Allied Health Services

NDIS Allied Health

Do you want access to timely appointments? Do you want to select the healthcare professionals you work with? Do you want a tailored service based on your needs and goals? Maxima can help.

Our experienced Allied Health Professionals offer convenient telehealth appointments for Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Exercise Physiology, Recreational Therapy and Developmental Education services across Australia, with no wait times.

If you’re in NSW or SA, you might prefer a face-to-face appointment in your home or at a community facility, workplace, or school. Maxima is actively growing its team of Allied Health professionals and plans to extend face-to-face services in other states soon.

Physiotherapy

Allied Health Physiotherapists are trained professionals who focus on helping your body move easier through exercise and manual therapy.Our NDIS registered and approved physiotherapy team work across paediatric, neurological, musculoskeletal, and mental health to support functional movement goals and pain management.

We are experienced with developmental delays in children, pain, incontinence, neurological conditions, chronic diseases, stroke, and post-surgery rehabilitation. With this experience, we work alongside you to create treatments that are tailored to your individual needs, including hydrotherapy, exercise programs, muscle re-education to improve control, airway clearance and breathing exercises, massage, acupuncture and dry needling, and advice and assistance on how to use mobility aids, such as walking sticks and wheelchairs.

Locations

Telehealth: Australia wide
Face-to-face appointments: NSW and SA only

Eligibility

“Therapeutic Supports” included in your NDIS plan

Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapists are Allied Health professionals who focus on promoting health and wellbeing by enabling people to participate in the everyday aspects of life including showering, dressing, and preparing food. OTs also focus on supporting people with other activities from education and work to socialising and leisure activities.

Our NDIS registered and approved occupational therapy team focus on physical, psychosocial, sensory and cognitive disabilities. We have the equipment, skills and qualifications to carry out assessments and clinically based interventions and we work closely with you and your support network to maximise your independence.

We help you achieve your goals through:

• Functional capacity assessments to individually assess your needs
• Individualised treatment programs to support you with achieving your goals
• AT and home modification assessments and recommendations.

Locations

Telehealth: Australia wide
Face-to-face appointments: NSW and SA only

Eligibility

“Therapeutic Supports” included in your NDIS plan

Exercise Physiology

Exercise Physiologists are Allied Health professionals with expertise in using evidence-based and clinical exercise interventions to treat your injury or condition. Pathology domains covered include cardiovascular, metabolic, neurological, musculoskeletal, cancers, kidney, respiratory / pulmonary and mental health, and any other conditions for which there is evidence that exercise can improve a person’s clinical status and quality of life.

Our NDIS Exercise Physiology team is fully qualified, insured and registered with Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA), and equipped with the knowledge, skills and competencies to design, deliver and evaluate safe and effective exercise interventions for people with acute, sub-acute or chronic medical conditions, injuries or disabilities.

We work alongside you to create treatments that are tailored to your individual needs to improve your strength, balance, coordination, cardiovascular fitness and endurance, reduce your pain, manage limiting symptoms affecting your day-to-day life and assist in social engagement and mental health to enhance your quality of life.

Locations

Telehealth: Australia wide
Face-to-face appointments: NSW only

Eligibility

‘Therapeutic Supports’ included in your NDIS plan

Developmental Education

Developmental Educators (or DE’s) are Allied Health professionals who specialise in providing practical support to help children and adults with a disability or disorder achieve independence. Developmental Educators often work with people who have neurological injuries, disabilities or disorders including acquired brain injury, physical and neurological disabilities, intellectual disability, and people on the autism spectrum.

Our NDIS Developmental Educators are qualified professionals who specialise in working with people with disability. They use a human rights framework to achieve full and effective inclusion and participation in society to enhance a person’s quality of life.

By considering the whole person and their sociocultural context, our educators can incorporate a range of professional and technical skills that centres on the lived experience, needs, goals and aspirations of a person living with disability.

We help people achieve their goals through:

• Developmental, behavioural, learning and social theories
• Assessing the person and their environment
• Collaborative planning, goal setting and capacity building
• Teaching skills through evidence based instructional strategies supporting life transitions
• Programming, monitoring and evaluation
• Advocacy, community education

Locations

Telehealth: Australia wide
Face-to-face appointments: SA only

Eligibility

‘Improved daily living’ under capacity supports in your NDIS plan. Integrated Therapy Supports

Recreational Therapy

Recreational Therapy is a form of therapy that uses recreational activities and leisure pursuits to improve a person’s physical, emotion and mental well-being.

Our recreational therapists work with people of all ages and abilities such as those living with physical and cognitive disabilities, chronic illness, mental health, and neurodivergent disorders such as autism spectrum disorder. We use a variety of modalities to increase engagement and participation in therapy sessions, with the goal to help you to develop or improve skills, build self-confidence, and improve overall quality of life.

Activities we offer:

• Sports and fitness
• Art therapy
• Lego therapy
• Music therapy
• Board Games
• Animal Interactions
• Dance and Movement
• Gardening
• Storytelling
• Creative Writing

Locations:

Telehealth – Australia wide
Face-to-Face appointments – NSW only

Eligibility:

‘Therapeutic Supports’ included in your NDIS plan.