UniSports Physiotherapy sits on Morrin Road in St Johns, opposite Colin Maiden Park, and it is part of Auckland's Unisports sports medicine clinic. The St Johns clinic shares its building with Axis Sports Medicine, UniSports Orthopaedics and Auckland Radiology, so a patient can see a physio, a surgeon and an imaging service in one place. The clinic has been providing physio in Auckland for more than 20 years. Patients come from Meadowbank, Stonefields, Glen Innes, Panmure and St Johns, and the team works with everyday active people as well as elite athletes and teams.
The clinic treats sports injuries, knee pain, sprained ankles, shoulder pain, sore backs and spinal issues, along with ante and postnatal injuries and advice on general health programmes. It builds each treatment plan around the person, including the exercises and how often they are seen. A second clinic is on the St Kentigern College campus for students, staff and their families, and it takes both private and ACC patients without a GP referral. One patient's review, paraphrased, says the physio explained the injury, its likely causes, the rehab and how to prevent it in clear terms. For someone in east Auckland who wants a sports injury seen by a physio who can refer on to doctors and scans in the same building, this is the practical choice.