Jack Mest graduated from Monash University, Melbourne with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy in 2008. He has worked as a clinician since this time in sports injury clinics and sporting organizations across Australia and the UK. His diverse work experience includes working as the Reserves team physiotherapist for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League and as an Academy Physiotherapist for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club whilst based in London. He has transitioned from football codes to disc sports and currently looks after the Australian Women's Ultimate Frisbee team on international campaigns. Jack completed his Masters of Sports Physiotherapy, graduating from Latrobe University in 2019. Following this, he received recognition from the Australian Physiotherapy Association as a titled Sports & Exercise Physiotherapist and became a member of the Australian College of Physiotherapists in 2020. Through his post-graduate studies, Jack developed a special research interest in tendinopathy. He is first author on a publication entitled: ‘The prevalence of self-reported psychological characteristics in adults with lower limb tendinopathy’, which was published in Muscles, Ligaments & Tendons Journal in December 2020. Jack is currently researching the extent to which diminished proprioception, neuromuscular control and impaired lower limb muscle strength contribute to cognitive factors in lower limb tendinopathy as part of his PhD. Jack has always had a passion for education in Physiotherapy and has worked as a clinical educator for final year Physiotherapy students at the University of Canberra in addition to his work as a clinician. He continues to teach in the University's Physiotherapy program alongside his PhD work. For more information on Jack’s services please call or contact him via email: jack.mest@canberra.edu.au.
