Newcastle’s Experienced Sports Physiotherapists
We use the latest technologies and techniques to help you move more efficiently, recover faster and perform at your peak for longer. Move better with Portside Sports Physio.
With decades of combined experience with some of Australia’s top sporting teams and athletes, Portside Sports Physio is your go-to team of physios. We’re here to focus on maximising what you can do to get back to your best. We do this by first taking the time to listen to you and your story, then plan the best management program that suits your body and goals.
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Physiotherapy Services
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VALD Objective Measurement Technology
VALD technology is used and trusted in high performance organizations around the world to measure, manage and improve teams’ and athletes’ strength, power, movement, balance, asymmetry and more.
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Injury Prevention & Management
Common and re-occurring sports injuries can be frustrating. Get your confidence back by getting stronger and moving more efficiently.
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Sports Massage
Sports massage helps relieve muscular tension, break down adhesion's, mobilise soft tissues and reduce pain.
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Exercise Prescription & Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation of athletic injuries with the goal of returning to sport requires progressive exercise prescription.
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Dry Needling
The primary aim is to relieve muscle pain and cramping, but it may also help to improve a person’s flexibility.
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Normatec Recovery System
The NormaTec Recovery System can be used both before and after exercise, whether it is routine training or high-level competition.
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Post Operative Physiotherapy
The success of your surgery isn’t based on what happened in the operating theatre. Successful surgery requires thought out and measure postoperative rehabilitation.
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Hand Therapy
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Injury Rehabilitation & Return to Training Programs
We work with you to create a bespoke return to sports conditioning program to help you get back into shape or recover from an injury, as quickly as possible.
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Sports Taping
Athletic sports taping involves applying tape directly to the skin to stabilise and neautralise vulnerable muscles, joints and ligaments.
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Splinting and Bracing
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Physio for Chronic Pain
Meet the Portside Team
The Portside Sports Physiotherapy team is expertly trained in the various disciplines and techniques of physiotherapy. With decades of elite sports physiotherapy experience, musculoskeletal, orthopaedic and neuro physio, this is the team to get you moving better.
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Practice Principal
Phil established Portside Sports Physiotherapy after working in professional sport with the Newcastle Knights for 10 years.
He wanted to provide local athletes and sportspeople with the same high level injury prevention and management approach, expert physio treatments and access to elite physio technology.
Phil always approaches his physiotherapy practice with a focus on what you can do, not what you can’t do, to get back to your best.
Phil has a Masters degree in Sports and Exercise Physiotherapy and is a titled Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist with the Australian Physiotherapy Association.
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Tori is an experienced physio currently working with the Newcastle Knights women's teams, supporting both the development and elite squads. She is excited to work with top-level athletes and assist in their rehabilitation processes. Tori is also looking forward to rejoining the NRLW squad in 2025.
Along with her professional Sports and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy experience Tori has worked in the field of Neurological Rehabilitation.
Tori has completed her level 1 and 2 dry needling courses and can integrate this technique into her practice.
Tori’s special interests include: field sport athletes, female athletes, runners, CrossFit enthusiasts, and general gym-goers.
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Jas, a proud Novocastrian, recently returned to Newcastle after 16 months in New Zealand working as a physio for Rugby and Cricket.
Jas has a keen interest in contact sport injuries, load-based cricketing injuries, and post-operative rehabilitation for shoulder and knee injuries.
Specialising in strength and conditioning-based rehabilitation, she’s passionate about using gym-based recovery to help patients achieve their goals.
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Ashlee is an experienced physiotherapist who worked with NSW Health for over 14 years prior to joining the Portside Sports Physio Team to balance family life and work.
She brings a wealth of experience in Orthopaedic and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Hand therapy, Chronic pain management and Paediatric musculoskeletal physiotherapy.
Ash has a deep understanding of the Biopsychosocial Model and considers not just the physical factors but the whole person throughout her physio assessment and treatment.
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