How can an Osteopath support me?
Our osteopaths provide therapeutic support under the NDIS Capacity Building budget (Improved Daily Living and Improved Health & Wellbeing). We accept self-managed and plan-managed participants utilising the following item numbers:
Participants under 7 years: 15_005_0118_1_3
Participants 7 years and over: 15_056_0128_1_3
Clinical interventions target specific, measurable capacity-building goals, including:
Body & Functional Movements: Coordination of trunk and limb movements, balance, gait (walking), or functional mobility skills.
Activities of Daily Living: Musculoskeletal strength required for navigating stairs, using cutlery, dressing, and everyday tasks.
Oral-Motor Skills: Targeted clinical support toward defined eating, feeding, and speaking goals.
Osteopathic therapy is very specific to the individual.
As Osteopaths, we use our hands to gather information about the way your body moves. This information coupled with visual assessment, measurements, your feedback and clinical observations helps us devise and progress your management plan.
Your Osteopath will work with you to assist in achieving your goals.
The strategies an osteopath would use include manual assessment, exercise programs and therapeutic activities for you to perform at home (sometimes with a carer) to improve your function and participation in the community.
The Two-Stage Intake Process for our New Clients
Stage 1: Initial Telehealth Consultation (Online or Phone) A dedicated consultation focused on clinical screening, a detailed review of medical history, and precise NDIS goal mapping.
Stage 2: In-Clinic Evaluation A face-to-face biomechanical and functional assessment to formally initiate physical therapeutic activities, which may include orofacial myofunctional plans, breathing exercises, or targeted flexibility, movement and proprioceptive therapy programs.
Payment Policy: To secure the practitioner’s dedicated time to review prior clinical information, referrals and/or reports and establish your management plan, payment for Stage 1 and 2 is required at the time of booking or consultation. Our standard 48-hour cancellation policy applies.
In accordance with NDIS pricing regulations, our services are billed utilising pro-rata 10-minute operational units. This model ensures that every funded unit maps directly to clinical necessity.
Total Intake Allocation: Each initial intake process is formally allocated as a minimum 90-minute clinical service divided as follows:
Direct Consultation
Indirect Clinical Support
Check with your case manager:
To determine if functional and therapeutic services provided by an osteopath can be paid for with package funds.
Upfront Declaration:
Intent to utilise NDIS funding must be declared at the time of booking. Private appointments cannot be retroactively transitioned to NDIS-funded sessions on the day of treatment due to strict reporting and billing requirements.
Mandatory Service Agreements:
A formal NDIS Service Agreement outlining the therapy plan, service schedule, and expected costs must be signed and fully executed before any billing or clinical consultation begins.
AHPRA & NDIS Compliance Note:
In accordance with Australian consumer law and health regulations, physical intervention for isolated pain or acute injury falls under the standard Australian health system (Medicare or Private Health Insurance) rather than the NDIS, unless it is explicitly tied to a functional capacity goal stated within the active NDIS plan.
