Patient Information

Dr Compton aims to always provide the highest quality care. Here is some basic information to support your first appointment.

Initial appointment:

On your initial appointment, please bring:

• Relevant letters from your treating practitioners eg doctor, physiotherapist, chiropractor, podiatrist, exercise physiologist, dietician or other allied health professional
• All relevant investigations – including blood tests and imaging
  (eg x-ray, ultrasound, MRI)
• A list of current medications
• Your Medicare card

Please organise a referral from your General Practitioner (GP) to see Dr Compton. According to medicare guidelines, you will be ineligible to access subsidised imaging (such as MRI scans) without a GP referral.

Please provide 24 hours notice if your appointment needs to be rescheduled.

Clothing and equipment:

To make your appointment most effective:

• • Please wear clothes / shoes that ensure adequate exposure for musculoskeletal examination
  • If you have a lower limb or spinal problem, please dress so that you are comfortable while exposing your legs, or consider bringing shorts to change into
  • Similarly, if you have a shoulder problem, please consider your attire to enable adequate exposure
  • On occasion, running attire can be useful to reproduce subtle symptoms if a short run is required