Orthopaedics in St Leonards
If a sore knee, hip or shoulder has started shaping your week, it helps to know where you can be assessed properly and what your options are once you get there. Orthopaedics in St Leonards sits within the North Shore Health Hub, where our consultant surgeons see patients in the same building as the orthopaedic and physiotherapy clinic on Sydney’s North Shore that many of them go on to rehabilitate with.
That closeness matters more than it sounds. Surgery is performed by specialist orthopaedic surgeons who consult through MTP, and our physiotherapists and exercise physiologists handle the preparation before an operation and the rehabilitation afterwards. When those conversations happen down the corridor rather than across town, plans tend to hold together better.
You may not need surgery at all. A good number of the people who walk through our doors in St Leonards leave with a loading program, a clearer diagnosis and a review date, not a booking. Both paths start the same way, with a thorough assessment.
Why patients choose orthopaedics in St Leonards?
St Leonards is one of the denser clusters of medical services in Sydney, and the North Shore Health Hub sits at the centre of it, a short walk from St Leonards station and Royal North Shore Hospital. For anyone coming from Lane Cove, Crows Nest, Chatswood, Artarmon, Willoughby or across the lower North Shore, that makes attending a first appointment and then a run of follow-ups considerably less disruptive.
The clinical case is simpler still. Our orthopaedic surgery team works alongside allied health practitioners rather than at arm’s length 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 can all be coordinated from one location.
Surgical procedures our surgeons consult on
Consultations in St Leonards cover the full range of joint work our surgeons perform, from arthroscopic procedures through to joint replacement. Which procedure suits you, if any, depends on your imaging, your symptoms and what you are trying to get back to doing.
Knee procedures
Ligament reconstruction, meniscal work, cartilage procedures and partial or total knee replacement are all discussed at consultation. Our knee surgery options page sets out what each procedure involves and the recovery each one typically asks for.
Hip procedures
Hip pain can come from the joint itself, the surrounding tendons or the lower back, so a careful diagnosis comes first. Where surgery is appropriate, 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 management of shoulder trauma and instability.
Robotic joint replacement
For some hip and knee replacements, our surgeons use robotic technology to help plan and perform the procedure with greater precision. It may be suitable for some patients, but your surgeon will determine whether it's the best option for your condition.
Non-surgical care in the same building
Surgery is one part of a longer treatment journey, and for many people it is not the first part or the last. The services below run out of our St Leonards rooms and are often where progress actually happens.
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 talk through what the findings mean. Bringing recent X-rays, scans, a referral and a list of the medications you take will make 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, you can 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 the North Shore Health Hub, Level 4, Suite 401, 7 Westbourne Street, St Leonards NSW 2065. The building is roughly a five-minute walk from St Leonards station, close to Royal North Shore Hospital, with parking on site. To arrange a consultation, call +61 2 9437 9794 or email admin@mtphealth.com.au.