Ryan graduated from The University of Queensland in 2005 after completing a Masters in Physiotherapy Studies. He has since spent time in private practice where he has had the opportunity to treat a variety of disorders including neck and back pain, musculoskeletal/ sports injuries and headaches. Also having degrees in Human Movement and Exercise Rehabilitation Ryan spends time teaching people how to prevent future injury with core stability training and exercise programs.

Outside of work Ryan enjoys surfing, swimming and fishing and is also an active physiotherapist for local football clubs.

She was the chief musculoskeletal physio for 12 Great Victorian or interstate bike rides. She was a senior musculoskeletal physio at Peninsula Health in 2005. She has worked for a few seasons with a A-Grade Amateur football team.

Eliza recently moved to Geelong to be with her husband, and enjoys the lifestyle here. Outside of work, Eliza enjoys her family, surfing, cycling, hiking, and keeping up with the weeds/insects in her vegie patch!

Eliza is caring and uses a holistic approach, drawing on firm evidence based therapy. She gets enormous satisfaction in helping people feel better.

See the section on Women’s and Men’s Physio for more.

Katrina’s philosophy is to provide the best possible health care, drawing on her talents, experience and creativity as a practitioner, to effectively treat and assist a client with their health problems so they can return to normal functioning and improve their quality of life and feeling of wellbeing. Katrina strives to make the client independent rather than dependent, and uses a holistic approach. Katrina completed a Bachelor of applied science (Physiotherapy) in 1997 at Rotterdam University, Netherlands, and while living in Europe she also studied the Dr Vodder method for Lymphatic drainage and is a registered and accredited lymphatic practitioner. Katrina has worked in a variety of settings; private practice treating musculoskeletal problems such as back/neck pain, a large rehabilitation and geriatric (elderly) centre, on the stroke unit, orthopaedics, geriatric rehabilitation and psychiatric and for two large Melbourne hospitals, The Epworth Richmond and St Vincent’s Hospital on acute neuroscience unit, orthopaedics, medical and oncology. In her free time she loves sport, you might see her running with her 2 young children on the Barwon River Track.

Physiotherapist/Lymphoedema therapist
BA (Physiotherapy)
Diploma Manual Lymph Drainage (Dr Vodder)

Professional memberships and registration
Australian Physiotherapist Association (APA)
National Lymphoedema Practitioners Register (NLPR)
Australasian Lymphology Association (ALA)