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What to Expect from Your First NDIS Physio Session

A guide to your first NDIS physiotherapy session at home — the assessment, goal-setting, program and reporting, so you know what to expect.

Daniel Lee

By Daniel Lee

APA Titled Pain Physiotherapist

22 December 2025 5 min read
What to Expect from Your First NDIS Physio Session

Before your first session

Getting started with NDIS physiotherapy is simple. After you make contact, we confirm a convenient time and discuss your goals, health history and plan details. There's nothing you need to prepare beyond a comfortable space to move.

During the assessment

Your first session focuses on understanding you and your goals.

  • A discussion of your goals and daily challenges
  • An assessment of movement, strength and balance
  • A look at your home environment
  • Setting clear, functional goals
  • Beginning your personalised program
  • Time for your questions

What happens next

After the assessment, your physiotherapist builds a tailored program and, where needed, provides reports to support your plan. Sessions continue at home, progressing as you improve, with clear communication to you, your family and your support coordinator throughout.

This article is general information only and isn’t a substitute for individual advice from your doctor or physiotherapist. In an emergency, call 000.

DL

Written and clinically reviewed by Daniel Lee, APA Titled Pain Physiotherapist & Master of Medicine (Pain Management), University of Sydney, AHPRA-registered. Last reviewed December 2025.

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