Going the Extra Mile
In August we were excited to expand our services throughout the Cape by making the journey to Lockhart River. On the same visit we were also able to provide our first On Country physio & OT sessions for our clients in Aurukun. The clients really enjoyed the On Country sessions and even managed to catch […]
A Visit Home
It was a nice week for our MJD client Bronwyn to return to her home in Ngukurr to spend time with family and go out on Country. It has been a tough few months for Bronwyn since the passing of her father. Coming home to spend time at the Roper River having some bush tucker, […]
New Wheels
Sidney is a 63-year old man from Aurukun who has a history of cardiovascular accidents. As a result, Sidney mobilises with a wheelchair. He was recently provided with an electric wheelchair through NDIS. During a community visit to Aurukun, the Active Performance and Creative Consulting team supported Sidney to practice using his new electric wheelchair. […]
Creative Consulting Partnership
AP is delighted to have partnered with Joanne and her brilliant NDIS registered company Creative Consulting. CC offers COS and Support Workers to many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients throughout the Cairns Region and into Cape York. Our AP Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists provide therapy services to the NDIS participants who have their plans managed by […]
Aurukun
On the 21st March 2021 Nick, Simon and Josie made their first visit to Aurukun to commence seeing NDIS participants in need of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy services. With the support of Creative Consulting it was a very successful trip and the AP team managed to provide treatments and assessments to 12 locals during the 3 […]
Million Dollar Smile
This young lady is extremely inspiring. After receiving her prosthetic limb only 6 weeks prior to this photo she is now running around and climbing stairs without hesitating. Such is her confidence she has even been caught using a scooter and propelling herself with her prosthetic leg. She has such an amazing can-do attitude that […]
Congratulations Ernie!
Our Cairns Active Performance team were extremely proud of Ernie who achieved his goal of making 3000 assisted steps for the 2019 calendar year. 18 months ago Ernie could not take more than assisted 5 steps and through his dedication with daily rehab and weekly walks he averaged 60 steps per week this year with […]
On Country Physio in Arnhem Land
It was a privilege to take Davis and Brian Daniels from Ngukurr (South East Arnhem Land) to their outstation at Ngalawan for an afternoon of exercise, barra fishing and croc spotting by a sacred billabong. Its a good thing we had some damper to make because the barra were hiding!
