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Merivale Physiotherapy Clinic

Physical therapy clinic · St Albans, Christchurch

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

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Merivale Physiotherapy Clinic

Physical therapy clinic · St Albans, Christchurch

Where you stand#133of 203 physiotherapy businesses
Overall health3.5/10across the eight areas

Going well

01Google listing9.403Map positions6.1

Where we can help

07Google search and traffic5.508Opening hours4.302Reviews3.005Facebook page2.404Listings and social1.506Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Merivale Physiotherapy Clinic is an accredited community physiotherapy practice in Merivale, Christchurch, with a satellite at St Albans Medical Centre. Operating since 1991 and now owned by Ben Fryett, the clinic provides musculoskeletal care including pre/post-surgical rehab, neck, back and shoulder treatment, lower limb and work‑related injuries, older-persons' health and online consultations.

Merivale Physiotherapy Clinic is an accredited community-based physiotherapy practice located in Merivale, Christchurch, with a satellite practice operating out of the St Albans Medical Centre. The clinic has been providing care and rehabilitation programmes since 1991 and is now under the ownership of Ben Fryett.

The clinic lists a broad range of musculoskeletal services. These include pre- and post-surgical joint rehabilitation, treatment for muscle and joint sprains and strains, neck and back pain management, shoulder injury care, and lower-limb work such as hip, knee, foot and ankle injuries. Services also cover work-related injuries and older-persons' health issues like osteoarthritis, and the clinic offers online consultations.

Customers commonly describe helpful, attentive staff and report not feeling rushed during appointments. Reviews note timely access to appointments and a focus on education and rehabilitation for injuries. One review raises concerns about relative cost and appointment spacing on busy days, which is reflected by some mixed feedback amid mostly positive comments.

As an established community clinic with a long history in Christchurch, Merivale Physiotherapy Clinic presents as a local provider of personalised musculoskeletal care. Its range of services, combined with in-person and online options and a satellite presence at St Albans Medical Centre, contributes to its visibility and accessibility for local patients.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Merivale Physiotherapy Clinic shows strong overall health on Google Business Listing with a score of 8.5 out of 10, indicating solid completeness and optimization. Key strengths include a clearly claimed listing, an open-for-business status, a visible website link, and a phone number for customers to reach the clinic easily. The description is already well positioned, supporting local 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

  • 1
    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.
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    Photos on the listingYou carry more photos than most of this market, which gives a customer a real look at the work before they ring.
  • 3
    Category fitYour category set is one of the better-fitted in this market, so you are eligible for nearly every search happening around you.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
9.4Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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From the business

Merivale Physiotherapy Clinic is an accredited community based practice which has been providing quality care rehabilitation programmes since 1991. A satellite practice also operates out of the St Albans Medical Centre. Ben Fryett took over ownership in 2025 and is able to provide treatments to a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions including: - Pre and post-surgical joint rehabilitation - Muscle and joint sprains/strains - Neck and back pains/ strain - Shoulder injuries/ pain - Lower limb hip, knee and foot and ankle injuries - Work related injuries - Older person's health such as osteoarthritis - Online Consultations.

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Google listingChristchurch physiotherapy · 203 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Merivale Physiotherapy Clinic shows a low overall health score for Google reviews, with room to improve. The top opportunities focus on engaging with customers through responses, growing the number of reviews, and continuing to build trust with a stronger rating base.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 3
    Star ratingYour rating sits well below what customers here are used to seeing, and it is the first number they compare when two businesses look otherwise equal.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
3.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Google reviewsChristchurch physiotherapy · 203 businesses
You are #142 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

Merivale Physiotherapy Clinic shows an above-average health score of 6.5 out of 10 for Google Maps search visibility. The business ranks well for key phrases in Merivale and St Albans, notably physical therapy clinic in merivale and physiotherapist in merivale, indicating strong local relevance. Opportunities focus on broad and borough-specific improvements to move into top results.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches less often than half your suburb, so on a search from nearby you sit below businesses a customer would otherwise treat as equal.
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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than the middle of the field, so customers searching from outside your own patch are finding you.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
6.1Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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2Top three for "physical therapy clinic" in 2 suburbs, seen in 11
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Shirley St Albans Physiotherapy5.0 ★ (21) · Physical therapy clinic
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TBI Health Physiotherapy, Sports & Spinal Rehabilitation St Albans3.2 ★ (9) · Physical therapy clinic
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Merivale Physiotherapy Clinic14.0 ★ (7) · Physical therapy clinic
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Active Health Clinic & Gym4.6 ★ (55) · Physical therapy clinic
Map positionsChristchurch physiotherapy · 203 businesses
You are #80 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Merivale Physiotherapy Clinic shows very low presence health in Marketbase's Social Presence, with a score of 1.3 out of 10. The most important findings are missing or weak profiles on Instagram, TikTok and Yellow Directory, and a Facebook profile with a low trust score. Focusing on establishing active, consistent profiles on Instagram and TikTok, and improving the credibility of the Facebook listing will address the largest gaps.

Strengths

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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.
  • 2
    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page through search alone.
  • 3
    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 3 of them.
1.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Healthpagesphysiotherapists-merivale-physiotherapy-clinicMerivale Physiotherapy Clinic | Healthpages
FacebookMerivale-Hand-Clinic-100066988920989Found through search, not linked from anything you own2
Physio NZ Member1116Found through search, not linked from anything you own
Healthpointmerivale-hand-clinicFound through search, not linked from anything you own
InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found3
Listings and socialChristchurch physiotherapy · 203 businesses
You are #173 for listings and social
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Your Facebook page

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Facebook pageCriticalWe found your Facebook Profile page through search alone. Shown at a typical score for this market.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 1 of them.
2.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebook pageChristchurch physiotherapy · 203 businesses
You are #155 for your Facebook page
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06Your websiteMarketbase business report

Your website

Merivale Physiotherapy Clinic's on-page health is very strong, with a 9.6 out of 10 overall. The most notable findings are an outstanding on-page SEO score and a perfectly placed meta description, both supporting visibility in local search. Page load times are fast and assets are served securely, contributing to a reliable user experience.

Strengths

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    On-page scoreFew sites in this market clear these checks as completely as yours: fast to open, readable, and accurate about itself to Google and to the person who lands on it.
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    Meta descriptionYour search summary sits in the length that reads in full on most screens, which is as far as length alone can take it - a narrow phone still cuts the tail off a line this size.
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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.

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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    Domain HealthYour site answers, but something did not check out - an insecure link, a redirect chain, a domain shared with other businesses, or a listing pointing at a social page.
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    The shape of your link profileYour links come from fewer separate sites than most profiles the size of yours.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Separate sites linking to you
3The shape of your link profile
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How people find you on Google

Merivale Physiotherapy Clinic shows an average traffic health with room to grow. The most meaningful findings are that paid traffic is currently not measurable and organic traffic value sits mid-range, suggesting solid progress but still potential gains from content, UX and SEO improvements.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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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 ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
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    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth less than half the businesses here, so the people arriving are browsing rather than buying.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
5.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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shirleyphysiochristchurch.co.nzPhysio Christchurch | Shirley - St Albans Physiotherapy Clinic
www.merivalephysiotherapy.co.nzMerivale Physiotherapy Clinic | Book Your Session

Experience personalized physiotherapy care at Merivale. 250 Springfield Road, St Albans, Christchurch 8014 Contact [email protected] (03) 355-9119

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3About 149 visits a month from search, across 14 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch physiotherapy · 203 businesses
You are #92 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Merivale Physiotherapy Clinic's hours show partial alignment with local demand: 40 weekly hours match peak search times, but 25 popular-hours remain closed. Strong alignment includes mid-morning and early‑afternoon slots on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Missed demand is concentrated on Friday mornings and midday. No open hours fall in low-demand windows, so inefficiency from late or early openings is not evident.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    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.
4.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Merivale Physiotherapy Clinic
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Hours 1
Monday8am-5:30pm
Tuesday8am-5:30pm
Wednesday8am-5:30pm
Thursday8am-5:30pm
FridayClosed
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Popular times Friday · St Albans
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Opening hoursChristchurch physiotherapy · 203 businesses
You are #117 for opening hours
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page1 opportunity

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#133of 203 Christchurch physiotherapy businesses
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Christchurch physiotherapyOverall · 203 businesses
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