SA’s best physio of 2024: Brad Bain, iPerform in Edinburgh

Helping people get back to their fittest and healthiest self is what motivates physiotherapist Brad Bain.

There is nothing worse than having a sports injury and that’s what motivates physiotherapist Brad Bain to keep running his successful business.

The 28-year-old opened iPerform Sports Therapy, Strength and Conditioning Gym in 2020 out the back of another gym before buying his own facility in 2023.

Mr Bain said he was motivated to become a physiotherapist as a “keen sports lover” who understood the difficulties associated with sports injuries.

“I was playing sport and ended up at the physio,” he said. “I then got into it as a keen sports lover.”

Brad Bain, the founder of iPerform, has been crowned South Australia's best physio of 2024. Picture: Matt Turner

Mr Bain said his favourite part of being a physio was helping people understand their injury and how they can get back to their best.

“I love helping athletes explore their potential after injury,” he said. “You get to go on a journey with them, it’s pretty special (and) rewarding.”

Mr Bain also works closely with the Adelaide Crows AFLW team, which he said brought much-needed variety to his already busy schedule.

The much-loved physio said he was “a little bit” embarrassed to have been crowned South Australia’s best physio of 2024 because he believed it was his whole team, not just him.

“It’s more a reflection of the team we’ve been able to create,” he said.

Mr Bain said he was grateful to all his supportive clients who voted for him.

The top five finalists

Brad Bain, iPerform, Edinburgh

Lisa Vernon, Adelaide West Physio + Pilates Headache Clinic

Shauni Hazledine, Movement Theory, Somerton Park

Supreet Kaur, My Physio My Health, Lightsview

Yashasvi Solanki, My Physio My Health, Holden Hill