At Allied Therapies, our goal is to provide premium allied healthcare using the best science based practices. Using a relaxed and friendly approach, our small and personal practice allows us to take the time to care for our clients the way we would like to be cared for ourselves.
Our team of skilled and experienced practitioner’s use a multi-disciplinary approach, incorporating osteopathy and podiatry, whilst also working closely with general medical practitioners and specialists.
We strive to make our treatment sessions welcoming and positive to get our clients back to optimal health.
Ryan’s background in sports science, combined with his training in trigger point dry needling gives him exceptional experience and understanding in sports injuries and post-surgery rehabilitation. Ryan has extensive teaching and research experience, having taught rehabilitation and evidence based medicine at UWS for 5 years.
Having trained at UWS and graduated in 2002, Ryan also previously graduated with a Bachelor of Human Movement Studies from UTS and was one of the original accredited Exercise Physiologists. As a result, he is very good at identifying the most important exercises to recommend for your recovery.
Ryan is a keen soccer and basketball player and snowboards whenever he can. He is highly experienced at treating and managing sports injuries and understands the desire to continue being active regardless of age.
Elissa takes great satisfaction in providing a holistic approach to clients’ podiatric needs in response to their individual lifestyle.
Elissa has worked in private practice and community health from 2002, before establishing Allied Therapies with her husband, Ryan. Since this time, Elissa has developed a loyal following of satisfied clients with her enthusiastic approach to all aspects of foot care.
As a mother and a daughter, Elissa is very aware of the impact of poor foot health for children, young people and the elderly.
She is also active with her own health and fitness and strives to maintain excellent mobility for herself and her clients.
Kathryn is an upbeat, perceptive and open person who values the relationship between practitioner and patient as a collaborative partnership to restoring health and wellbeing.
Kathryn has travelled the world volunteering her osteopathic skills to develop and support healthcare in underdeveloped areas. She established an osteopathic clinic in the mountainous Manang District of Nepal and developed a program in India for expectant mothers to educate them on the physical changes of a normal pregnancy, birth planning and post birth care.
Kathryn applies osteopathic principles, coupled with her knowledge of anatomy, physiology and functional biomechanics, to understand the root cause of patients’ discomfort. She adopts structural, functional, fascial, visceral and cranial techniques as a whole body approach to facilitating your body’s recovery to balanced health.
Kathryn’s post graduate training has focused on understanding how osteopathic treatment can support a healthy pregnancy and the early years of a child’s life. She is also trained in gait analysis, sports strapping and western acupuncture techniques.
Adam’s blend of clinical knowledge and sporting experience led to him becoming a pro at tailoring rehab programs to fit the unique needs of various sports, regardless of the standard of play or age of the player. Adam understands the importance of sports for those wishing to make it their profession, for general fitness, supporting mental health and enhancing children’s development. He has a particular interest in contact sports and managing the shoulder/neck injuries that inevitably come with it.
Adam is fascinated by neurological conditions and the way osteopathy can boost the body’s natural healing to cut through pain and enhance the way the body moves and functions efficiently. He loves helping patients create their own long-term health plans and empowering them to stay pain-free through self-management techniques.
Since graduating he has completed further training in dry needling and shockwave therapy, to ensure he has plenty of tools in the locker to help fix whatever ailments you attend clinic with.
