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Your local osteopath in Cromer, the heart of Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Our team treats back pain, neck and shoulder pain, sporting injuries and more, with a particular focus on golfers. Learn more about physiotherapy at our clinic.
Located at 2/10 Cromer Rd, Cromer
No Referrals Needed
HiCaps Accepted
Easy and Flexible Online Booking
Access to Clinic Gym & Pilates
10+ Years of Industry Experience
Longer appointment times for a detailed assessment.
Hands-on treatment to address specific areas of concern.
Guidance and expertise on maintaining long-term health.
At LinksHP, we believe that your health shouldn’t rely on ongoing treatment.
Osteopathy, as practised by your osteopath in Cromer, involves various hands-on techniques, including stretching, massaging, mobilising joints, and strengthening, all with the goal to improve overall health and well-being. Osteopaths in Australia are registered with AHPRA through the Osteopathy Board of Australia; see Osteopathy Australia for more on the profession.
This form of treatment is beneficial for treating a wide range of conditions making it a valuable addition to your health regime.
Not sure whether you need an osteopath or a physio? Read our guide to how to choose between an osteopath and a physio.
Back pain is one of the most common reasons people visit an osteopath in Cromer. Hands-on treatment, mobility work and a tailored exercise plan can help ease pain from muscle strain, stiff joints and sciatica, and reduce the chance of it returning.
Long hours at a desk, driving or poor posture often load the neck and shoulders. We assess how your spine, shoulders and posture work together, and treat tension that can contribute to neck pain and some types of headaches.
From golfer’s elbow and rotator cuff strains to knee and hip pain, we look at how your body moves and what is overloading it, then build a recovery and strengthening plan. See our golf performance programs.
Osteopathy can help manage stiffness and pain from arthritis and other long-term joint conditions, with gentle techniques and exercise guidance suited to your age and goals.
We treat jaw tension, wrist and forearm symptoms and everyday postural strain, and show you simple changes to help the improvement last.
At LinksHP we believe Osteopathy is more than just treatment.
Our longer initial appointments ensure that you feel heard, allowing time for a thorough assessment and the development of a comprehensive diagnosis and treatment plan. With access to a fully equipped gym and pilates studio, we support your progression from hands-on care to exercise rehabilitation and ultimately, to long-term strength and movement so you are not stuck in an ongoing cycle of treatment.
Please call us to make an appointment, or regarding any questions you may have.
| Monday | 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM |
| Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM |
| Thursday | 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM |
| Friday | 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM |
| Saturday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
Links Health & Performance
2/10 Cromer Rd (inside Cromer Golf Club), Cromer NSW 2099
Phone: 0493 837 172
Kristopher Sanford is the founder of LinksHP and primary Osteopath specialising in both golf specific treatment and fitness.
With a firm belief that if you can continue to exercise and play golf, all of your health metrics will benefit, Kris has a passion for keeping you on the course and playing your best golf.
Kris is a dedicated Osteopath with a strong interest in treating injuries from both golf and everyday life. He takes a comprehensive approach, supporting patients from the early stages of injury through to full recovery, with the goal of helping them return to the course feeling strong and playing their best.
Kris is both an Osteopath and a golf-specific strength and conditioning coach, allowing him to understand your injuries while also guiding you through effective rehabilitation and supporting your long-term golf fitness and performance goals.
At Links Health & Performance, we understand that every patient is unique, and we take the time to listen to your concerns, answer your questions, and develop personalised care plans tailored to your needs. Our friendly and welcoming osteopath is here to make your visit as comfortable and stress-free as possible.
Our Osteopaths are highly trained and skilled with a variety of different techniques to help get you back to feeling your best.
Deep soft tissue massage
Joint mobilisation
Dry needling
Sports performance & rehabilitation taping
Along with many others techniques osteopaths may use
Dr. Kristopher Sanford, our resident Golfing Osteopath, is a fully qualified ASCA Strength & Conditioning Coach with a focus on creating the best exercise plans for golfers of all skill levels to achieve their goals.
Kristopher believes that the best exercise rehabilitation plan is one that is both enjoyable and sustainable. A plan is only as good as your ability to do it.
Osteopathy can help with upper back pain, neck pain, lower back pain, sciatica, disc injuries, headaches, muscle and joint strains, just to name a few.
Ask our team today for advice on what we can do to help get your injury under control.
As golfers, we all know how tough golf can be on your body. Whether it be chronic lower back pain and tightness affecting your swing; an old leg injury or arthritis stopping you walking the course; or a shoulder injury keeping you from creating any power, Osteopathy can help get you back to your best golf.
Talk to Dr. Kristopher Sanford today to get your game back on track.
Yes. Osteopathy is covered under ‘extras’ with most private health coverages in Australia. To check your own individual coverage and how much your private health will rebate, check your account online with your insurer.
Osteopathy can help with a variety of injuries, with an emphasis on treating both the symptoms, and the root cause.
Neck, back, and shoulder pain
Muscle strains and spasms
Nerve entrapments such as carpal tunnel, sciatica, and trigeminal neuralgia
Headaches, migraine, and jaw pain
Arthritis and other joint conditions
Sporting injuries
Osteopathy is fantastic for helping you with the management of ongoing, environmental, or chronic conditions. It is an unfortunate reality, that not all injuries will heal perfectly or quickly. At LinksHP, we believe that the more you understand your own injury, the more you can take control of the management.
Talk with our osteopath today about how long term management can help you take back control of your life.
Osteopathy is a 5 year double degree, or degree and Master’s (depending on the university).
Osteopaths are also required to undertake at least 25hrs of professional training each year to stay up to date with the latest research and best clinical practices.
Our Osteopath Dr. Kristopher Sanford studied at RMIT university in Melbourne for 5 years, before moving up to sunny Sydney, where he undertook further study in strength and conditioning with a focus on golf.
Osteopathy, physiotherapy, and chiropractic share many similiarities with all being hands on, allied health options to help your body heal and function at it’s best.
Osteopathy is unique as it takes an approach of looking at the whole body as a system and applies treatment to not just help the painful tissue, but also treat the root cause and get the body functioning as optimally as possible. Osteopathy believes that the bodies structure and function are inter-related, and if you can get the body functioning well, it can heal itself.
Treating the root cause can be best seen as a method of looking deeper and asking “why” something is happening in the body, not just “what”.
Ostepaths will often focus on the ‘why’, to try to get the the bottom, or ‘root cause’ of the issue. This helps us better understand the injury or issue, create a better plan for it’s treatment, and help stop it from reoccurring if possible.
Treatment looks different for people of all different ages, sizes, and conditions. Osteopathy utilises a wide variety of treatment options and practitioners will change what techniques they use to best suit the person and the injury.
Osteopathy can modulate it’s treatment intensity from very direct, to gentle when necessary.
Your Osteopath will always ask what style suits you best, and keep an open course of dialogue to explain what treatment choices you have.
No. You can book an appointment directly with our osteopath without a referral from your GP.
We are located inside Cromer Golf Club at 2/10 Cromer Rd, Cromer, on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. We also see patients from nearby suburbs including Dee Why, Narrabeen, Brookvale and Mona Vale.
