Bondi Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Centre

National League Sports Physiotherapists

We have sat on the sideline for 1000+ combined National League Games covering National Rugby League (NRL), National Basketball League (NBL), Womens’ National Basketball League (WNBL), Australian Baseball League (ABL) & Australian Hockey Championships.

60 Years of Clinical Experience

Our Principals & Staff are Career Physiotherapists with extensive Clinical & Sports Physiotherapy experience totalling a combined 60+ years of Clinical Experience

Servicing Recreational, Adolescent, Industrial & Professional Athletes

The Clinic was established in 1987 and has serviced the Bondi & Eastern Suburbs Community’s rich diversity of age, sports, occupational & recreational activitities.  Not only injuries through City to Surf + Half + Marathon goals, Open Water Swim season, PT, Cross Fit, Triathlon, Cycle Racing to Grand Fondo’s, hitting the Walking Trails from 6 Foot Track to The Larapinta Trail – but also – neck pain from HSC & Uni’ Exams and long work hour deadlines to pregnant Mums.

This Clinic is a trusted brand for Musculoskeletal Diagnosis & Rehabilitation

You will receive a definitive diagnosis and rehabilitation pathway.

Our Staff

Lisa Tomlinson-Alonso

After graduating in 1985 Lisa Tomlinson-Alonso had the opportunity to commence Bondi Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Centre from a humble one room beginnings in O’Brien Street Bondi in 1987. It is a measure of the respect from the Bondi Community that she has grown the Clinic to its current status in Curlewis Street over 3 decades.

Sport has always been a prime focus of Lisa’s life. As an athlete she played in the National Women’s Basketball League. As a Sports Physiotherapist, Basketball has been a prime professional focus, appointed Physiotherapist for the WNBL Flames (1993-2000) and the NBL Kings (1997-2000). She also toured with the Australian Women’s Basketball – Australian Opals as their Sports Physiotherapist.

Despite her 400+ games of National League experience, her local sporting community involvement is extensive,  particularly with Schoolboy Rugby Union having looked after GPS Sydney Grammar and CAS Waverley College since the th 80s – a wealth of experience & understanding of ‘The Adolescent Athlete’.

The early days at Bondi Physiotherapy saw the sole focus being her clinical work, however she is now nuturing 3 growing children who themselves show their mothers aptitude to achieving in their particular sports. Lisa balances an incredible amount between family life and her professional life and does both at the highest level.

Albert Alonso

Albert Alonso graduated from Sydney University in 1985 and pursued a Sports Physiotherapy career pathway, working with National League teams in the National Rugby League, National Basketball League, National Womens Basketball League and Australian Hockey Championships.

He brings to the Bondi Community the experience of 21 seasons of working with the NRL Canterbury Bulldogs (1988-2008), the final 9 years servicing the team full time. In this period he was also team Sports Physiotherapist for the NBL West Sydney Razorbacks, which were also owned by the Canterbury League Consortium, and he worked alongside coaches of the highest calibre in Steve Folkes and Gordon McLeod. Assisting each Club make the transition from part-time sports in the 80s & 90s to full time professional sports gives Albert the unique understanding of the athletic requirements from ‘The Weekend Warrior’ to ‘The Professional Athlete’.

Professional development has always been a priority, achieving his Masters in Sports Physiotherapy in 2002 and appointment as Honorary Research Associate of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Sydney University, including supervision of Honours Research projects with Dr Roger Adams culminating in research publication in peer review journals.

These days he is enjoying providing his Sports Physiotherapy expertise to the Community of Bondi and weekends spent supporting his children in their sporting endeavours from the sideline

Bondi Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Centre in Bondi, Sydney, NSW is listed under the best Offering Headache Physio, Sports injury Physio, Neck Pain Physio.

Some other services offered by Bondi Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Centre are Physiotherapy, Joint Pain Physio, Back Pain Physio, Gait Analysis, Deep Tissue Massage, Sports injury Management, Shoulder injury Physio, Soft Tissue Massage.

Phone Bondi Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Centre to make an appointment with our friendly staff.

Services

Industrial Athletes

Whether it’s hours of sitting, or one heavy lift, your body needs to be in shape to handle the load of prolonged sustained sitting, such as sitting in front of a PC or driving can cause negative effects on your spine because low load – high repetition is as damaging as a high load – one repetition injury. Musculoskeletal structures are designed to move, therefore structures such as spinal discs, joints and muscles deteriorate with passive – no movement postures. Unfortunately, modern day living involves inordinate amounts of sitting and consequently poses a challenge to the 21st century spine.

Recreational Athletes

The ‘Weekend Warrior’ is notorious for under training mid-week but come game day – it’s full on! Often this is a recipe for disaster and injury. With a 1000+ games of National League experience, let us assist you with a prompt and accurate diagnosis, and injury rehab plan or referral pathway to Sydney’s top specialists, and then a ‘Return to Play’ programme. Learning about training methods and your musculoskeletal health – Patient Education is and essential process so that Injury Prevention is maximised.

Adolescent Athletes

You are at the ‘Peak of Activity’ in life but your body is changing rapidly. Changes in adolescent hormones means rapid changes in bone and muscular skeletal system. The forces you experience and exert in sport escalates quickly as you progress from Junior sport towards Adolescent and then Adult sport. You are often multi-talented and play many sports that overlap in sessions. You’re selected in a Representative team and your training sessions increase. Add the total weekly training load and suddenly you have a high load on your body that may not have made the transition to cope.

Professional Athletes

With ‘1000+ games’ of National League experience across many different sports, our Physiotherapists understand the training loads needed to succeed at the highest level. Professional Athletes are referred to us for independent opinions and rehabilitation from a wide spectrum of sports.

Reviews

“good value service”