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John completed his physiotherapy degree at Curtin University and has dedicated his work towards improving the quality of life for people who are homebound. He has a passion to work with people who have suffered from debilitating accidents, experienced traumatic surgery, and people diagnosed with neurological disorders. John strongly believes that rehabilitation requires a great deal of patience and with the right guidance people will be able to live at their best capabilities.

He has a major focus on the use of hydrotherapy to help his clients with severe fractures, post orthopaedic surgery, arthritis, obesity, balance and mobility issues.

John has lived in Malaysia, America and Australia. He is able to speak English, Malay and three dialects of Chinese. He has previously been involved with swimming at a national level but since then has replaced Golf as his favourite sport.

Having seen first-hand her grandmother’s struggles with disability, Yan Pin is committed to supporting people achieve better quality of life and personal goals after an injury. Since completing her degree in Physiotherapy with honours, she has worked in hospital, private and community settings, with a range of experience in orthopaedic, hand therapy, aged care and neurological rehabilitation.

She spent the last 4 years working with stroke survivors and people with neurological disorders. Yan Pin has commenced her post-graduate training in neurological rehabilitation at the University of Western Australia with hopes of completion early 2015. Committed to improving her skills, Yan Pin has and is continually attending workshops and courses.

In the last year, she worked as the senior physiotherapist at a community rehabilitation centre, mentoring students and new graduates. She was also actively involved in the redevelopment of the rehabilitation centre.

In her free time, Yan Pin likes to jog, hike and eat! She also enjoys coaching others to jog and hike and is keen to problem-solve so that people with disabilities, big or small, can engage in outdoors activities.

Growing up in Canada, Craig was often struck down with injuries and requiring physiotherapy, which encouraged him to become a physiotherapist himself and help people in a similar situation. He made the move to Perth to complete his studies at Curtin University and now loves physiotherapy as it provides a platform for meeting and interacting with clients and allows him to help people achieve their health, fitness and wellbeing goals.

Craig has a keen interest in orthopaedics, rehabilitation and sports physiotherapy as he finds it very rewarding to help people return to their pre injury level and beyond. “I found as a student, these areas appealed to me straight away and that has continued as my career has progressed.”

When he’s not zooming about Perth for our Life Ready Mobile team, Craig is a volunteer surf life saver at City of Perth SLSC, but you’ll also catch him playing football and hanging out with his family and dog.

We love Craig because he is a very positive person and you will rarely see him without a smile!

Initially completing a degree in Sports Science sparked an interest for Joel to ultimately pursue a career in physiotherapy. Throughout the completion of his physiotherapy degree, Joel found that he really enjoy helping people with a variety of different health conditions across all the core areas of physiotherapy including neurological rehabilitation, cardiopulmonary and musculoskeletal conditions.

Joel enjoys the challenge of being presented with a patient’s concern and then problem solving this to support each patient to achieve their specific health, fitness and wellbeing goals.

He has a keen interest in musculoskeletal physiotherapy and neurological rehabilitation and also enjoy post-operative and injury rehabilitation.

Joel’s number one hobby is golf, which he’s quite passionate about. He also enjoys going to the beach, hanging out with friends and loves watching sports, especially AFL.

Jeremy graduated from Curtin University and made the move to Victoria for work. Working in rehabilitation hospitals gained him experience with orthopaedic patients (from acute to outpatients) and exposure to chronic pain and multi-trauma patients. After working in aged care facilities as a service manager throughout the Mornington Peninsula, he then returned to Perth.

His passion in physiotherapy relates towards bridging the gap from hospital to home through community intervention. He has developed a keen interest in hydrotherapy, post-operative rehabilitation, vestibular rehabilitation and chronic pain management.

He has completed additional training in dry needling and vestibular rehabilitation and is currently looking into further studies into the management of chronic pain.

Outside of work Jeremy is an avid Formula 1 and NBA fan. He also enjoys playing basketball, indoor soccer and golf.

Born and raised in Singapore, Fabian made the move to Perth to continue his studies and enrolled in his undergraduate degree physiotherapy at the University of Western Australia, and subsequently, completed his Masters at Curtin University.

With a strong passion to make a difference, Fabian firmly believes in the effectiveness of physiotherapy to help improve the quality of life for those suffering from pain, and enjoys employing a wide range of manual therapy techniques for his clients.

Fabian is a true sport junkie and can often be found playing or watching a good game of basketball. He once served in the armed forces, a fact he believes makes him uniquely dangerous! Just kidding… But he really did serve in the armed forces.

Kerry first discovered her love for massage when her daughter began competing in elite level gymnastics. She learned how to use massage to prevent injury, speed up recovery and maximize performance overall – and enjoyed it so much that she decided to train to become fully qualified massage therapist.

Clients value her warm, friendly approach and the genuine interest she takes in their health. She says:

“I really love seeing the improvement in my clients with each treatment. It’s the best part of my job!”

Kerry is a strong believer in a holistic approach to health and is keen to ensure her clients’ massage experience is as relaxing as possible. She sees massage as a way to help people perform to their maximum potential, whether in sport, work or life in general.

With three very active children, Kerry really loves spending any spare time reading, walking along the beach and being with family and friends.

She is an avid Perth Glory and Arsenal fan and rarely misses a Glory home game.

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Alana graduated from University College Dublin in Ireland with an honours degree in Physiotherapy. Following several years of practice in Ireland she moved to Perth for a change of scenery. She is passionate about helping people through physiotherapy to stay as physically active, independent and pain free as their abilities and conditions allow. She has gained extensive experience working with people who have undergone surgery, joint replacements and those recovering from major fractures and has worked with elderly patients both in their own homes and in aged care facilities. Alana has helped them rehabilitate back to maximum independence following stroke, acquired brain injury, physical injury and surgical intervention.

As well as this, she has worked with those who have chronic neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s and Multiple Sclerosis. In treating people with multiple health conditions she has strived to help them stay as active, pain free, mobile and independent as possible. She has run exercise based falls prevention classes for patients aged 65 to above 100 and was able to reduce frequent falls by 33% in her previous work environments. While working in aged care facilities Alana worked closely with patients who were receiving palliative care helping them to remain comfortable and at ease.

As well as extensive aged care experience, Alana has worked in private practice gaining experience with patients who had been involved in car crashes, work related incidents and various sporting injuries. She also gained experience working in a Back Care clinic for people suffering with chronic back pain. This gave her a compassion for people who suffer from chronic pain as well as the tools to help them. She ran education sessions and exercise classes helping them return to the activities they loved.

When Alana is not working she enjoys surfing, training for surf lifesaving and spending time with friends.

BSC PHYSIO, MCLIN PHYSIO (CONTINENCE & WOMEN’S HEALTH), APAM

Valerie completed her Master of Clinical Physiotherapy at Curtin University, majoring in Continence and Women’s Health.

Valerie has worked predominantly in private hospital and private practice providing antenatal and postnatal treatment and education as well as outpatient treatment in Continence, Women’s and Men’s health issues. She has experience treating many conditions including pelvic floor muscle dysfunction (men and women), bladder and bowel problems (men and women), pelvic organ prolapse, pelvic pain, painful sexual intercourse, vulvodynia, vaginismus, antenatal and postnatal musculoskeletal conditions, painful scar tissue post childbirth, mastitis, blocked milk ducts and cracked/grazed nipples.

Valerie also treats general musculoskeletal conditions and has a keen interest in Clinical Pilates. She is a strong advocate for self-management and uses progressive exercise-based rehabilitation to address underlying causes of pain, injury and overload, and ultimately optimise function.

Her personal interests include keeping physically active, engaging in creative pursuits and activities that promote self and professional development.

Valerie currently practices at Life Ready Midland.

Having always wanted to help people, Charlotte chose a career in physiotherapy as she believes it is very rewarding to see someone improve with the help she can offer them.

She grew up in Singapore and came to Australia, a place she now very much calls home, when she was 10 years old and completed her studies at Curtin University.

“Actually studying and becoming a physiotherapist has made me have a total lifestyle change, from a completely sedentary individual to an active one. This is after having started studying physiotherapy and learning so much about exercise rehab and pretty much majority of the cohort and my peers were active people!”

Charlotte loves imparting her knowledge of the human body and her personal experiences on to others and seeing her clients improve with some physical activity incorporated into their personalised rehabilitation program. She enjoys strength and conditioning in particular, and providing rehabilitation incorporated with exercise.

Outside of work, Charlotte enjoys going to the gym, which gives her a clear headspace. “Exercise has changed my life around and helped me manage stress.”

Her other interests include cooking and gardening, and she is on a quest to make her home as self sufficient as possible with home grown greens!

Jade graduated with Honors from Curtin University in 2014 and her research on exercise programs in residential aged care was selected and presented at the Australia New Zealand Falls Prevention Conference in Sydney that same year.

Since graduating, she has worked in a both a hospital setting and within the community – providing physiotherapy to people in their homes and in many residential aged care facilities.

Having lost a grandparent to falls, Jade is passionate in preventing falls in older people, exercise in the elderly and chronic pain management. She enjoys working in aged care and sees herself working in this area until she needs hip replacements herself!

When not busy keeping older people happy, healthy and strong, Jade enjoys searching for the next place to sky dive or scuba dive. She hopes to be a scuba dive instructor one day.

“I was initially very interested in sports physiotherapy and rehabilitation and I quickly became interested in acute/medical rehabilitation, neurological rehabilitation, and formed a passion for geriatric care. The main reason I wanted to become a physiotherapist was to be a part of improving people’s quality of life – no matter how small or big my part in it plays. It feels good to help others!”

Carlyn completed her physiotherapy degree at Curtin University, graduating in 2019.

As a physiotherapist, Carlyn loves interacting with the people she comes into contact with, and meeting and engaging with people in the community – promoting healthy lifestyles.

When she’s not treating, Carlyn enjoy swimming laps at her local pool, running outdoors, social netball, and playing, umpiring and watching lacrosse.

Prior to working as a physiotherapist, Hannah completed a Bachelor of Psychological Sciences at Newcastle University. After working in research for a couple of years, she decided to change careers in order to have a more hands-on role in helping people recover from injury and achieve their health goals. She is passionate about being able to heal the body, and rehabilitate without invasive measures.

She completed a Masters of Physiotherapy at Curtin University in 2017 and has spent two years working in public hospitals in WA and NSW and has gained interest in working with older adults and people with neurological conditions (such as a spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke or Parkinson’s Disease). Given her interest in these fields, Hannah has undertaken additional training in the areas of neurological rehabilitation and recovery post-stroke and spinal cord injury. Her additional clinical interests include vestibular management, cardiorespiratory physiotherapy, paediatrics and hydrotherapy. She is excited to be able to bring her knowledge and skill-set out of the hospital system and to people at home.

Hannah grew up in Port Macquarie, a small coastal town in NSW. She made the move to Perth with her husband in 2015 looking for an adventure, and couldn’t imagine a better place for adventure than the “wild west”!

She believes rehabilitation requires a coordinated team approach to recovery – where her role is to help her clients set and achieve their goals, with a focus on working on what matters to them!

“The best part of my job comes from interacting with the people I treat. I love the experiences, humour, wisdom, and challenges that each individual person brings, and nothing makes me happier than helping someone set their goals and achieve them.”

Outside of work Hannah enjoys walking and taking in the beautiful WA scenery, trying to keep her garden alive, and starting (but not necessarily finishing) crafty projects.

Sally graduated from Curtin University with a Master of Speech Pathology in 2010, with a background of a Bachelor of Science (Human Biology) degree completed in 2007. She has since worked with adults in both acute care and rehabilitation hospital settings, as well as providing speech pathology intervention within the home.

“I thoroughly enjoy my role as a speech pathologist and the relationships I form with my clients. I am passionate about advocating for people with communication difficulties, as well as providing practical, client centred therapy for people with speech and language issues. I have a special interest in assessment and treatment of dysphagia (swallowing disorders) and meal time management”. 

Since graduating from Curtin University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science (Human Communication Science) degree, Crystal has passionately worked as a speech pathologist across community, acute and rehabilitation settings in both the public and private sector.

She is a dedicated and enthusiastic clinician with extensive experience in the assessment and management of swallowing and communication disorders. She has a special interest in the assessment and treatment of aphasia (language difficulty impacting speaking, understanding, reading and writing) post stroke and acquired brain injury.

In 2015, Crystal decided to focus on providing mobile speech pathology services to those unable to travel to appointments, and to those looking for functional therapy within their home environment.

She has two school-aged daughters who are extremely cheeky and forever keep her on my toes! She embraces the work/life balance that mobile allied health services have to offer, and happily juggles being a speech pathologist with being a wife and mother to her amazing girls.

In 2006, Sam moved to Australia from Malaysia and completed his physiotherapy degree at Curtin University, graduating 2018. Since then, he has worked in the aged care sector before joining Life Ready Mobile. He also has experience in the community as a physiotherapist assistant and has additional experience working as a sports trainer for Australian Rules and soccer clubs in recent years.

Sam’s passion in physiotherapy lies in sports rehabilitation and working with the older adults, particularly in falls prevention and pulmonary rehabilitation, to enable them to regain independence in life. He believes that exercise therapy is one of the best medicines to assist in improving general fitness, muscle strength, endurance and balance.

“I think that being a physiotherapist is a huge privilege as I get to embark on the journey of rehabilitation with my clients. I enjoy working closely with my clients towards a common goal and I feel the happiest when I am able to assist my clients in overcoming difficulties and successfully return to what they enjoy doing the most.”

Sam also has a keen interest ACL rehabilitation and orthopedic surgery rehabilitation, in particularly total hip replacement and total knee replacement.

Outside of work, Sam enjoys playing a variety of sports including soccer, badminton and working out at the gym. He also loves playing musical instruments and has a passion for photography and can speak five languages!

Ming graduated as an occupational therapist from Curtin University in 2019 after completing a degree in pharmacology from The University of Western Australia. She landed on a career in occupational therapy through her passion to help people to restore and increase their independence and ability to participate in meaningful tasks in life.

“I believe that participation and engagement in everyday occupations gives people as sense of self and purpose. As an occupational therapist, I enjoy interacting with people from all walks of life and enjoy seeing them feeling satisfied and accomplished when they are able to do what is meaningful to them.”

Throughout her studies she had various clinical placement experience in acute rehabilitation in the Emergency Department, aged care facilities and in paediatrics.

Since completing her studies, Ming has worked in the aged care sector providing occupational therapy services for the residents. From there, she has developed a passion in working with the elderly population to increase their independence, participation and engagement in self-care and leisure activities through dedicated care and environmental modification.

Outside of work, Ming enjoys watching movies, playing musical instruments and spending time with friends and family.

Originally from Staten Island, New York, Derek completed his undergraduate degree in Biology from State University of New York (SUNY) College at Oneonta in 2009 and following graduation, he spent two years studying Mandarin and teaching English in Shanghai, China.

In 2014 he decided to relocate to Perth to pursue a Master Degree in Occupational Therapy at Curtin University.

Since graduating in 2016, Derek has worked across Australia within the aged care industry and has developed a special interest in holistic pain management, soft tissue occupational therapy and ageing in place. He has a keen desire to enable his clients to live a healthy, happy and independent lifestyle utilising a wide range of adaptive techniques or compensatory strategies. He enjoys understanding and preventing Dementia, and home modifications to facilitate ageing in place.

“[As occupational therapists], we are often considered the ‘Swiss Army knife’ of the allied health professionals, which is what I find most valuable when it comes to enabling clients.”

Derek has completed additional clinical training courses in soft tissue, upper and lower limbs, lower back pain, falls prevention and mental health.

Away from work, Derek enjoys being healthy and active, travelling overseas, playing basketball, and trains in Brazilian Jujitsu.

With a passion to help people achieve a more optimal level of health, Yetti completed her physiotherapy degree at Curtin University and during her studies, was exposed to patients with musculoskeletal, neurological and cardiopulmonary conditions. She also dedicated a month abroad in Vietnam, treating residents of a local centre and implementing sustainable projects.

Yetti has a keen interest in neurological physiotherapy and for assisting patients to get back to, and improve their walking after a stroke. She loves seeing her patients achieve their health and wellbeing goals and perform the activities they love, pain free.

After being a sports trainer for WASP Hockey for two years, she has also developed an interest in musculoskeletal physiotherapy and helping athletes back to their sporting goals and assisting with lower back pains.

Outside of work, Yetti enjoys exploring hidden food and café spots. She continues to keep fit through martial arts, which she has done since she was six years old, and also also enjoys jigsaw puzzles and arts and craft projects.