Kylie is a New Zealand trained APA titled sports physiotherapist with over 17 years of experience. She works at her own clinic: The Functional Physio, based in Richmond. Her commitment to ongoing learning and development is demonstrated by her Postgraduate Master’s in Sports Physiotherapy from La Trobe University. She also has a Bachelor of Physiotherapy and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Otago. Kylie is always learning and up-skilling to help her clients. Kylie has gained extensive experience in injury management, biomechanical retraining and exercise-based rehabilitation through her many years of work in New Zealand, Doha, South Australia and Melbourne. Kylie’s personal sporting history in running, cross-fit and strength training, combined with years of experience as a sports physiotherapist, underpins her understanding of not only her own health and wellbeing, but also that of ambitious athletes with specific sporting aspirations. With this holistic approach to health and well-being I assess the person as a whole body, not just a hip or a knee. No injury or symptom occurs in isolation. It is this belief that underpins my assessment for each person. Incorporating assessment and analysis of movement strategies from my years of training under specialists in their fields I have combined many learned skills to my physiotherapy practice. My constant motivation, passion and commitment to succeed as a highly successful physiotherapist underpin my personality and determination that I bring to both my career and the work place. I have a competitive athletic interest, and a motivated and passionate commitment to physiotherapy, I pride myself on working with athletes to achieve their goals, whatever they may be. Professionally I have worked with some great athletes across Melbourne, Adelaide and NZ including ball sports, triathlon, running, ironman, rowing and cross-fit. As a keen and dedicated runner and cross-fitter I understand the mental and physical training required of these athletes and for such events. Having place in full marathons I relate to all athletes with ambition and specific sporting aspirations. I have a huge interesting in the strength and conditioning training of athletes and include this into my rehabilitation management of the athlete through injury or pathology. The clinic has great facilities required to observe an athlete perform, and run a state of the art biomechanics lab, working with and alongside elite runners to ensure their optimum efficiency. We run frequent seminars for runners, rower’s ironman and triathletes in regards to rehabilitation, exercise physiology and nutrition combined.
