Active Physiotherapy Mackay

13/04/2026

What a weekend for Team Active! 💪🎉
Suz powered through 21.1km at the Hobart Half Marathon, Mel absolutely smashed it at the HYROX fitness competition, and Dee officially launched her Pilates classes 🚀
So proud of the dedication, strength and passion across our team!

12/04/2026

✨ Antenatal Education week 2 ✨
Join us for an evening focused on pelvic levels, birth positions, and body‑awareness exercises to help you feel confident and prepared for birth 🤍
📅 Thursday 16 April 2026
⏰ 6:00–7:30pm
📍 3/43 Gregory Street
Bookings essential – we’d love to see you there!

03/04/2026

Tail bone pain is treatable!! Our pelvic health Physios can diagnose your pain and develop a treatment pathway to suit you!

02/04/2026

Celebrating 18 years of Active Physiotherapy Mackay 🎉
Huge thanks to our patients, team, and community for your ongoing support—here’s to helping you move better every day! 💙💪

01/04/2026

We’ll be closed for the Easter long weekend. Have a lovely Easter and we’ll see you soon 🌷

31/03/2026

🎉🐰 Congratulations to Natasha! 🐰🎉

Natasha is our winner of this year’s Easter Egg Jar Guess! there was 177 eggs in the jar🥚✨
Well done to everyone who had a guess, hopefully next year is your year!

Enjoy your well‑deserved prize, Natasha. We hope you have a lovely Easter enjoying your eggs! 🍫💛

31/03/2026

💙 Parkinson’s Support Group – Mackay 💙
If you or someone you love is living with Parkinson’s, you’re not alone.
Parkinsons Queensland is inviting the Mackay community to a Meet n’ Greet Support Group — a welcoming opportunity to connect with others affected by Parkinson’s and share experiences

30/03/2026

Antenatal Group – Week 1
Labour: Stages, Hormones & Strategies
Join us for an interactive antenatal exercise session covering:

The stages of labour
Key labour hormones
Practical strategies to support labour and birth

📍 Active Physiotherapy Mackay
📅 This Thursday
📞 Bookings essential – call reception: 4953 3557

27/03/2026

🎉 Celebrating 18 Years of Active Physio! 🎉

What an incredible journey it has been. Over the past 18 years, so much has changed — and we’re feeling extra grateful as we look back on where we started and how far we’ve come.
✅ From paper notes to AI powered documentation
✅ From our humble beginnings on Sydney Street
✅ To our beautiful clinic at 3/43 Gregory Street
When we opened our doors, it was just 2 physios with a big dream. Today, we’re proudly a team of:
💙 15 Physiotherapists
💙 1 Sports & Exercise Scientist/Therapy Assistant
💙 12 Administration Superstars

Together, we’ve grown, adapted, supported thousands of amazing clients, and built something truly special. This milestone isn’t just ours — it’s shared with every patient, staff member, and supporter who has been part of the Active Physio story.

Here’s to 18 years of helping our community move better, feel better, and live better… and to many more years ahead! 🎉💪💙

25/03/2026

Antenatal Classes at Active Physiotherapy Mackay!
We’re excited to announce that we have fortnightly Antenatal Classes with our physio Gabriela 🤰✨
Whether you're a first time mum or adding to your growing family, these classes are designed to help you feel confident, strong, and supported throughout your pregnancy.
🗓 Starting: Thursday, 2nd April
⏰ Time: 6:00pm
📍 Location: Active Physiotherapy Mackay
Join us to learn about safe exercise during pregnancy, pelvic floor health, birth preparation, and how to support your body through each trimester.
✅ Open to all pregnant women
✅ Small, supportive group environment
✅ Led by qualified physiotherapist Gabriela
Spots are limited book your place today!

23/03/2026

🎉 Help us celebrate Brayden! 🎉

4 amazing years of having Brayden on the Active Physio team, and we couldn’t be more grateful!

Brayden is one of our incredible Sports Physios whose passion, skill, and dedication make a huge difference for our clients every single day. Whether it’s helping athletes return to play or supporting everyday movement goals, Brayden brings energy, expertise, and genuine care to everything he does.

👏 Join us in congratulating him on this milestone, with many more years to come!

18/03/2026

Have you heard of the Norwegian 4 x 4?

A patient walked into a cardiac rehab center in Norway, scared to take a flight of stairs.

Twelve weeks later he was exercising harder than people half his age.

What happened between was not a drug. Not a surgery. Not a medical procedure.

It was a stopwatch and a pattern that looks almost too simple: a solid warm-up, four minutes hard, three minutes easy, repeated four times. That protocol became known as the Norwegian 4x4 and it has quietly rewritten how we understand cardiac recovery and metabolic healing.

Four minutes is the sweet spot. Long enough to let your heart reach full output. Short enough to repeat it multiple times. That is where the cardiac adaptation happens.

As a physician, one of the most common things I hear is: I do not have time to exercise. The Norwegian 4x4 takes under 40 minutes total, from the first warm-up step to the final cool-down. It outperforms longer moderate-intensity exercise in multiple cardiovascular outcomes.

You do not need a gym. You need a stopwatch, ten minutes to warm up your engine, and something to make you uncomfortable for four minutes at a time.

Learn more below 👇️