I need to keep training through pain
You want a plan that understands the demands of your sport—not a generic instruction to stop.
Find your route
Physiotherapy & rehabilitation · Gold Coast
You're not broken.
You just haven't been built.
45–60Minute appointment options
3Phases in the method
2Gold Coast locations
Six surgeries.
Multiple comebacks.
A knee injury at fifteen, mismanaged for five years. First surgery at twenty. Doctors said he would never perform in sport the same way again. Six surgeries later, he does everything he wants to do, pain-free — and built the clinic he needed and could not find.
Read Mana’s story“Instead of accepting that narrative, I rebuilt myself stronger — and that’s exactly what I do for every athlete who walks through our door.”
Mana Shigematsu · Doctor of Physiotherapy · Founder
Clear process.
Real credentials.
45-minute follow-up and CMBT-member options, 60-minute initial consultations, two Gold Coast locations, physiotherapy and strength & conditioning, and a method that connects assessment, rehabilitation, and performance context.
Physiotherapy Post-surgical rehab Athletic development Sports rehab Massage Funding pathways
One plan that follows you all the way back.
A diagnosis is only the start. Ikaika connects the clinic, rehabilitation, strength work, and your actual sport so the work makes sense in the life you are returning to.
See how we help
Build capacity01—03Diagnose.
Diagnose.
Rebuild.
Perform.
No generic hand-off. A clear return-to-performance path, paced around your goals and capacity.
Start with the problem.
Leave with a plan.
The right booking starts with the right question. Choose the closest fit below and we will make the next step clearer.
I am rebuilding after surgery
You need a clear progression from recovery to strength, confidence, and return to the arena.
Find your routeI want to build more capacity
You train hard and want performance support that connects the clinic, gym, and your real goal.
Find your routeI use NDIS
NDIS follows its own first-level path, so the next conversation starts with your support needs.
Find your routeWhat to expect
Leave with a plan. Not a printout.
Assessment before assumption
A deliberate first conversation is more useful than a rushed, generic pathway.
Clinic to gym thinking
The recovery plan should make sense when you return to real movement and training.
Your next decision, made clearer
Start with what you need help with, then choose an appropriate location or conversation.
Before your first visit.
Know what to bring, check your funding pathway, or get help choosing where to start.
Recovery is not linear.
But it is methodical.
Diagnose
We listen, assess, and map the gap between where you are and what you need to get back to.
Rebuild
Strength, movement quality, and progressive loading turn the plan into capacity.
Perform
Return to sport becomes a checkpoint for resilient, confident performance.
Built from the work.
Not a template.
A clinic that understands the arena.
Ikaika brings physiotherapy, rehabilitation, strength work, and real training context into one plan—so the work in the clinic makes sense when you step back into your sport.
