Orthopaedics on the Northern Beaches
When a hip, knee or shoulder starts deciding what you can and can’t do, you want a proper assessment without leaving the peninsula for it. Orthopaedics on the Northern Beaches means consultant surgeons who see patients at our Beacon Hill rooms, inside the same orthopaedic and physiotherapy clinic where many of them go on to prepare for and recover from their treatment.
That matters more than convenience. Surgery is carried out by specialist orthopaedic surgeons who consult through MTP, while our physiotherapists and exercise physiologists handle the work before an operation and the rehabilitation that follows. When both sides of care sit in one building, plans hold together and far less falls through the cracks.
And plenty of people never reach the operating theatre at all. A large share leave with a loading program, a clearer diagnosis and a review date rather than a surgical booking. Both paths begin the same way, with a thorough assessment close to home.
Serving the whole Northern Beaches
Our consulting rooms sit at Beacon Hill, on Warringah Road, which puts us within easy reach of the whole peninsula. Patients come to us from Manly, Dee Why, Brookvale, Frenchs Forest, Narraweena, Allambie Heights, Freshwater and Curl Curl in the south, and from Narrabeen, Mona Vale, Warriewood, Avalon and the Pittwater area to the north. Being assessed and then reviewed without a trek across the bridge into the city makes the whole course of care far easier to keep up with.
The clinical case is just as strong. Our orthopaedic surgery team works alongside allied health practitioners rather than at a distance from them, and collaborates with sports medicine physicians, GPs, podiatrists and sub-specialist surgeons where a case calls for it. Assessment, imaging review, non-surgical management and surgical planning all run from one location.
Surgical procedures our surgeons consult on
Consultations cover the full range of joint work our surgeons perform, from arthroscopic procedures through to joint replacement. Which one suits you, if any, comes down to your imaging, your symptoms and what you are trying to get back to doing.
Knee procedures
Ligament reconstruction, meniscal and cartilage work and partial or total knee replacement are all discussed at consultation. Our knee surgery options page walks through what each procedure involves and the recovery it typically asks for.
Hip procedures
Hip pain can stem from the joint itself, the surrounding tendons or the lower back, so a careful diagnosis comes first. Where surgery is warranted, the hip surgery procedures our surgeons perform range from arthroscopy through to total hip replacement.
Shoulder procedures
Rotator cuff repair, stabilisation and shoulder replacement are among the shoulder surgery services available through our team, alongside the management of shoulder trauma and instability.
Robotic joint replacement
For some hip and knee replacements, our surgeons use robotic assistance to plan and carry out the bone preparation with a high degree of precision. You can read how robotic joint replacement works and when it may suit. If you want to understand how joint replacements perform across the country over time, the national joint replacement registry tracks outcomes for every procedure done in Australia, which can be a useful reference before your consultation.
Non-surgical care in the same building
Surgery is one stretch of a longer road, and for many people it is neither the start nor the finish. The services below run from our Northern Beaches rooms and are often where the real progress is made.
Physiotherapy
Exercise physiology
Osteoarthritis care
What your first appointment looks like
Your surgeon will take a history, examine the joint, review any imaging you bring and explain what the findings mean. Bringing recent X-rays or scans, a referral and a list of your current medications makes that first hour considerably more useful.
From there you might leave with a rehabilitation plan, a request for further imaging, an injection, a review date or a surgical date. Where an operation is on the table, expect a frank conversation about what it may achieve, what it will not, the recovery it asks of you and the risks involved. Outcomes vary between people, and no one can promise a result in advance.
Finding our St Leonards rooms
MTP Health is located at 173 Warringah Road, Beacon Hill NSW 2100, central to the Northern Beaches with parking on site. To arrange a consultation, call +61 2 9055 1766 or email admin@mtphealth.com.au.