Home & Clinic-Based Exercise Physiology on the Gold Coast

Home and clinic-based exercise physiology sessions provide flexible, individualised care delivered either in your home or in our clinic, depending on your needs, goals, and preferences.

Healthsmart Exercise Physiology provides both home-based and clinic-based exercise physiology sessions, giving you access to professional, individualised exercise care in the setting that best suits your health needs, mobility, and lifestyle.

Some people benefit from the structure and equipment of a clinic environment. Others achieve better outcomes exercising in their own home. Many require access to both options over time. Our role is to ensure your exercise program is delivered where it will be safest, most effective, and most sustainable.

Who Are Home and Clinic-Based Sessions Best For?

There is no single “better” option. The most effective setting depends on your current health, confidence, and goals — and this may change over time.

When determining whether home-based or clinic-based sessions are most appropriate, your exercise physiologist considers:

  • Your health conditions and medical history
  • Mobility, balance, and confidence levels
  • Access to transport and support
  • Safety considerations within your home or clinic environment
  • Your personal goals, preferences, and lifestyle

Programs may remain entirely home-based or clinic-based, or transition between settings as your strength, independence, and confidence improve.

Clinic-Based Exercise Physiology Sessions

Clinic-based sessions are ideal when access to equipment, controlled loading, and close supervision are required.

  • Clinic sessions are commonly used for:
  • Comprehensive exercise physiology assessments
  • Strength and conditioning using resistance machines or free weights
  • Post-injury or post-surgical rehabilitation
  • Cardiovascular conditioning in a structured environment
  • Technique correction and progression monitoring

Clinic-based exercise physiology allows precise control over intensity, resistance, and progression — particularly valuable in the early or more complex stages of rehabilitation.

Exercise physiologist conducting a clinic-based assessment with a middle-aged client prior to starting an individualised exercise program
Exercise physiologist providing a mobile home visit, supporting an older adult with simple strength exercises using a chair in their living room

Home-Based Exercise Physiology Sessions

Home-based sessions focus on improving function, safety, and independence within your everyday environment.

Home visits are commonly used for:

  • Functional strength and balance training
  • Falls prevention and mobility support
  • Chronic disease management
  • Deconditioning and frailty
  • Neurological and age-related decline
  • Clients with limited transport or mobility

By exercising in your own home, programs can be tailored to real-world tasks such as standing from chairs, stair negotiation, walking surfaces, and daily movement demands.

All sessions are delivered by an Accredited Exercise Physiologist, with over 25 years’ experience supporting adults across the Gold Coast and Northern NSW.

Conditions We Support Across Home & Clinic Settings

Exercise physiology sessions may be delivered in the clinic or at home for:

All programs are individually prescribed and progressed by an Accredited Exercise Physiologist.

Not Sure Which Option Is Right for You?

We’ll help you choose the most appropriate setting based on your health needs, goals, and preferences.

Funding & Referrals

Home-based and clinic-based exercise physiology sessions may be available under:

  • Medicare Chronic Disease Management (EPC) Plans
  • NDIS (self-managed and plan-managed)
  • Support at Home – Aged Care Packages
  • Workcover Qld and NSW
  • Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP)
  • Private referrals

We liaise with GPs, specialists, support coordinators, and aged-care providers to ensure sessions align with clinical goals and funding requirements.

What to Expect From Your Exercise Physiology Sessions

Whether sessions occur at home or in the clinic, care follows a clear, supportive structure.

Your first session includes a comprehensive assessment, which may involve:

  • Review of medical history and referrals
  • Discussion of symptoms, limitations, and goals
  • Functional movement screening
  • Strength, balance, and mobility assessment
  • Falls risk screening where relevant

Assessments can be completed in the clinic or at home, depending on your needs.

Following assessment, a personalised exercise program is developed to:

  • Match your health conditions and goals
  • Suit your exercise environment
  • Progress safely and gradually
  • Support confidence and independence

Programs are tailored, adaptable, and evidence-based — never generic.

All sessions are fully supervised and adjusted in real time.

You can expect:

  • Clear instruction and coaching
  • Close monitoring of technique and effort
  • Modifications on days when symptoms fluctuate
  • Gradual progression as capacity improves

Programs are reviewed regularly to ensure they remain appropriate and effective.

This may include:

  • Re-assessment of strength, balance, or mobility
  • Adjustments to exercise intensity or focus
  • Communication with your GP or referrer (if required)

Exercise physiology is focused on long-term outcomes, not just short-term gains.

Depending on your needs, this may involve:

  • Continued supervised sessions
  • Reduced session frequency over time
  • Support transitioning to independent exercise
  • Long-term maintenance programs

Why Healthsmart Exercise Physiology?

  • Accredited Exercise Physiologist with decades of clinical experience
  • Sessions delivered at home or in clinic, based on what works best
  • Strong focus on safety, independence, and long-term outcomes
  • Clear reporting and communication with referrers
  • Programs designed for real-life function — not generic exercise plans
Exercise physiologist providing reassurance and support to a middle-aged client during a clinic-based consultation

Yes. Many clients start with home-based exercise physiology and transition to clinic-based sessions as strength, confidence, and independence improve. Programs can also remain entirely home-based or clinic-based depending on individual needs and preferences.

Home-based sessions use simple, effective equipment such as resistance bands, bodyweight exercises, balance tools, and everyday household items. Programs are designed to be safe, practical, and achievable within your home environment.

Home-based and clinic-based exercise physiology sessions may be eligible for funding through Medicare (with a GP referral), NDIS, DVA, or private funding. We can help determine eligibility and guide you through referral or funding requirements.

Book an Assessment

Whether you prefer exercising at home, in a clinic, or need flexibility over time, we can design a program that supports your health, confidence, and independence.

Book an assessment today to discuss whether home-based or clinic-based exercise physiology is right for you.