Physiotherapist in Riccarton, Christchurch

Comprehensive physiotherapy and rehabilitation services for people recovering from injury, managing pain, or working to improve mobility and strength. Long-term relationships, experienced clinicians, and care genuinely built around you.

187 Riccarton Road, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041

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Physiotherapy services in Riccarton

You First Physio Riccarton provides physiotherapy and rehabilitation services for people across Christchurch recovering from injury, managing persistent pain, or working toward mobility and performance goals. Based at 187 Riccarton Road for over thirty years, we serve individuals, families, and University of Canterbury students throughout Riccarton, Upper Riccarton, Sockburn, Ilam, and the wider Christchurch area.

Our approach is built on collaboration — we work with you, not on you. Every treatment plan is tailored to your needs, your goals, and your values. You’re always welcome to bring a support person to appointments, and our team reflects the diverse community we serve.

The Riccarton practice is our largest facility, with six treatment rooms and an extended rehabilitation gym. We offer ACC-subsidised physiotherapy, private appointments, and online bookings.

Who we help

We treat people at all stages of life and activity — from acute sports injuries and post-surgical rehabilitation to long-term pain management, workplace injury recovery, and age-related mobility concerns. Our team has experience with:

  • Musculoskeletal injury and pain (back, neck, shoulder, knee, hip)
  • Sports injury assessment and rehabilitation
  • Post-surgical recovery (orthopaedic, ACL reconstruction)
  • Persistent or complex pain
  • Pelvic health concerns (pre- and post-natal, pelvic pain, incontinence)
  • Concussion and head injury rehabilitation
  • Workplace injury and vocational rehabilitation
  • Movement assessment and injury prevention

Our approach

Your first appointment includes a thorough assessment, clear explanation of what’s happening, and a treatment plan built around your goals. We use hands-on manual therapy, movement retraining, exercise prescription, and education to help you recover well and stay well.

Treatment may include soft tissue release, joint mobilisation, taping, corrective exercise, strength and conditioning, clinical Pilates, or objective movement testing using VALD force plate , Force Frame and hand-held dynamometry— all available here at Riccarton.

We have a team of experienced physiotherapists at our Riccarton practice, practitioners with post- graduate training across sports physiotherapy, pelvic health, ACL rehabilitation, persistent pain management, and vocational rehabilitation.

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Meet the Riccarton team

Our Riccarton physiotherapists bring expertise across general and sports physiotherapy, lower limb and knee rehabilitation, pelvic health, ACL rehabilitation, persistent pain, vocational rehabilitation, and clinical Pilates. Directors Katherine Pierce and Nigel Roy are based here, alongside specialist pelvic health physiotherapist Jess Kydd-Coutts and a broader team of experienced clinicians.

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