Post-operative rehab
The weeks after surgery decide the result.
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Physiotherapy in Parktown North
The rooms are on 7th Avenue, so this is home ground. Patients walk in from the surrounding streets, and it is the shortest possible trip for the twice-weekly stretch of a post-operative programme when getting into a car is still an effort.
The practice itself
12 7th Ave, Parktown North
Home visits
Available across Parktown North
5.0 on Google
4 reviews
Since 2011
Qualified at Stellenbosch University
Does this sound familiar
What patients from Parktown North come in with
- Knee and ankle strains in walkers, runners and dog owners from Zoo Lake and the Braamfontein Spruit
- Desk-driven neck and shoulder pain from home offices along and around 7th Avenue
- Long-standing back pain that has been managed rather than treated for years
- Hip and knee replacement rehabilitation for residents staying in the same house
Worth knowing
Parktown North, in more detail
Parktown North is small — under two square kilometres, laid out entirely in numbered avenues, which is worth knowing if your lift is looking for a street. It belongs to the cluster of old northern suburbs Johannesburg calls “the Parks”, with Parkview, Parkwood, Forest Town and Parkhurst, and it shares their character: 1930s houses, deep verges, and street trees old enough to close over the road.
7th Avenue itself is a short run of galleries, coffee shops and restaurants rather than a shopping centre, which is why the practice is on it. You can park, be seen, and be back in the car in under an hour. Zoo Lake is a few minutes south and the Braamfontein Spruit a few minutes west, so a good share of local patients are walkers, runners and dog owners who have done something to a knee or an ankle on ground they cover most days.
The rest of the local caseload is what any established residential suburb produces: desk-driven neck and shoulder pain, backs that have been grumbling for years, and older residents rehabilitating a hip or a knee replacement in the house they intend to stay in.
Also treated for Parktown North 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 Parktown North patients
Both are possible. The rooms are on 7th Avenue in Parktown North, and plenty of Parktown North 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 Parktown North too, with the same assessment and the same plan.
Yes. The practice is on 7th Avenue, which is a residential avenue rather than a shopping centre, so there is no parkade, no boom and no ticket. If someone is dropping you off, note that Parktown North is laid out entirely in numbered avenues — give the driver “7th Avenue, Parktown North” rather than a street name.
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
12 7th Ave
Parktown North, Johannesburg, 2193 Open directions in Google Maps
Parktown North, Johannesburg, 2193 Open directions in Google Maps
Next step
Book from Parktown North
Book online for an appointment at the rooms in Parktown North, or send a WhatsApp with your address for a home visit in Parktown North and Rikki will confirm what is possible and what it costs first.
071 491 6759
12 7th Ave, Parktown North