Lecturers

Clinical Edge Lecturers

 

Clinical Edge handpicks its lecturers to ensure only the very best education is provided. All of our face to face and online lecturers are experienced Physiotherapists that love to share their knowledge and experience.

 

Susie Bond

Susie is a Physiotherapist, Accredited Pilates Instructor and Lecturer, and Clinical Pilates Consultant. Susie is resident physiotherapist and "Body Science" lecturer at Wesley Institute dance degree department. She does regular lectures for dance schools, gymnasts, sports people and Pilates teacher training courses and conferences.

She trained as a Pilates instructor with Helen Tardent, doing full studio equipment and mat exercise training in 1996. She has also done the physiotherapy Clinical Pilates courses. She has had the benefit of working with many talented instructors here in Sydney and London.

Susie is a member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association, the Australian Pilates Method Association and the International Association for Dance medicine and Science. Susie currently works as a physiotherapist at her Physiotherapy and Pilates practice, Evolution Pilates in Annandale, Sydney and consults as a Pilates Instructor specialising in Pilates conditioning for dancers and sports people and with specific exercise rehab for those recovering from injury and pain.  Susie also presents on the APA Dance Physiotherapy courses.

David Butler

David Butler is an internationally renowned clinical educator and pain scientist.  He has developed and implemented pain science curricula for undergraduate and post-graduate programs and has taught over five thousand clinicians in 25 countries. He is also a regular keynote speaker at clinical conferences across the world.

David obtained his primary degree from the University of Queensland and subsequently earned a Graduate Diploma in Advanced Manipulative Therapy in 1985 and a Masters by research in 1996 from the University of South Australia.

He has written and co-written many publications and is the author of the texts, Mobilisation of the Nervous System written in 1991 and published by Churchill Livingstone, and The Sensitive Nervous System, published by NOI. David has also recently completed the text Explain Pain, a patient directed book, co-authored with Lorimer Moseley.

David has research interests in pain measurement and mechanisms based classifications of pain. Food, wine and fishing are also research interests. More information on David Butler or the Neuro Orthopaedic Institute (NOI Group) can be found at www.noigroup.com

Andrew Hutton

Andrew Hutton is an APA Titled Sports Physiotherapist in private practice at Physiotherapy Solutions South, Hobart Tasmania. He has utilized acupuncture in his management of a mainstream sporting and musculoskeletal clientele since 1990.

The use of various needling techniques has, to a large extent, replaced the use of electrotherapy agents at the clinic and has reduced the majority of the “hand breaking” manual therapy techniques commonly used in such a clinical setting preserving the therapists highly skilled hands for more subtle techniques. He completed the APA acupuncture training programme in 1990 and has lectured on the APA Acupuncture training programme since 1997.

Andrew initially developed “bridging” workshops in musculoskeletal acupuncture to meet the demands of physiotherapists with traditional acupuncture training to assist them in incorporating acupuncture into a physiotherapy clinic setting. .This material has largely been incorporated into the current APA Acupuncture training programme and is always well received.

Andrew has studied in China and continues to study in Australia with teachers of meridian therapy (a traditional Japanese approach to acupuncture) from Japan. He also remains current with advances in Western Scientific Acupuncture and the major approaches to dry needling . He enjoys the balance of traditional oriental medicine and biomechanics based physiotherapy.

Recently Andrew became aware that the dry needling was being presented in a simplistic and one dimensional way in courses and workshops. Knowing that there were many refined techniques and diverse approaches available, especially to the manual therapist, he was motivated to develop the dry needling plus + workshops .

Further information about Andrew Hutton and Dry Needling Plus can be found at www.dryneedling.com.au

 

Linda-Joy Lee

Linda-Joy (LJ) Lee BSc, BSc(PT), FCAMT, CGIMS, PHD candidate, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Fellow

A physiotherapy graduate from the University of British Columbia, Canada, and UBC Wesbrook Scholar (1996), “LJ” became a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Manual and Manipulative Therapists (FCAMT) in 1999 with distinction and completed her certification in Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS) in 2001.

A co-founder of Discover Physio, LJ has a passion for helping people explore and realize their potential. She mentors a team of physiotherapists at her clinic, Synergy Physiotherapy, in North Vancouver, Canada, where she is a clinical consultant. LJ is currently developing her skills as a researcher as she pursues her PhD at the University of Queensland with Professor Paul Hodges (Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health)

LJ is recognized nationally and internationally as a skilled educator, presenter, and clinician. She is well known for her understanding of balanced load transfer, movement and stability in the body, along with her approach to movement and performance analysis to restore optimum function. She applies this model to treating pain in all areas of the body.

LJ has also developed novel approaches to assess and train thoracic control in patients with spinal pain and dysfunction and is currently investigating some of these ideas in her PhD. She has contributed to several book chapters, produced DVD’s, and published her research in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

LJ enjoys creating a supportive learning environment that allows participants to challenge and develop their clinical reasoning skills, examine and translate science, explore the power of touch and awareness, and see movement and function in the body in a more connected way. LJ is excited and honoured to be a partner with Diane in Discover Physio and looks forward to new adventures ahead.

Further information on LJ and Discover Physio can be found at www.discoverphysio.ca  

 

Nichole Hamilton

Nichole Hamilton is an experienced physiotherapist that has worked nationally and internationally since 1997. Nichole developed the post-operative protocol for hip arthroscopy with orthopaedic hip specialist Dr Michael O’Sullivan. She has a clinic in Queensland, and consults with Northern Sports Physio, North Sydney. Further information on Nichole and her practice, Synergy Physiotherapy can be found at www.synergyphysio.com.au  

Nichole presents the  Irritable Hip course - conservative and surgical management incorporating the Lumbar spine and pelvis, co-ordinated by Clinical Edge. Nichole has presented on numerous occasions for our eLearning program on topics including Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Assessment of the Pelvis, Postural Assessment and Retraining and many others.

Timothy Mann

A Physiotherapist with a Masters in Manipulative Therapy, and Accredited Mulligan Concept Teacher, Tim has a private practice in Corrimal and lectures on various APA Manual Therapy and Acupuncture courses. His special interests include manual therapy, acupuncture, sports injuries and industrial rehabilitation.

Tim obtained his Master of Applied Science (Manipulative Physiotherapy) at Sydney University in 1994. He has also undertaken a one year Diploma Course in Acupuncture in Sydney in 1983, completed the nine month Cumberland College of Health Sciences (Lidcombe) Course in Occupational Health & Safety Management in June, 1988 and regularly undertakes a variety of continuing education courses. 

A member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association since 1980, Tim is also a member of the Manual Therapy Study Group, the Private Practitioner's Group and the Acupuncture Study Group, (Committee Member). Tim also has training in Muscle Energy, Podiatry for Physiotherapists and Pilates. 

 

Lorimer Moseley

Lorimer is a clinician and a researcher with a particular interest in brain contributions to chronic pain and how they can be modified for clinical benefit. He is co-author of Explain Pain, has also authored Painful Yarns, and has published over 65 articles including PNAS and Current Biology. He won the 2007 IASP Ulf Lindblom Award, given to the top clinical scientist under 40 working in a pain related field.

More information on Lorimer can be found at www.bodyinmind.com.au

 

David Pope

David is a Physiotherapist with a private practice in Terrigal, NSW - Physiotherapy Healing Solutions.  He has worked internationally throughout Australia and the UK  treating national and international level Karate competitors, swimmers and mountain bike riders. David enjoys video analysis of his patients activities, including running and riding, and using these tools to get great carryover of treatment into patients activities and lives. David graduated from the University of Sydney in 2000, and has extensive training and experience in treating a wide variety of conditions, particularly  Lumbo-Pelvic and Cervico-Thoracic-Rib Cage dysfunction and pain, as well as dry needling. David tutors on the Dry Needling Plus Level 1 and 2 courses with Andrew Hutton since 2007, and uses needling regularly in his clinical practice. David has lectured on the Mountain Sports Conference in Niseko, Japan in February 2011 on topics including

• Mountain Bike injuries, setup and training
• Snowboarding injuries and rehabilitation
• Knee reconstruction techniques, prehab and rehab
• Lumbo-pelvic assessment and treatment

David has interests in surfing, snowboarding, mountain bike riding, karate, strength training, is an avid reader, and has also taught meditation and relaxation. 

David is the founder and CEO of Clinical Edge and Physiotherapy Healing Solutions, and has a passion for continuing education for Physiotherapists, and improving the standard of Physiotherapy in Australia and abroad.

 

 

Russell Wright

A Physiotherapist with a special interest in the Foot and Ankle, Russell graduated from the University of Sydney in 2000. Russell owns Central Coast Foot and Ankle Physiotherapy, and Ocean View Physiotherapy, Wamberal 

Russell has a passion for treating runners, analysing running technique and using visual and video analysis to help runners recover from and avoid injury. Russell has taught on the Mountain Sports Conference,  Japan on topics including 

• Lower Quadrant Biomechanics, movement analysis and treatment
• Cross Country Running - Lower limb biomechanics
• Video analysis of running
• Ankle and talar dome injuries in snowboarding
• Taping and bracing for snow sports

Russell also presents on various eLearning topics, including 

• Low dye taping
• Achilles tendinosis in runners
• Plantar Fasciosis
• Ankle Rehabilitation

Further information on Russell can be found at www.oceanviewphysio.com.au