Serving Greenside, Johannesburg
Physiotherapy near Greenside
A younger, gym-going crowd in the main, which tends to mean shoulder and lower back injuries from lifting, and the recurring hamstring and calf strains of people who train hard and warm up briefly.
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What patients from Greenside come in with
- Gym-driven shoulder and lower back injuries from lifting
- Recurring hamstring and calf strains in people who train hard and warm up briefly
- Calf and lower-limb injuries from the Pirates Sports Club time trial
- Golf-related lower back, lead-side hip and elbow pain from Parkview Golf Club
Worth knowing
Greenside, in more detail
Greenside was established in 1931 on old Braamfontein Farm land, and it kept the large stands to prove it — most homes sit on over a thousand square metres, with pressed ceilings and established gardens. It borders Emmarentia, Parkview, Parkhurst and Victory Park, which makes it one of the most central suburbs on this list: whatever else it is near, it is near the rooms.
The Greenway and Gleneagles restaurant strip gives the suburb a much younger evening population than its housing stock suggests, and that shows in the caseload. Gym-driven shoulder and lower back injuries, hamstrings that keep going in the same place, and the specific problem of people who train four times a week and spend the other three days entirely still.
Pirates Sports Club is the other half of the picture. It runs a weekly running time trial alongside tennis, hockey, cricket and rugby, and a club time trial is one of the more reliable ways to convert a slightly sore calf into a properly torn one. Parkview Golf Club, established in 1916, sits on the other side of the suburb and sends a completely different set of complaints: lower backs, lead-side hips and elbows.
Greenside also has an adjoining sub-suburb, Greenside East, which people search separately. Both are covered, at the rooms or at home.
Also treated for Greenside 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 Greenside patients
Both are possible. The rooms are on 7th Avenue in Parktown North, and plenty of Greenside 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 Greenside too, with the same assessment and the same plan.
Yes. Greenside East is an adjoining sub-suburb that people search for separately, and it is covered the same as Greenside itself, 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 Greenside
Book online for an appointment at the rooms in Parktown North, or send a WhatsApp with your address for a home visit in Greenside and Rikki will confirm what is possible and what it costs first.