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Garth Munro Physiotherapy

Physiotherapist · Marshland, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 203 Christchurch physiotherapy businesses.

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Garth Munro Physiotherapy

Physiotherapist · Marshland, Christchurch

Where you stand#142of 203 physiotherapy businesses
Overall health3.0/10across the eight areas
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What AI tells people about you

Garth Munro Physiotherapy is an owner-operated physiotherapy clinic in the Marshland area of Christchurch. Garth specialises in musculoskeletal health, manipulation and rehabilitation, and registers injuries with ACC. He refers for X-rays and ultrasound, and focuses on exercise prescription including weight training to help both younger and older clients remain active and age well.

Garth Munro Physiotherapy is an owner-operated clinic located in the Marshland suburb of Christchurch. Garth Munro holds a Master of Health Science (Rehabilitation) and postgraduate diplomas in musculoskeletal health, manipulation and rehabilitation, and has over 30 years of experience across rural and metropolitan clinics and hospital settings.

The clinic offers assessment and treatment for musculoskeletal conditions, manual manipulation, rehabilitation and exercise prescription. Garth can register ACC injuries and refer clients for X-rays, ultrasound scans, hospital departments and private specialists. The practice description emphasises weight training and gym-based exercise as part of rehabilitation.

Clients commonly describe Garth as warm, friendly and personable, and note a high level of clinical knowledge. Reviews indicate people often feel at ease during appointments and experience meaningful reductions in pain over a short period. This reflects a practice focus on practical, exercise-led rehabilitation and hands-on treatment.

Locally, Garth Munro Physiotherapy is positioned as a long-established, experienced sole-practitioner clinic that combines clinical qualifications with broad health-sector experience. The clinic's ability to handle ACC registrations and make diagnostic or specialist referrals, together with an emphasis on exercise prescription for both younger and ageing clients, is a practical point of difference for Marshland and greater Christchurch.

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Your Google listing

Garth Munro Physiotherapy shows a below-average health score on Google Business Listing at 4.1 out of 10. The listing is claimed and has a phone number and website link, and the Open-for-Business status is accurate, supporting accessibility for customers. Strengths include a claimed listing and basic contact details, while opportunities focus on branding and visual content to improve visibility.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top three opportunities

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    LogoYour listing has no logo, so in a list of local results yours is the one with a blank space where every competitor has a mark.
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    Photos on the listingYou have fewer photos than nearly every business here, so a customer comparing you against them builds a picture of their work and guesses at yours.
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    Description lengthYour description gives a reader more than most listings here do, so a customer choosing between three of you gets more of your case than of theirs.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
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Physiotherapist · Marshland
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From the business

Highly experienced and skilled Physiotherapist including musculoskeletal health, manipulation and rehabilitation. This physiotherapy clinic is owner operated. We are able to register your injury with ACC and refer for X-rays, Ultrasound scans and to private specialists. Garth has a keen interest in the young and aging to remain active and age well. He has a particular interest in exercise prescription, especially weight training and gym exercise.

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Your reviews

Garth Munro Physiotherapy shows an overall health score of 3.0 out of 10 for Google reviews, which is below average. The business has a strong star rating in the top 10% but has not yet engaged with customers through responses. The next priority is to start replying to reviews while continuing to build volume of feedback to raise confidence and overall standing.

Strengths

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    Star ratingYour rating is among the highest in this market and it does its own selling - a customer sees it before they read anything else.

Top three opportunities

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    Review confidenceRating and review volume together sit well behind this market, which means a customer comparing you has both halves of the picture reading thin.
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    Response rateNone of your reviews have a reply, which means a customer reading them sees your happiest and your angriest customers with nothing from you in between.
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    Review countYour review count sits well below what buyers here are used to seeing, which means a customer comparing options side by side reads you as the less proven choice.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
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Google reviewsChristchurch physiotherapy · 203 businesses
You are #143 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

Garth Munro Physiotherapy shows a healthy presence on Google Maps with a 4.4/10 health score. Top findings include strong ranking for core local terms such as physical therapy clinic in marshland and physiotherapist in marshland, indicating solid local visibility. Opportunities lie in improving aggregate and borough map search scores to push into higher visibility brackets.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across fewer of the surrounding suburbs than half the businesses here, so someone two suburbs over searching for your service is shown your competitors and never sees your name.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than the middle of your suburb, so a customer searching nearby is likely to see you in the first handful.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
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Garth Munro Physiotherapy25.0 ★ (1) · Physiotherapist
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Physiotherapist0.0 ★ (0) · Physiotherapist
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The Rehab Co0.0 ★ (0) · Physiotherapist
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Body Wise Health5.0 ★ (21) · Physiotherapist
Map positionsChristchurch physiotherapy · 203 businesses
You are #114 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Garth Munro Physiotherapy shows low overall health for social presence, with notable gaps in key platforms. The most important finding is an active LinkedIn profile already in place, but Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and directory listings remain underutilised, limiting local reach and trust.

Strengths

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    Healthpoint ListingWe can see your Healthpoint Listing listing (https://healthpoint.co.nz/garth-munro-physiotherapy) found via: Google search results.
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    Infobel ListingWe can see your Infobel Listing listing (https://infobel.com/garth_munro_physiotherapy) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

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    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page through search rather than through anything you own.
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    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
15 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 5 of them.
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Healthpointgarth-munro-physiotherapyGarth Munro Physiotherapy | Healthpoint✓
Facebook61578920288683Garth Munro Physiotherapy | Facebook2
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Physio NZ Member1667Garth Munro Physiotherapy | Physio NZ Member
LinkedIngarth-munro-5a033728Garth Munro Physiotherapy | LinkedIn
InstagramNo account found1
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Listings and socialChristchurch physiotherapy · 203 businesses
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Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.
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    An email addressCustomers can see an email address on the page, which gives the one who wants a quote in writing a route that does not depend on anyone picking up the phone.

Top three opportunities

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    Recommendations on your pageNo recommendations sit on your page, so a stranger who came to see whether anyone else has used you leaves with only your own posts to go on.
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    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post reaches people who already know you rather than anyone still deciding.
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    A page address you choseYour page address is one Facebook generated rather than one you chose - your business name with a long number bolted on, or just the number.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
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Garth is a highly experienced and skilled physiotherapist with a Master of Health Science Degree (Rehabilitation) and Postgraduate Diplomas in Musculoskeletal Health, Manipulation and Rehabilitation...
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Facebook pageChristchurch physiotherapy · 203 businesses
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Your website

Garth Munro Physiotherapy shows a below-average on-page SEO health score of 4.1 out of 10. The most important findings are strong favicon presence, fast load time under 3 seconds, secure content via HTTPS, adequate text length and a relevant title tag. Top opportunities include refining the meta description length, adjusting the title tag, and addressing render-blocking resources to improve load speed.

Strengths

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    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.
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    FaviconThe tab your site opens in carries your own icon, so a customer with a dozen tabs going can find their way back to you by sight.
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    Page load speedYour home page appears in under three seconds, so someone tapping through from a search result meets your business rather than a blank screen while they decide whether to wait.

Top three opportunities

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    Separate sites linking to youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
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    Meta descriptionThe summary under your name in search results is either too brief to say anything or long enough that Google cuts it mid-sentence.
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    The shape of your link profileYour links are piled onto a small number of sites for a profile this size, so they are doing less for you than the count suggests.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Garth Munro Physiotherapy's website shows low overall health for traffic with a 2.8/10. Organic traffic value is above the 25th percentile, while paid traffic remains undeveloped. Key opportunities include starting small paid campaigns with targeted landing pages and tracking, and continuing SEO refinements to sustain momentum in organic rankings.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth less than most businesses here, which means the work coming in arrives through word of mouth and repeat customers rather than through people searching for what you do.
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    What you spend on adsWe can see no paid search activity for your site, which in most local markets is the norm rather than a gap.
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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws fewer visitors from search than most businesses here, so most people looking for what you do are landing somewhere else.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
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www.garthmunrophysiotherapy.co.nzGarth Munro Physiotherapy

Friendly, expert physiotherapy care. Garth is a highly experienced and skilled physiotherapist. Doctors Marshland, 427 Marshland Road, Christchurch 8083 Phone: ...

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Your hours against demand

Garth Munro Physiotherapy's published hours align with several high-demand windows but still miss some popular search times. Open hours capture strong mid-morning and mid-afternoon peaks-especially Tuesday 10-11am, Thursday 10am, Wednesday 3pm and Monday 2pm. Missed opportunities include early mornings and late afternoons on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. There is no evidence of open hours during low-demand times.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover some of the busy stretches but fewer than half the businesses here, which means someone ringing round on a Saturday morning reaches your competitors and your voicemail.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
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Hours 1
Monday9am-5pm
Tuesday9am-5pm
Wednesday9am-5pm
Thursday9am-5pm
Friday9am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch physiotherapy · 203 businesses
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#142of 203 Christchurch physiotherapy businesses
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