Osteopathy · Strength & Rehab — Hawthorn, Melbourne
Built to move. Rebuilt to last.
Osteopathy and strength & rehabilitation, practised as one discipline. Assess with rigour. Treat with exactness. Then rebuild it in the gym — so it holds.
01 / Treat
Diagnosis before treatment. Always.
Your initial consult is seventy-five minutes. We go deep into the history and the story behind the injury — the why behind your pain, not simply where it presents. Assessment and treatment happen on the day, while we build the plan that addresses what is actually driving it.
Osteopathy — hands-on, explained, exact
02 / Rebuild
Treatment ends. Capacity endures.
We are all bones held together by muscle. That makes strength the foundation musculoskeletal health rests on — not a sport, not an aesthetic, and not something you graduate to once you are already fit.
So the discipline moves to the gym floor in Hawthorn. Programmed work, coached rep by rep by the same practitioner who treated you. It is the basis of how nearly every injury here is approached.
Strength & rehab — programmed, coached, measured
Conditions
What I treat.
- 001Back & neck pain
- 002Headaches & migraine
- 003Joint pain — shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, ankle
- 004Sports injuries
- 005Postural & desk-work strain
- 006Chronic pain
Not listed? The FAQ covers scope — or book an assessment and find out precisely.
Services
Appointments.
- Initial consultation — assessment & treatment75 min · $209
- Follow-up treatment60 min · $177
- Short osteopathy consult30 min · $115
Private health rebates may apply — HICAPS on site.
The practitioner
Remy Burns
AHPRA-registered osteopath · Registration OST0004012955
B.Sc. (Osteopathy) · M.H.Sc. (Osteopathy), Victoria University
“Most treatment fails at the same point — the handover between the table and real load. I refuse to make that someone else's problem. I treat you in the clinic, then I stand next to the bar while you rebuild. One practitioner, accountable for the whole result. That's the standard I'd want for my own body, so it's the one I practise.”
Clinic and gym floor — both in Hawthorn, same street.
Book with Remy
Find me
Remy Motion, on the map.
Directions, hours and contact details are listed on Google — useful if you are finding the clinic for the first time, or checking the clinic is open before you travel.
- AHPRA-registered osteopath
- No referral needed
- Private health rebates · HICAPS on site
Book
Begin precisely.
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Watch
The thinking, out loud.
Conversations on assessment, load and rehabilitation — the reasoning behind the method, in longer form than a consultation allows.
Shant and Remy Talk — PAP and PAPE, what’s the difference. More at @remytelevision.
Visit
Hawthorn, Melbourne.
Clinic & gym
Saint Serene Clinic
231 Burwood Road, Hawthorn VIC 3122
Visions Gym
185 Burwood Road, Hawthorn VIC 3122
Clinic and gym floor on the same street — one visit covers both.
Hours
Tuesday – Sunday
Monday closed
Available times are shown in the booking diary.
Getting here
Glenferrie Station is about a seven-minute walk.
2P parking in the side streets and behind the clinic on Lynch Street.
Questions
Precise answers.
Do I need a referral to see an osteopath?
No. Osteopaths are primary healthcare practitioners in Australia — book directly. A GP referral only matters for certain Medicare care plans (EPC/CDM), which we can discuss if relevant to you.
Can I claim through private health insurance?
Most extras policies cover osteopathy. HICAPS is on site, so you can claim on the spot and pay only the gap. Check “osteopathy” under your extras cover.
Osteopath versus physiotherapist — what's the difference?
Both are university-trained, AHPRA-registered allied health professions. Osteopathy tends to be more hands-on and whole-system; physiotherapy often leads with exercise. Here the question dissolves: you get precise manual treatment and structured strength work, from one practitioner.
How is the gym work different from personal training?
A personal trainer programs for general fitness. This is clinical rehabilitation: exercises selected because of a diagnosis, progressed at tissue-appropriate rates, supervised by the registered osteopath who assessed you. Same barbell, different discipline.
What should I wear or bring?
Gym appropriate attire or anything you can move in. Please bring your private health card for on the spot claiming through HICAPS.
What happens in the first consultation?
Seventy-five minutes: history, hands-on and movement assessment, treatment on the day, and a written view of the plan — including when the gym enters it.