Bonitas Medical Fund · Physiotherapy and rehabilitation

Back and Neck (Care Programme)

Conservative, non-surgical management of back/neck pain (also shoulders and knees); physiotherapy network where the nearest centre of excellence is >30km

You must registerThis benefit does not start on its own. Until you register, you are paying for cover you are not receiving.

“Subject to one treatment protocol per beneficiary per annum (Annexure B D7.3.4, derived)”

At a glance

Scheme: Bonitas Medical Fund
Benefit area: Physiotherapy and rehabilitation
Who it is for: Named options — listed below
Limit: one treatment protocol per beneficiary per annum · per_beneficiary · per annum
Who qualifies: Referral/assessment for level of care
Where you may go: Contracted Provider
Also called: Conservative Back Programme

“Annexure B D7.3.4”

“Conservative Back Programme (Annexure B D7.3.4 — multi-column, derived)”

What it gives you

Conservative, non-surgical management of back/neck pain (also shoulders and knees); physiotherapy network where the nearest centre of excellence is >30km
Higher-plan brochures present it as 'BACK AND NECK': assessment of level of care, treatment from doctors and back-and-neck physiotherapists

Which plans carry it

BonComprehensive BonClassic BonComplete Standard Standard Select Primary BonPrime BonSave BonFit Hospital Standard BonEssential BonEssential Select

Named in the scheme’s own documents.

“governed by 6.10 Active Disease Risk Management (chronic back and neck pain)”

Where this comes from

not recorded. Read from that document on 2026-08-16 for the 2026 plan year.

How to join it: https://www.bonitas.co.za/care-programmes/, retrieved 2026-08-16.

Every statement on this page is read from a Bonitas Medical Fund document and quoted so you can check it. Where a document says nothing, this page says so rather than filling the gap.

Check what your own plan leaves you to pay Your plan, your family, your conditions — the shortfall in rands before you choose a gap policy.

Programme rules are set by the scheme and change at renewal. This page renders what Bonitas Medical Fund’s own documents say, with the wording quoted so you can check it. Confirm with the scheme before you rely on it.