Neck & back pain
The ache that has been there for months, and the one that arrived overnight.
Read more about Neck & back painServing Rosebank, Johannesburg
Physiotherapy near Rosebank
Mostly working patients coming from the offices around the Gautrain station and the malls. Desk-driven neck pain, tension headaches and jaw clenching are the common three, and appointments here are often booked around a lunch hour.
Under ten minutes
From the rooms in Parktown North
Home visits
Available across Rosebank
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4 reviews
Since 2011
Qualified at Stellenbosch University
Does this sound familiar
What patients from Rosebank come in with
- Stiffness across the upper back and base of the neck from a full day at a screen
- Headaches that build through the working week and ease on holiday
- Jaw clenching that is frequently linked to the same neck and headache pattern
- Back pain in apartment residents whose daily movement has quietly dropped off
Worth knowing
Rosebank, in more detail
Rosebank is the closest thing the northern suburbs have to a second CBD: its own Gautrain station, a mature office market, and three interlinked shopping centres — The Firs, Rosebank Mall and The Zone — with the art and craft market alongside them. Several thousand people work within a few hundred metres of that station, and a good many of them spend the whole day at a screen.
That produces a very consistent presentation. Stiffness across the upper back and the base of the neck, headaches that build through the week and disappear on holiday, and a jaw that is being clenched without the patient having noticed. The three are frequently the same problem, which is why the assessment covers the neck and the jaw together rather than treating whichever one hurts most.
Rosebank has also densified fast. A large share of residents are now in apartments rather than houses — young professionals and downsizers — which quietly removes stairs, gardening and garden walking from daily life. Less incidental movement, more sitting, and the back complaints that follow. Clinical Pilates suits this group particularly well, because the missing ingredient is usually strength and control rather than treatment.
Practically, Rosebank is a short drive up Jan Smuts Avenue, and appointments are regularly booked into a lunch break or straight after work. The practice opens at 07:15 on Tuesdays and Fridays for exactly that reason.
Also treated for Rosebank patients
Related to what comes in from here
TMJ, jaw & headaches
Headaches that start in your jaw, or in your neck.
Read more about TMJ, jaw & headachesBefore you book
Questions from Rosebank patients
Both are possible. The rooms are on 7th Avenue in Parktown North, and plenty of Rosebank 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 Rosebank too, with the same assessment and the same plan.
A short drive up Jan Smuts Avenue — Rosebank and Parktown North are neighbouring suburbs, and a good number of patients walk it in reasonable weather. Appointments from Rosebank are commonly booked into a lunch hour or straight after work, and the practice opens at 07:15 on Tuesdays and Fridays for people who would rather come before it.
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 Rosebank
Book online for an appointment at the rooms in Parktown North, or send a WhatsApp with your address for a home visit in Rosebank and Rikki will confirm what is possible and what it costs first.
071 491 6759
12 7th Ave, Parktown North