We are excited to launch our Gestational Diabetes Mellitus program ([email protected]) at Fitwise Physiotherapy. Our experienced team Include: Dietitian – Helena McDonald – specialising
What is Gestational Diabetes? A diagnosis of gestational diabetes (GD) often comes with a lot of fear. This feeling is completely justified. Having GD means
What exactly are Probiotics? The word probiotics comes from the Greek language, “pro” means promoting and “biotics” means life. Probiotics are helpful bacteria and yeast and are found naturally in our
Anyone else dreaming about the Mediterranean? Yes, that European summer holiday we wished we had booked to escape Melbourne’s winter? Well, although it’s not the
Just when you think you are out of the woods with infancy nutrition, before you know it, the transition from infancy to toddler hood is
Sweeeeeeeeet Potato! Sweeeet as! Are they really that amazing nutritionally? Well….yes! Sweet potatoes are an excellent source of fibre, beta carotene, vitamin C, potassium and
As we head into a week of icy cold temperatures, there is no better time to start thinking about delicious, heart-warming soups. Soups can be
School holidays have hit and there is no better time to get kids cooking! Kids love to be involved in cooking and it is crucial
As it feels like summer is a distant memory, let’s take sometime on this freezing Monday morning to talk about a long-lost friend, Vitamin D.
What is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome? Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a complex hormonal disorder which can present as a combination of symptoms. These symptoms include:
We’re open in two locations East Melbourne and Armadale (or via telehealth) to help you achieve your goals through Physiotherapy, Exercise classes, Myotherapy, Remedial Massage and Dietetics.
Our values are the basis of everything we do at Fitwise.
Excellence, Respect, Innovation and Fun – For our clients, for our team and for ourselves.
This is evident with the service we provide, the environment in which we provide it, the way in which we operate as a team and how we care for and value our clients, referral partners and ourselves; we live the Fitwise values every day.
Our culture is one where everyone feels supported, respected and safe. Our clients and our team, experience a leading-edge health environment where we remember to have fun along the way.
In 2004, Gen McGlashan and Libby Oldfield founded Fitwise Physiotherapy. They first met in 1994. Libby was Gen’s physio when she had her first child. Gen then worked for Libby for 10 years in Libby’s previous business, located at the Epworth Freemasons Maternity Unit in East Melbourne. They have been a team working together for a very long time!!
Libby and Gen have always had a passion for empowering women, by helping provide accurate evidence based information and treatment to help women live their best lives. Excellence in all that they do, practising and operating in an innovative way has always been their core. Fitwise was the first multi-practitioner practice providing Women’s Health physiotherapy consultations, exercise classes and clinical pilates in Melbourne.
In February 2005 Gen and Libby moved their one room practice to Albert St East Melbourne. They had expanded to 2 treatment rooms, an exercise studio and a pilates studio with a small team of physiotherapists and one receptionist. This was exciting as they wanted to be able to help more people and to grow their team – enabling their other passion: teaching and mentoring clinicians who also wanted to work within the Women’s, Men’s and Pelvic Health arena.
5 years later, they expanded their East Melbourne clinic and in 2015 opened their second clinic in Armadale.
Remedial Massage, Myotherapy and Dietetics have been an exciting addition in recent years, with Podiatry and Exercise Physiology being added in 2022.
The Fitwise team has now grown to include 18 amazing practitioners and 12 wonderful administrative team members and is still growing!
Libby and Gen have always loved providing a holistic service, treating a variety of conditions in consultations and providing exercise appropriate for different life stages. The community of clients that are part of the Fitwise family, (some who have been part of the journey from the very beginning – over 17 years ago), are the biggest reason they do what they do. For Gen and Libby, it is a privilege to be part of these wonderful people’s lives.