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Welcome to Gudrun Combrink Physiotherapy, proudly serving the surrounding Dullstroom area since 1998. Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of watching this charming town transform into a renowned tourist destination and high-altitude training hub for elite international and Comrades marathon athletes. My practice is dedicated to provide top-notch physiotherapy care to both our local residents in Dullstroom and Belfast, as well as visiting athletes and tourists. My goal is to enhance your overall quality of life and well being, by restoring optimal physical health, while also minimizing the risk of future injuries and pain. I strive to deliver personalized and effective treatment plans that cater to your unique needs, ensuring you can perform at your best.
As primary healthcare professionals, physiotherapists are authorized to assess and treat patients without a referral from a doctor or specialist, as recognized by most medical aid providers. However, the practice maintains open communication channels with your GP or specialist, ensuring seamless collaboration of care when necessary, to provide you with comprehensive and effective treatment.
Treatments delivered at the practice:
- Neck and back pain and resulting referred pain
- Headaches and whiplash related injuries
- Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain
- Peripheral joint injuries and pain
- Ligament, tendon and muscle strains, sprains and tears, including tendinopathies
- Sports injuries and rehabilitation after a sport injury
- Sports massages and myofascial release
- Pre and post surgical conditions
- Fibromyalgia
- Chest Physiotherapy and sinusitis
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
- Neurological conditions
- Injury on duty
Modalities:
- Evidence based, hands on physiotherapy assessment, treatment and rehabilitation to all ages (30min-1 hour) at medical aid tariffs
- Sports massages for international and local athletes (30 min, 45 min or an hour)
- Dry needling
- Strapping and Kinesiology taping
- Electrotherapy modalities: Radial Shockwave therapy,
- Ultrasound, interferential and therapy combined
- Instrument Assisted soft tissue Mobilization (IASTM)
Gudrun Combrink
Physiotherapist Private practice owner
Gudrun is a fully accredited physiotherapist registered with the health professional council of South Africa (SASP). She is also registered with the South African Society of Physiotherapy (SASP).
Gudrun studied at the University of Pretoria and graduated in 1996. In 1997 she worked at a private practice group with in and out hospital patients before moving to Dullstroom in 1998 where she opened her own private practice in Dullstroom and Belfast.
She has a special interest in orthopaedics and sports injuries and sees many international track and comrades athletes who come to Dullstroom for high altitude training. Gudrun has expanded her skills through various courses, including dry needling, vestibular assessment and the esteemed Sport Physiotherapy course (SPT1), which she completed in 2015.
