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Wednesday 26th November 2025
Gold Coast, Australia – Technology is transforming workplaces across Australia, yet many organisations remain hesitant to adopt digital tools in health, safety and injury prevention.
Health Stack, a leader in workplace performance and injury prevention, has unveiled its hybrid PHYSIO First model to address exactly this challenge.
It blends digital journeys with real Physiotherapists to reduce injuries, build trust, and modernise workplace wellness.
According to Health Stack founder James Fletcher of Concerns about data privacy, loss of human connection and change fatigue continue to slow progress; especially in industries where wellbeing has traditionally relied on face-to-face support.
“We know businesses want innovation without losing the human touch – something that their employees rightly value,” said James Fletcher.
“These valid concerns are solvable with thoughtful communication and a blended approach, leveraging the benefits of our digital platform that personalises the employee health journey, while strengthening the human connection that they value. Our PHYSIO First approach gives workers real-time guidance paired with real clinicians, helping organisations modernise safely and confidently.
Across industries, businesses often associate wellbeing with personal interaction, physical assessments and hands-on support. Shifting these experiences into apps, dashboards, or wearable tools can feel unfamiliar and even impersonal.
Decision-makers commonly fear:
- Losing personal engagement between employees and wellbeing providers
- Compromising trust around health data collection and privacy
- Managing change, risk, and adaptation in safety programs
Health Stack’s PHYSIO First model integrates digital health tools with hands-on physiotherapy to support early intervention and prevent long-term injury.
Companies using this model report reduced onsite physiotherapy hours and lower program costs, while also achieving a far greater impact.
For James Fletcher this hybrid approach that bridges the gap between a highly available digital platform with regular human contact benefits both businesses and employees alike.
“Our hybrid approach ensures employees feel seen, supported and understood,” Fletcher says. “When technology enhances real human relationships, everyone wins.”
To learn more, visit healthstack.com
About Health Stack
Founded in 2020, Health Stack is the subsidiary of Safe & Healthy, which has been operating in the corporate health sector since 2013. Its founder James Fletcher is a former rugby player, physiotherapist and exercise physiologist who specialises in breathing techniques to support performance, recovery, and health. He has worked with many athletes from the Australian Institute of Sports, Cirque du Soleil and Olympians.
His core focus is on the ‘forcefield’ approach to workplace injury and ill-health prevention; this philosophy focuses on treating the body as an interconnected system. It seeks to showcase the links inputs like stress or bad sleep plays in an output like a lower-back injury and treat the issues holistically through its programs focusing on exercises, nutrition and managing stressors.
Its flexible online and hybrid model goes beyond onsite care, delivering real solutions that actually work. We achieve this through our cutting-edge platform and team of healthcare leaders, not just physiotherapists, but nutritionists, psychologists and doctors who tackle the full picture of employee health.
Trained in the cutting-edge LOAD IT rehabilitation model, we don’t just treat injuries – we empower recovery and prevent future risks. With locations throughout Australia and New Zealand we can reach even the most remote areas. Our health professionals’ online platforms deliver high quality care with minimal disruption, ensuring your team gets the support they need without leaving the premises.
Forget the old way. Experience workplace health redefined.
For all media enquiries, images, or interviews, please contact:
James Fletcher
e: james@healthstack.com.au
m: 0451 709 097
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