Medical Clinic – Services Offered By Our Doctors
We have been providing medical care to the Townsville and surrounding communities since 1985.
Our Family doctors provide a comprehensive range of services including:
Lifestyle and Wellness
General medical checks with health and lifestyle advice + Counseling + Weight management + Help to stop smoking + Preventive health checks + Skin cancer clinic
Family
Women’s health and pregnancy care + Men’s Health Checkups + Family planning advice including Implanon insertion
Monitoring
ECG + Lung function testing + 24 hour blood pressure monitoring
Vaccinations
Immunisations + Travel advice and immunisation (excluding Yellow Fever)
Disease Management
Care planning and Medicare access to allied health professionals + Chronic disease management – asthma, high blood pressure, diabetes, osteoporosis
Medicals
Work medicals + Insurance Medicals
Care at home
Palliative care + Care of the Elderly
Service Information
At Strive Health + Physio our doctors, nurses and physiotherapists can help you manage a variety of conditions in family practice medicine
Diabetes
Our team has a great deal of experience in managing diabetes. When reaching your target blood sugar, weight, and blood pressure our results show achieve excellent outcomes.
Hypertension
High blood pressure increases your risk of heart disease, kidney disease, stroke and blindness. Our team will work hard for you to keep your blood pressure under control with or without medication. If medication is required we carefully choose the appropriate medication matched to your particular needs. Let our doctors and nurses help you reach your goals.
Heart disease
We will carefully assess your risk for heart disease and help you care for your heart in the best possible way. Again we achieve excellent results in this area of health management.
Asthma
At Strive we offer lung function testing, regular review of your asthma, design of an asthma action plan, immunisation against influenza and pneumonia and prompt attention to acute attacks – all aimed at keeping you well and out of hospital.
Emotional health
Our staff is trained in the care of your emotional health and offer Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment therapy (ACT). These therapies have been shown in studies to improve emotional health and wellbeing and we can help you get there! Looking for a therapist ?
Osteoporosis
A leading cause of disability as we get older, our team will help you with assessment of your risk, advice on exercise, supplements, medication and falls prevention. Let us keep you mobile and fracture free. Our physiotherapy service also gives you the leading edge to care for your osteoporosis.
Skin Cancer
Living in North Queensland takes a toll on our skin. At Strive we offer a full skin cancer clinic. If you require surgery, our doctors are trained in surgical techniques to help you achieve an excellent cosmetic result. Dr Malpas has also trained in advanced skin cancer surgery. We can also organise Mole Mapping and treatment by specialists if required.