About Us

Also hailing from a rural background, I grew up in Cowra in NSW, developing a keen interest in Physiotherapy in my senior schooling after meeting some cool visiting Physio students! I was accepted into the prestigious Charles Sturt University in Albury, completing my formal university studies at the end of 2014, quickly firing up my Physiotherapy career in the greenest and wettest part of the state in Hamilton! Duncan and I moved to Bendigo in 2016, to be closer to our families and to enjoy the exciting lifestyle, still in touch with a country background that Bendigo provides.

Experience:

• I’ve worked through entry level and Senior Clinician roles in multiple areas at our fantastic Bendigo Health Hospital, including Acute Medical Ward and more recently Acute Orthopaedic Ward

• I worked as a sports trainer at North Albury FNC whilst studying and loved playing a part in the club. I am keen to dive into work with all the local sporting clubs out there and would love to hear from you

• I have invested consistently in my additional skills particularly taping, dry needling, ACL injury management (surgical and conservative management), exercise prescription and injury prevention

Key Interests:

Physio

• I have a keen interest in helping people with Knee issues, particularly running and jumping sports

• I also love to see people smashing their goals and getting back to what they want to be doing after surgery either from trauma or planned procedures

• I love to work with people who are driven by getting the most out of their body from kids to athletes to preventing deterioration as we age

Personal

• I’m a die-hard Melbourne supporter, so you know I’ll be with you through thick and thin

• You’ll often find me on the hockey pitch playing for North West Lightning and Sandhurst Hockey clubs

• If you have any tips on a veggie garden in Bendigo or how to control a laborador I am all ears!

Having graduated with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy degree from Charles Sturt University in 2005, I have amassed in excess of 10 years of rich Physiotherapy experience, almost exclusively in the sports and private practice musculoskeletal field, through having fantastic mentors to guide and shape my practice.

I relished the opportunity to gather VFL football level experience with Bendigo’s VFL side of 2 years, gaining a vast array of specific injury knowledge and treatment options and further understanding of the pressures associated with high level sporting pursuits. He continues to maintain close ties to his network of specialist Physiotherapists, coaches and Sports Physicians. Being heavily involved in BendigoHealth’s Shoulder Pain Assessment Clinic, gave me a rich understanding of shoulder pathology and allowing me to translate this into something meaningful and understandable for his patients.

I enjoy the continual shift in what is best Physiotherapy practice and keep my assessments, management plans and advice up to date by actively following relevant journals and specific experts in the field of Physiotherapy. I love treating and have a special interest in shoulders and running injuries and have developed two thorough assessments from my professional development activities to ensure that you get the results you want.

As a former footballer, but now keen runner, gym enthusiast and water skier, I have definitely had my fair share of injuries and I directly understand through this experience, what is needed to get you back to your best and how major a part of tackling strength has a huge part to play in symptom resolution as well as future bullet-proofing and prevention.

And that makes three of us! I too hail from a small regional centre on the Murray River at Barmah, 30 min from Echuca, on a family-owned dairy/cropping farm. My brothers and I attended primary school in Nathalia and secondary school in Echuca.

My husband Michael and I, with our 3 kids in tow, moved to Bendigo 3 years ago for a change of scenery and recently added a start-up business to the mix in the form of Farm Irrigation, which has also taken off!

During my downtime I enjoy craftwork, reading or Netflix and spending time with my fantastic family. I also play hockey (LOVE Hockey!) with a local Bendigo club (Eaglehawk HC) as well as support our local NorthWest Lightning Hockey team.

I am a qualified massage therapist of 10 years and ran my business from home, which proved handy whilst raising our young family. 

I am really excited to be on board at Inform Physio Care – I’m looking forward to meeting all of you soon and adding to the experience you all know and love!