolation.

Pricing

Initial 1:1 assessment with Andrew: $90. Ongoing small-group sessions: call for current pricing. Health fund extras rebates apply for clinical Pilates from a registered provider. No referral required to start.

FAQs for Thornbury patients

How far is Advanced Health from Thornbury?

7 minutes north on High Street. We’re at 4/107 Plenty Road, Preston 3072 — free on-site parking available.

Do I need to have done Pilates before?

No prior experience needed. Your first session is a 1:1 assessment with Andrew where you’re introduced to the equipment and your programme is designed. Many of our most successful Pilates patients started with no background in the method.

Is clinical Pilates covered by my health fund?

Many private health funds include clinical Pilates under their extras cover. Check your policy for “clinical Pilates” or “remedial exercise” — and whether it requires a registered provider. As an AHPRA-registered chiropractor supervising sessions, Andrew meets most funds’ provider requirements.

Can I do clinical Pilates while also seeing a chiropractor?

Yes — and we’d recommend it for most patients with spinal conditions. The chiropractic treatment addresses joint restriction and acute pain; the Pilates programme builds the strength and control that prevents recurrence. At Advanced Health you can do both with the same practitioner coordinating your care.

Is this useful for cyclists?

Very much so. Cycling creates specific imbalances — dominant hip flexors, underactive glutes, restricted thoracic rotation — that respond well to targeted clinical Pilates programming. Many of Thornbury’s cyclists use clinical Pilates at Advanced Health to complement their riding and reduce overuse injury risk.

Book your clinical Pilates assessment

Call (03) 9484 9185 or book online to book your initial 1:1 assessment with Andrew. We’re at 4/107 Plenty Road, Preston — 7 minutes from Thornbury on High Street, open Monday–Friday 8am–7pm and Saturday 8am–1pm.