North City Physiotherapy

I started working with Abhi after bailing at the skate park and tearing my MCL pretty bad. I couldn't walk, flex or bear weight, and would wake up in pain if I rolled over in the night. We spent the first few weeks focusing on the healing process, tons of dry needling and discussing how to keep a clear head space while being grounded. As it healed we started scaling up, introducing exercises to rebuild strength and stability. We've since been working on preventative exercises, diet, gym habits to promote longevity and improved mobility. Eight weeks after the tear, I'm long-distance running, lifting, jumping, skating and mountain biking again. Totally recommend working with Abhi, massive thanks!
Dec 22nd, 2022

Maumahara is the best! Its so nice showing up to an appointment and being greeted by a friendly face. Within my first appointment she pinpointed exactly what my issue was and her treatment plan made an immediate difference to my pain levels.
May 19th, 2022

Highly recommend Abhi as a physiotherapist. He is knowledgeable, experienced, professional and friendly. Since my first visit with him I have been telling my friends and family they need to go to him with their problems! The staff at Johnsonville and Tawa clinics are also extremely helpful, friendly and professional. Thank you to the team at North City!
May 5th, 2022

TL;DR: highly recommend Abhi DCosta at North City physio. Dealt with a chronic injury over many years and went through multiple physiotherapists with little results. Since working with Abhi over the last couple months, specifically Dry needling, I have seen better results than all my other treatments put together. My injury started with a hyper extension of my big toe on my right foot at age 22. The injury damaged my MCL and restricted range of motion in my big toe joint. Basically I walked with a limp for a while and then my gait altered because of the restricted toe range of motion. I did physio with Willis street physio first. These visits resulted in sports massages and exercises. This didn't really resolve my issue and I was prone to injury again and again. I bounced from this physio to Wellington Sports Medicine, multiple physios and cortisone shots twice. I ended up seeing a specialist at Southern cross hospital and doing MRIs (Twice) it showed slight damage to the top on the bone in the big toe joint (Not the end off your toe). After the first MRI, I basically gave up on activity that put load on the joint. I took up biking. This is 6 years after initial injury and plenty of treatment, time to accept my lot. 1 year into biking all is pretty well but I do have niggly little issues; (pain / tightness in Toe and ankle), right leg is weaker than left etc. One day my ankle locks up and I can't move my knee forward over my foot. My partner had recently had a chronic back issue fixed by the local physio (Abhi). Whilst my faith in physios is somewhat shaken over my last few years of experience, I don't have much of a choice as I can't walk properly and can't ride my bike. I start my treatment with Abhi. I like this dude already, he inspires confidence. Abhi tells me, he's gonna fix me and at that point I don't doubt him. 20 mins later, full function of my ankle again. At the end of that session he tells me he has a plan for me. I'm gonna work with him for at least the next 6 months. He tells me his suspicions on how many different areas on my body are impacted from the chronic injury and books me in for the next week. Over the next couple months we have deep dived into multiple muscle groups. The treatment is dry needling with prescribed stretches and exercises. I was previously scared of needles (substantially) now I look forward to it. - My big toe feels practically fixed. - Ankle mobility better than its ever been. - Work on my glutes and their activation has had me more balanced and stable than I can remember - Tightness in my calf and lateral thigh fixed. - I understand what the hell is going on (Abhi is a good teacher) List goes on. I would have never seen these results, understood my body and it's injuries unless I had met Abhi. He is pretty intense and passionate and would never give any of his clients less than his best and it shows through. A mixture of great results and his attitude has had me a regular patient for months now and I really don't see a future where I won't be continually knocking on his door.
Feb 19th, 2022

Coming to this Physio to see Abhi is honestly the best decision I have ever made!! (Low-key my partner's decision, coz he forced me to go, lol). I work in a Contact Centre and I have 10.5 hour shifts, sitting on my behind at a computer 98% of the time and due to that, the busy-ness and unnecessary stress, I had developed these crazy migraines and ugly neck pain - I was so stubborn to get it checked, and not once did I ever think of going to a Physio. I would've taken Panadol and be done with it. NO! Go and see a Physio - in particular (when he has free spots) Abhi and his awesome team! Thank you for helping me through my journey of healing as well as growing as a person, Abhi! I learned so much about taking care of my health through our sessions and I honestly feel brand new!! Your professionalism and kindness is unforgettable! 1000000/10 would recommend!! I'm honestly stoked~
Feb 19th, 2022