Sports Injury Rehabilitation | Load-Related Injuries | Running Injuries | Swimming Injuries | Surf Sports Injuries

Kirstie is a physiotherapist with more than 15 years of experience and a strong interest in sports and musculoskeletal injuries, helping active people recover from injury, rebuild capacity and return to the activities and sports that matter to them.

Her clinical interests include load-related injuries, bone stress injuries, tendinopathy, running-related injuries, endurance sport and return to sport. Kirstie particularly enjoys working with athletes experiencing injuries related to training load and tissue capacity, from recreational runners through to national and international-level athletes.

Kirstie has completed advanced postgraduate training in Sports Physiotherapy through the Australian Physiotherapy Association, including the selection-based Level 3 Sports Physiotherapy pathway. She has extensive experience in sports rehabilitation, load management, strength and conditioning and objective return-to-sport testing.

At SurfEdge, Kirstie combines detailed clinical assessment with progressive exercise rehabilitation and strength and conditioning. Rather than simply settling symptoms, her focus is on understanding why an injury has developed, rebuilding the capacity of the injured tissue and progressively preparing people for the demands of their sport or activity.

Kirstie has extensive experience working with endurance and surf sport athletes and is a Surf Life Saving Australia Medical Team physiotherapist, having provided physiotherapy and medical support at major national and international surf lifesaving events. She is also a current member of the Surf Life Saving Australia Medical Advisory Group.

As an accredited ONERO® practitioner, Kirstie also works with people with osteoporosis and low bone density, delivering evidence-based resistance and impact exercise as part of SurfEdge's licensed ONERO® program.

Outside the clinic, Kirstie remains actively involved in surf lifesaving, giving her first-hand insight into the demands of training, competition and returning to sport following injury.

Kirstie can help with:

• Sports and musculoskeletal injuries

• Load-related injuries

• Bone stress injuries and stress fractures

• Tendinopathy

• Running and training-related injuries

• Endurance and surf sport injuries

• Return-to-sport rehabilitation

• Strength and conditioning following injury

• Training load and injury management

• Osteoporosis and low bone density through ONERO®