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Whether life, play or work has affected your physical health, our experienced team of physiotherapists and exercise physiologists can assist with assessment and treatment to get you back to fitness. Jump to view our Wollongong Physiotherapists.
Patients can access private health and Medicare referral funding, and IOH Health also provide physiotherapy interventions for:
- Workplace Health, including Workers Compensation to assist in recovery from workplace injury and managing Employee Assistance Programs to keep workers fit and niggle free.
- NDIS participants with our Disability Services team, helping guide functional goals and with capacity building.
IOH Health is committed to evidence based treatments, incorporating multiple modalities are available to suit your condition including:
- soft tissue massage
- Shockwave Therapy (also know as Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy [ECST] or Rapid Pressure Wave [RPW] Therapy)
- joint mobilisation
- myofascial release
- Spray and Stretch
- heat treatment
- ultrasound
- electrotherapy
- stretching exercises
- strengthening exercises
- home management programs
- dry needling
- the Pilates (pil-art’-iz) Exercise Program
Our Wollongong Physiotherapists
Grant Mackay
Physiotherapy Manager
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy)
- Master of Clinical Physiotherapy (Manipulative Therapy)
- Accredited Mulligan Concept Teacher (MCTA)
Experience:
14 years of experience as a physiotherapist providing physiotherapy across the Illawarra and in Perth, WA. Four years experience providing postgraduate training to physiotherapists.
Fun Facts:
- Keeps busy with two small children when not at work.
- Enjoys the outdoors, can be found on weekends bushwalking on the escarpment or kayaking on the Minnamurra river.
- Is an avid geocacher.
- Is one of three teaching members of the Mulligan Concept in Australia.
Philosophy:
I love working with people to understand what is important to them, and providing physiotherapy that helps people reach their goals by combining hands on physiotherapy, exercise and other treatment based on current scientific research.
Tristan Devitt
Senior PhysiotherapistÂ
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Health Science (Hons)
- Masters of Physiotherapy
Experience:
- Musculoskeletal physiotherapy since 2016
- Certified Mulligans PractitionerÂ
- Dry Needling
- Hydrotherapy
- Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy
Fun Facts:
- Has three small children who have lots of fun playing in the backyard
- Enjoys swimming, climbing, surfing and running
- Can recommend some good country music
Philosophy:
Movement is so important to our wellbeing and it’s a privilege to help people in this way.
Matt Cechet
Senior PhysiotherapistÂ
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Physiotherapy
Experience:
- 5 years of experience working as a physiotherapist in occupational, musculoskeletal, hospital and sporting settings. Matt’s special interests are in preventive care and maximising individuals’ functional potential.
- Sporting/CTP/Workcover injuries.
- Pre-employments and functional capacity assessments.
- Dry needling
- Mulligan’s concepts.
Fun Facts:
- Has to duck down to go through doors.
- Can be found at the bottom of the ocean on weekends.
Philosophy:
The only bad workout is the one that didn’t happen.
Dean Braidotti
Senior PhysiotherapistÂ
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Health Science/Masters of Physiotherapy 2018
- Sports Physiotherapy Level 2
- Dry needling
- Certified Mulligan Practitioner
- Kinetic Link Training (KLT) Practitioner
Experience:
Dean has experience in treating:
- musculoskeletal injuries including work related injuries and sporting injuries, including extensive experience in acute management of injures on the sports field where he managed the treatment of an AFL club, spanning across 3 teams.
- neurological injuries such as stroke and spinal cord injuries
- cardiorespiratory conditions.
Dean is well versed in the array of assessment tools required for comprehensive pre-employment and functional capacity assessments.
Dean has developed the unique skills and knowledge to provide appropriate physiotherapy interventions for NDIS and aged care clients. He is currently completing further training in geriatric physiotherapy.
Fun Facts:
- Father of two young boys — knows “silence is suspicious”.
- Picks up hobbies and sports with Olympic intensity… until the next shiny obsession appears.
Philosophy:
Everyone will experience their condition or injury differently and I enjoy the process of figuring out what is holding that person back and what treatment will work best for them.