WELCOME TO BALLARAT MYOTHERAPY CLINIC
We provide optimal care and management for muscle dysfunction. Specialising in manual therapy we are able to diagnose clients and treat their musculoskeletal conditions.
WHAT IS MYOTHERAPY?
Myotherapy is the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of many forms of muscle pain and related soft tissue injuries and conditions.
Myotherapy is a highly-effective, holistic approach to rehabilitation and pain management.
Acute sporting or occupational injuries and postural conditions are common complaints that benefit from Myotherapy care. It can also be used for pain management of chronic musculoskeletal and neuromuscular disorders, in addition to pain associated with muscular overuse, misuse or disuse, as well as helping to prevent injury.
The highly trained and educated Myotherapy practitioners use hands-on therapy to treat a wide range of muscular pain including:
- Lower Back Pain
- Neck & Shoulder Pain
- Hip & Sciatic Pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Headaches & Migraines
- Arthritic and Joint pain
- Pre and post natal pain
- Restricted Movement and Inflexibility
- Injuries relating to sporting activity
MAKE AN APPOINTMENT
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SERVICES
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Client Education & Advice
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Deep Tissue Manipulaiton
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Dry Needling
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Cupping
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Structural & Functional Taping
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Exercise Prescription
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Home Management Plan
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Pregnancy Myotherapy
How does a Myotherapist work?
Our therapists use a combination of treatment tools and client education to achieve the best outcomes for our clients.
Some of which include:
- Deep tissue manipulative techniques
- Myofascial Dry needling
- Cupping
- Myofascial stretching
- Functional taping
- Thermal therapy
- Therapeutic, prescriptive and corrective exercises
- Nutritional education
One of the keys to effective treatment is the assessment skill of the practitioner. Using a combination of tactile skill, anatomical knowledge and clinical understanding, our therapists can identify abnormalities in muscular and connective tissues. This knowledge helps determine the therapeutic techniques to be used within each treatment.
The appropriate use of education strategies is crutial to engage patients in the recovery process, and assist in the prevention of future injuries.
Exceptional patient management and principles are an important aspect of working as a practitioner within the Ballarat Myotherapy Clinic team.
What to expect from our services before, during and after your consultation?
We provide comprehensive pre and post treatment assessment, with client education strategies emphasised to aid with rehabilitation and future injury prevention.
Assessment
- Conducting initial interviews with patients and interpret referrals
- Assessing pathological conditions affecting muscle function and human movement
- Assessing range of movement
- Conducting orthopaedic and function tests.
Treatment
- Planning, implementing and modifying treatment programs as needed
Recording and Management
- Monitoring and recording patient progress during a treatment program
- Writing referrals to Medical Practitioners
- Compiling reports to Medical Practitioners
Additional offerings
- HICAPS for on the spot Private Health rebates
- WorkSafe registered (Medical referral required)
What we do not offer
- Letters or reports of any kind for Health Insurance groups, Employers and Government bodies or courts.
CONSULTATIONS
Initial Consultation
$120-$155
30 Minutes
$95
45 Minutes
$120
60 Minutes
$155
After-work hours and weekend appointments are available
Please note: We require 48 hours notice for cancellations and changes to appointments. Fees are updated annually on July 1st every year.
MEET THE TEAM
Claire Frost
Clinical Myotherapist
Claire’s Myotherapy ethos is based on a solid foundation in anatomy, movement, and injury prevention. She has a degree in Sports & Disability Studies and is a fully certified strength and conditioning coach, with qualifications in personal training. Claire’s passion for understanding the body began early, driving a lifelong commitment to staying active, healthy, and continually learning. This enthusiasm fuels her ongoing pursuit of further education and professional development.
With valuable experience as a sports trainer, Claire has worked with local and national teams, providing essential support for various athletes, including roles with the AFL, the NRL’s Melbourne Storm, the Super Rugby Pacific’s Melbourne Rebels, Melbourne Victory and Western United soccer teams, and most recently, Melbourne United Basketball team. She has also had the privilege of treating both male and female international rugby union teams and visiting teams to Melbourne, such as the Newcastle Jets, Perth Scorchers, Wallabies, and Wallaroos.
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In her leisure time, Claire enjoys staying connected to nature through hiking trails, beach walks, running, cycling, and open-water swimming, which she discovered a passion for in recent years. After working with Hockey Australia Masters and Victoria and NSW Masters Hockey, she has even taken up hockey herself.
Claire’s approach to myotherapy combines a holistic perspective with evidence-based practices. She offers a range of treatments, including sports and relaxation massage, trigger point therapy, cupping, taping, and dry needling, aiming to empower her clients to overcome obstacles with confidence and resilience. Her person-centered philosophy ensures a friendly, supportive environment where treatment is tailored to each individual’s needs.
Claire is excited to be joining the Ballarat Myotherapy team, looking forward to meeting new clients and working alongside the team to achieve the best treatment outcomes for her patients.
Arielle Maddern
Clinical Myotherapist
Arielle has always enjoyed working and collaborating with people and made the move to Myotherapy to better help her community take an active role in their health.
Arielle has in-depth knowledge regarding assessments and benefits of different treatment techniques and believes that client-centred care, addressing the cause of the pain, is the best way to treat the symptoms. She is passionate about pain reduction techniques and assisting her patients to reach their goals and get the most out of life.
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Outside of the clinic, you can find Arielle enjoying outdoor adventures, baking up a storm, and reading whatever books she can get her hands on.
Erin Richardson
Clinical Myotherapist
Meet Erin, a dedicated healthcare professional with over 25 years of experience serving communities in Daylesford, Hepburn, and now, Ballarat.
With a diverse background in Myotherapy, Nursing, and Rehabilitation, Erin brings a wealth of expertise to her practice. Her journey began over two decades ago, where she dedicated herself to improving the lives of others through hands-on treatments, compassionate care as well as exercise rehabilitation.
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Erin’s approach is holistic and personalised. Drawing from her extensive clinical skills, she provides comprehensive treatments tailored to each individual’s needs. Whether it’s alleviating pain, restoring function, or enhancing overall well-being, Erin is committed to guiding her clients towards optimal health.
Expanding on her Myotherapy practice, Erin is also a qualified Lymphoedema Practitioner who can help those affected by swelling as well as those affected by breast cancer. Her compassionate approach and training make her a trusted ally in the journey towards recovery and wellness.
As a netball coach and player, avid cyclist, golfer, and budding water polo enthusiast, she understands the importance and demands of an active lifestyle on the body. Her sports passion seamlessly integrates into her approach to healthcare, where she incorporates improving strength, balance and posture through Pilates and corrective exercises.
Erin’s dedication to healthcare spans continents, having worked at esteemed institutions such as the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne and various healthcare settings in the UK. Her experiences managing chronic disease projects, promoting positive aging, and supporting individuals with chronic pain have shaped her into a compassionate advocate for her clients’ well-being.
Driven by a desire to make a difference, Erin is not only passionate about providing exceptional care but also about empowering her clients to navigate the complexities of the healthcare system with confidence and ease.
Join Erin on the path to wellness at Ballarat Myotherapy, where compassionate care meets clinical expertise, and together embark on a journey towards a healthier, happier you.
Monique Lander
Clinical Myotherapist
With a healing touch that spans eight transformative years at our clinic, Monique has become an integral part of our holistic healthcare family. Her journey began as a passionate myotherapist, and over the years, she has evolved into a dedicated wellness advocate, combining her expertise in both myotherapy and nutritional medicine to guide individuals towards optimal health.
Monique’s insatiable love for learning propels her to stay at the forefront of her field. From the latest advancements in myotherapy techniques to cutting-edge nutritional insights, she continuously expands her knowledge to empower her clients with the most effective and holistic healing methods available.
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Monique’s greatest aspiration is to share the profound wisdom of the human body’s innate healing abilities. As a nurturing guide on your wellness journey, she takes pride in helping you discover the incredible potential within yourself to heal and thrive. With each session, Monique gently facilitates the restoration of balance, promoting wellness not only in the physical realm but also within the mind and spirit.
Equipped with a Bachelor’s degree in Nutritional Medicine in addition to her myotherapy qualification, Monique offers a unique blend of therapeutic modalities. Her comprehensive understanding of both musculoskeletal and nutritional aspects empowers her to address your well-being from a holistic perspective. Whether it’s relieving muscular tension, alleviating pain, or enhancing your nutritional choices, Monique’s holistic approach ensures a personalized and integrated healing experience.
Monique doesn’t just view her work as a profession; it’s her purpose. She revels in witnessing the positive transformations her clients undergo, both physically and emotionally, as they embark on their healing journeys. With empathy and dedication, Monique walks alongside you, providing unwavering support and expert guidance as you navigate the path towards vibrant health and wellness.
Renee Franklin
Clinical Myotherapist
Renee has worked as Myotherapist for 4 years and as a Remedial Therapist prior to that in various clinics across QLD and the Pilbara, WA. She loves working with clients to relieve their aches and pains and re-introduce all the movement our bodies are meant to do everyday. She especially enjoys working with chronic myofascial restriction, old injuries that continue to niggle and help clients to alleviate the stiffness that many of our sedentary jobs lead us to get ‘stuck’ in. She employs a range of hands on techniques and teaches easy to follow exercise activities that can be done anywhere, anytime!
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Managing stress in the body, keeping active enough to play with the kids on the ground or go a full day at work without feeling like you’re going to collapse are often goals Renee works with clients to achieve. Renee’s main motivation to move down to Victoria from QLD was the gorgeous countryside Ballarat sits among, with camping, hiking and kayaking her favourite activities to do when the time (and weather) permits. When she’s not in clinic she’ll be out exploring everything the Grampians have to offer!
Megan Craddock
Clinical Myotherapist
Megan is a deeply experienced myotherapist who brings a wealth of knowledge and insight to her practice. With many years of hands-on experience, Megan has developed a unique, integrative approach that recognises the profound connections between physical health, emotional well-being, and nutrition. She understands that each person’s journey is unique, and she takes the time to listen, observe, and consider all facets of her clients’ lives, from daily habits to underlying emotional stressors that may contribute to physical symptoms.
Known for her warm, compassionate nature, Megan cultivates a healing space where clients feel truly seen and understood. Her approach goes beyond traditional methods, incorporating an awareness of the body’s holistic needs. Megan recognises that a tight muscle or recurring pain often reflects deeper imbalances in lifestyle, nutrition, or emotional health, and she carefully crafts each treatment to address these interwoven factors.
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In her personal life, Megan finds joy and grounding in her garden, nurturing plants and appreciating the natural cycle of growth and renewal. This time spent in nature enriches her practice, deepening her empathy and respect for the body’s natural rhythms and ability to heal. Megan is also an avid soccer player, valuing the physical and mental resilience that sports foster, and she brings this same spirit of perseverance and encouragement to her clients, inspiring them to engage with their health as an active journey.
Megan’s treatments incorporate a blend of techniques that are both evidence-based and personalised, from deep tissue work to relaxation-focused therapy, always with an emphasis on empowering her clients to connect more deeply with their own bodies. She believes in educating her clients, helping them understand the root causes of their symptoms, and fostering self-awareness that extends beyond the treatment room.
For Megan, myotherapy is a partnership—a shared effort towards balanced health and sustainable well-being. She looks forward to supporting each client’s journey with wisdom, empathy, and a holistic perspective that embraces every aspect of their lives.
Genevieve Quan
Clinical Myotherapist - Daylesford
Coming from a background of nearly 15 years in the health and fitness profession. Genevieve’s interest in personal wellbeing comes from many years of working in the industry, playing and competing in sports, exercise and managing pain and injuries.
Genevieve’s philosophy on life is to have a fantastic quality of life with lots of fun and adventure and to build upon the experiences to become the best version of you.
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After qualifying as a personal trainer back in 2006, G felt like she needed and wanted to give more to her clients and decided to take a course in remedial massage therapy. G is currently studying myotherapy and will complete it this year.
Before joining Ballarat Myotherapy & Exercise Physiology, G worked full time in sales for the last 14 years in the health and wellness industry whilst treating and training people in her spare time. Her biggest drawcard to finally crossover into the field of allied health full time is due to her own personal injuries and pains. G’s greatest passion is to help educate and show people how they can take back control of their life when it comes to chronic pain.
In her downtime you will find G enjoying the great outdoors, swinging kettlebells, renovating the house, and training to master her next goal in strength and fitness. Her current goal to complete 10 wall handstand push-ups.
Sam Balson
Clinical Myotherapist - Horsham Myotherapy
Sam is passionate about helping people achieve their activity, movement and pain relief goals.
Sam is interested in a wide variety of acute and chronic conditions from sporting injuries to those with pain ongoing for a long time. On top of being naturally biased towards treating performers due to being a former professional ballet dancer – neurology, hip pain and shoulder pain are of particular interest.
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Before joining the Ballarat Myotherapy, Sam worked with the Australian Ballet and professional music theatre companies, as well as sporting teams such as the Richmond AFL team and the Melbourne Victory (A-League). His passion for rehabilitation derives from his own injury experience and finds musculoskeletal medicine a fascinating field.
Sam enjoys working with all people to help them achieve their activity and pain relief goals.
For a comprehensive range of health services in Ballarat, including Myotherapy, Podiatry, Psycology, Dietitians and Exercise Physiology, visit our sister site, Modern Medicine, at https://www.modernmedicine.com.au/. Our experienced team is dedicated to providing the highest quality care to help you feel and be your best.
For our sister myotherapy clinic in Daylesford, visit www.daylesfordmyotherapy.au for quality myotherapy in Daylesford.
For myotherapy services in Horsham, visit https://horshammyotherapy.com.au/.
A massive thanks for all that you’ve helped me with. Such a friendly and happy team that I’ve enjoyed working with.
After only 4 visits I have made so much progress. Thank you Arielle for all you are doing for me.
– Jenny
I would be lost without the care and knowledge the team have about the human body.
– Neil
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Privacy Policy
Ballarat Myotherapy Clinic is committed to providing quality services to you and this policy outlines our ongoing obligations to you in respect of how we manage your Personal Information.
We have adopted the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Privacy Act). The NPPs govern the way in which we collect, use, disclose, store, secure and dispose of your Personal Information.
A copy of the Australian Privacy Principles may be obtained from the website of The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at www.aoic.gov.au
What is Personal Information and why do we collect it?
Personal Information is information or an opinion that identifies an individual. Examples of Personal Information we collect include: names, addresses, email addresses, phone and facsimile numbers.
This Personal Information is obtained in many ways including [interviews, correspondence, by telephone and facsimile, by email, via our website www.ballaratmyotherapy.com.au] and from third parties. We don’t guarantee website links or policy of authorised third parties.
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Sensitive information will be used by us only:
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Where reasonable and practicable to do so, we will collect your Personal Information only from you. However, in some circumstances we may be provided with information by third parties. In such a case we will take reasonable steps to ensure that you are made aware of the information provided to us by the third party.
Disclosure of Personal Information
Your Personal Information may be disclosed in a number of circumstances including the following:
- Third parties where you consent to the use or disclosure; and
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Your Personal Information is stored in a manner that reasonably protects it from misuse and loss and from unauthorized access, modification or disclosure.
When your Personal Information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was obtained, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify your Personal Information. However, most of the Personal Information is or will be stored in client files which will be kept by us for a minimum of 7 years.
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You may access the Personal Information we hold about you and to update and/or correct it, subject to certain exceptions. If you wish to access your Personal Information, please contact us in writing.
Ballarat Myotherapy Clinic will not charge any fee for your access request, but may charge an administrative fee for providing a copy of your Personal Information.
In order to protect your Personal Information we may require identification from you before releasing the requested information.
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Policy Updates
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423 Ascot Street South, Ballarat VIC 3350
info@ballaratmyotherapy.com.au
03 5331 3060
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Cancellation and Non-Attendance Policy
Ballarat Myotherapy Clinic strives to ensure our clinicians’ time is respected and that we enable access to healthcare for all our clients. To this end, we have a strict but fair Cancellation and Non-Attendance Policy.
To avoid the appointment fee, notify us at least 48 hours before your appointment to cancel or reschedule so we can arrange to care for another client. If the required notice is not given and you can’t make your appointment but we can successfully fill that place, no fee will be charged.
Health fund benefits and medicare rebates do not apply to these fees.
Unexpected emergency? Call us when possible to let us know you’re ok before your appointment time. We take extenuating circumstances into consideration.
Policy Updates
This Policy may change from time to time and is available on our website.
Policy Complaints and Enquiries
If you have any queries or complaints about our Policy please contact us at:
423 Ascot Street South, Ballarat VIC 3350
info@ballaratmyotherapy.com.au
03 5331 3060