Rachel is an extremely caring and considerate Senior Physiotherapist who looks after both our Musculoskeletal and Women’s Health patients. Rachel graduated from the Australian Catholic University in 2016 with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy, receiving an Executive Dean’s commendation. She has since gone on to complete advanced training in pelvic health and musculoskeletal physiotherapy. 

She is much loved by her patients for her empathy and kindness, combined with her boundless knowledge, humour and passion for all things Women’s Health. She’s highly dedicated to providing the highest quality care with the most up to date research and training.

Her clinical interests include pain management (particularly pelvic pain, endometriosis, neck pain, and nerve-related conditions), as well as antenatal and postnatal care. Rachel is deeply passionate about improving quality of life through evidence-based, patient-centred care. She strives to ensure every individual feels truly heard, supported, and empowered, especially those navigating complex or often misunderstood conditions.

 

Qualifications 

• Bachelor of Physiotherapy 

• Advanced Women’s Health Courses

• Certified Pregnancy and Postpartum Exercise Specialist with CES

• Western Acupuncture and Dry Needling Certifications

• Level 1-3 Pilates Certified with APPI

 

Postgraduate Training & Certifications:

● Level 1 Women’s Health Training Course with Women’s Health Training Association (WHTA). Covered content includes incontinence, prolapse management, bladder urgency and antenatal/postnatal presentations. Training covered how to conduct trauma and consent informed vaginal examinations.

● Level 3 WHTA Persistent Pelvic Pain (Genitourinary & Anorectal) Course. Covered content includes the assessment and multi-disciplinary management of conditions including vaginismus and vulvodynia.

● Pregnancy and Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist Certification by Core Exercise Solutions. Covering exercise-based solutions for posture, breathing, pelvic floor dysfunction, pelvic organ prolapse, abdominal separation, pelvic girdle pain and low back pain.

● The Postpartum Physiotherapy Check by Mandy Roscher. Covered content includes postnatal assessment and rehabilitation, and appropriate return to exercise.

● TPC’s Birth Preparation Course. Content covered antenatal assessment, birth choices and skills.

● Electrical Stimulation by Fiona Rogers.

● Diastasis Rectus Abdominis & The Postpartum Core Course by Munira Hudani.

● Level 1-3 Pilates Training with the Australian Physiotherapy Pilates Institute (APPI)

● Practical Pain Science by Mandy Roscher

● Western Acupuncture and Dry Needling Certifications by Combined Health

● Spinal Physiotherapy for the Lumbar Spine Course with the Australian Physiotherapy Association

● The Everyday Shoulder Course by Craig Allingham

● Most recent research updates:

○ WHTA The Childbearing Year Research Update

○ Vera Women’s Wellness Summit (Holistic and Biomedical Management of Pelvic Pain)

○ TPC’s Endometriosis Summit