Serving Craighall Park, Johannesburg
Physiotherapy near Craighall Park
The Braamfontein Spruit trail runs along the edge of Craighall Park, which means runners and mountain bikers — and the Achilles, knee and lower back complaints that come with regular mileage on uneven ground.
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What patients from Craighall Park come in with
- Ankle sprains and knee pain from the Spruit’s granite outcrops and rutted gravel
- First-time running injuries from Delta parkrun, especially in people new to running
- Lower back and hip complaints in mountain bikers covering the wider Spruit network
- General running mileage injuries — Achilles, knee and lower back
Worth knowing
Craighall Park, in more detail
Craighall Park was laid out from 1919 and kept its large stands, so the suburb is a mix of original houses on generous plots, a few heritage-listed survivors, and modern rebuilds between them. It borders Delta Park to the west and Parkhurst to the south, and sits between Jan Smuts Avenue and Beyers Naudé Drive.
Its defining feature for a physiotherapist is the greenbelt. The Spruit here runs over broad, smooth granite outcrops that form shallow pools — beautiful, and slick. Combined with the rutted sand-and-gravel sections, it is ground that punishes ankles and rewards anyone whose calf and hip control is up to it. The trail feeds north into Delta Park and south into Parkhurst and Emmarentia, so most local runners are covering considerably more distance than the suburb itself suggests.
Craighall Park is also the closest suburb to Delta parkrun, which starts in Delta Park at eight on a Saturday morning. Five kilometres, mostly grass with rutted gravel and one tarred crossing, and reliably muddy after summer rain. It is a very common source of first-time running injuries, because parkrun draws people who have not run since school and puts them straight onto uneven ground.
One naming note worth knowing: Craighall and Craighall Park are two adjacent but separate suburbs, and people searching often mean one and type the other. Both are within easy reach of the rooms.
Also treated for Craighall Park patients
Related to what comes in from here
Neck & back pain
The ache that has been there for months, and the one that arrived overnight.
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Questions from Craighall Park patients
Both are possible. The rooms are on 7th Avenue in Parktown North, and plenty of Craighall Park patients come in for the full range of equipment and Clinical Pilates. If travelling is difficult — after surgery, or simply because the car is the hardest part of the day — Rikki treats at home in Craighall Park too, with the same assessment and the same plan.
No. Craighall and Craighall Park are two adjacent but separate suburbs, and it is very common to mean one and type the other. Both are within easy reach of the rooms, at the rooms or for a home visit.
The wider ring
Other suburbs Rikki serves
The practice covers nine suburbs across the northern part of Johannesburg, at the rooms or at home.
The rooms
12 7th Ave, Parktown North
Johannesburg, 2193
Parktown North, Johannesburg, 2193 Open directions in Google Maps
Next step
Book from Craighall Park
Book online for an appointment at the rooms in Parktown North, or send a WhatsApp with your address for a home visit in Craighall Park and Rikki will confirm what is possible and what it costs first.