Undercover Rehab Team – Connecting you with Sport and Recreation

Fishing, bushwalking, adaptive cycling – whatever you’re keen on can be made a reality if you have the right people supporting you.

It might be in your blood, or it might be something completely new that you are keen to have a go at. Or, you might not know what you fancy having a go at.

What we do know is that being involved in enjoyable community activities can help treat and help maintain the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of everyone, with and without a disability. We often see huge improvements in people’s physical, cognitive and emotional skills outside of the rehab setting which is why we have a team of therapists operating as Undercover Rehab.

returning to sport after a neurological condition

We collaborate with some amazing organisations such as disability riding, wheelchair sports, adaptive golf and cycling to name a few. We help our clients to take the first steps and beyond to make their goals a reality.

The first step is talking to your ARC therapist or calling us on (02) 9906 7777. We can start getting to know you and work with you and we are looking forward to it already!

Bike riding with a neurological condition

Golf for those with neurological disorders

OUT IN THE COMMUNITY

Home Based Therapy
Telehealth
At Your Gym
Beach Access Days
Nordic Walking
Hydrotherapy
Independent Living
Equipment
Mobile Seating Clinic
Return To Sport

LOCATIONS

In Clinic
Therapy at Home
Online Therapy

Rehabilitation for a
better tomorrow

Giving you the best neurological rehabilitation possible.

Advance Rehab Centre focuses on you as if it was our own family.

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CLINIC HOURS

Mon – Thurs	8 – 7pm
Fri	8 – 5pm
Sat	8 – 4pm

+61 (02) 9906 7777

Melissa Harrison

BSc (hons) Physiotherapy, University of the West of England, UK
Msc Neurorehabilitation, Brunel University, UK

Allied Health Manager and Senior Neurological Physiotherapist

Melissa has worked in the field of neuro physiotherapy since early in her career. She specialised as a senior neuro physiotherapist in the UK for a number of years - working across a variety of specialities including neurosurgery, neuro medicine, stroke and both inpatient and outpatient neuro rehab. This experience has given Melissa a solid understanding of the journey people go through from receiving their initial neurological diagnosis, through to much later stages of their rehab.

Melissa went on to complete a Masters in Neurorehabilitation in London, gaining valuable analytical and research experience and completing her own research project exploring the rehabilitation services available to people with brain tumours. Melissa has a special interest in neuro-oncology, as well as stroke and a wide range of post neurosurgery and neuro medical conditions. This experience led to her being invited to review and contribute to the Cancer Council's 'Understanding Brain Tumours' information booklet in Australia in 2019.

It is her time working as a physiotherapist at ARC that motivated Melissa further to remain living in Australia! Over her time working at ARC, Melissa has become a PD Warrior certified instructor and trainer - delivering practical courses to other allied health professionals across Australia.

As Allied Health Manager, Melissa leads and oversees the ARC service on a daily basis. She loves her job for continuing to have contact with clients and seeing their progress, and simultaneously developing the ARC team as it grows. Melissa enjoys supporting the team through change and growth, ensuring the highest quality of therapy is maintained, as well as the team culture that staff and clients thrive from at ARC. Melissa can be contacted at ARC Monday to Friday and welcomes feedback on the service clients are receiving.

Outside of work, Melissa enjoys ocean swimming, tending to her rapidly growing plant family and making the most of the abundance of beautiful walks Sydney has to offer!

Return to sport

Undercover Rehab Team – Connecting you with Sport and Recreation

OUT IN THE COMMUNITY

LOCATIONS

Neurological Physiotherapy

Occupational Therapy

Exercise Physiology

Housing Solutions

Allied Health Assistants

Speech Pathology

Pyschology

Neuromuscular Orthotics

Rehabilitation for a better tomorrow

CLINIC HOURS

+61 (02) 9906 7777

Caroline Takla

Laurel Thompson

Sarah Sargeant

Ceri Greco

Melissa Harrison

Natalie Watson

Anna Jones

Jo-Anne Benett

Lynn Tullock

Sasha Mills

Scarlett Wynands

Lisa Gray

Senior Occupational Therapist

Anneliese Telfer

Allied Health Assistant

Anne Biddlecombe

Senior Occupational Therapist

Bronte Forvan

Allied Health Assistant

Ripley Beck

Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours) – University of Queensland

Graduate Certificate of Clinical Rehabilitation (Neurological) – Flinder’s University

Neurological Physiotherapist.

Kate Masters

Bachelor of Clinical Science, Macquarie University

Maddison Smith

Jack Calabro

Alanna Vaz

Sarah Brighton-Hall

Lulu Mitchell

Liz Fitzgerald

Pamela Aranguiz

Kavya Moily

Sarah Holton

Tegan Perkins

Tracie Hawkins

Natalie Williams

Alex Stan

Ella Simmons

Kristi Thoroughgood

Gina Sinclair

Lauren Willett

Cerissa Dimarchos

Georgina Locke

Bernard Badorrek

Julian Diang

Maddie Endacott

Courtney Raman

Jodie Sim

Katie Hillier

Jake Mavin

Felix Cho

Lisa Meng

Jason King

Marlou Tacugue

Sophie Gould

Analise Bauchinger

Rosie Beadman

Debbie Brickwood

Lucy Acheson

Kate Patterson

Claire Debono

Gisele van den Berg

Hannah Mraz

Anne Biddlecombe

Rehabilitation for a
better tomorrow