The Myotherapy Association Australia began life as Myotherapy Association of Victoria. As an emerging health profession, the popularity of myotherapy as a valuable career pathway in health sciences meant the association quickly identified the need for graduates and practitioners nationally for peak body representation. Today, the Myotherapy Association Australia are Australia’s only industry association dedicated solely to the needs of myotherapists and myotherapy profession. In essence, myo ...
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Episode 43 MyoMatters - The science of a spotless clinic
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Welcome to the next episode of MyoMatters. Today we are focusing on all things hygiene, the good, the bad and the ugly. Meet Ibrahim Samaan, the visionary Ahpra-registered physiotherapist behind Purifas — a groundbreaking healthcare company on a mission to reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections, while simultaneously revolutionising com…
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Episode 42 MyoMatters - Key Factors Relating to Physical Health
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Dr Calum Downie (PhD) is a highly qualified and experienced presenter in areas included ageing, exercise, anatomy, and biomechanics. He has more than 19 years’ experience in the fitness industry and has spent over 17 years in the education of exercise science and physical health professionals at all levels. He has also spent over 13 years in ageing…
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Episode 41 MyoMatters - The Evolution of RockTape with Steve Stahl
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Steve is a Sports Physiotherapist and has over 20 years of clinical experience. He is a Director of RockTape in Australia and is the lead instructor for the Australasian team of RockTape instructors. Steve owns and runs the Waurn Ponds clinic of the Marna Physio Group in Geelong. This ensures he stays up-to-date with all things patient-related. Ste…
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Episode 40 MyoMatters - Scar Tissue Healing with Madelaine Longrigg
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Madelaine is a Mother, a Myotherapist and a Personal Trainer who is passionate about women’s health. With over a decade of experience in women’s health, Madelaine initially began her journey as a personal trainer, specialising in pre and postnatal fitness and recovery. As her passion grew, she integrated her Myotherapy skills, focusing on pregnancy…
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Episode 39 MyoMatters - Myotherapy & The Australian Open
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Today we chat with Sally Mason from MIMT in Melbourne. Sally has been in private practice and running her own business since 2010. She has been a teacher at MIMT for 10 years and recently worked at the 2024 Australian Open Tennis Tour in Melbourne. We chat to Sally about how she become involved with Tennis Australia and how she brought her myothera…
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Today we are chatting with a powerful Myotherapy duo, who have not only conquered starting and running their own clinic, but have also conquered the elite sporting environment. Aleisha and Celeste from Nxt Level Integrated Health join us today to talk about their experiences tackling two different worlds within our industry.…
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Ep 37 Lymphoedema and oedema related pathologies with Sue Butcher
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In this episode we chat with Sue Butcher from the Oedema institute. Sue has a career spanning over 20 years and provides educational workshops and training for health professionals in how to best treat and manage lymphoedema and other oedema related pathologies. Sue is highly passionate and incredibly knowledgable about all things lymphoedema. We d…
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Ep 36 - Meet our emerging Myotherapist of the Year Skye Meredith
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Emerging Myotherapist of the year winner Skye Meredith is with us today to talk all things navigating life as a new graduate Myo. Skye recently graduated in 2023 with a Bachelor of Health Science in Clinical Myotherapy from Torrens University in Melbourne. Skye is now working full time in private practice with a strong interest in working with runn…
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EP - 35 Meet our Myotherapist of the Year Jayden Seracino
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Join us we chat to our Myotherapy of the Year for 2023 winner Jayden Seracino. Jayden is the owner operator of Myoactive a clinic in Burwood East in Melbourne. Jayden has developed a multimodality clinic that brings together Myotherapy, Physiotherapy, Osteopathy, Remedial Massage, Personal training and more. Jayden is a passionate and driven indivi…
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EP 34 - Combining Women's Health & Myotherapy
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Her Body Myotherapy & Massage owner Jessica Mazurek is here with us today to talk about all things women’s health and how we as Myotherapists can have a positive impact throughout pregnancy and postpartum. Jessica has a true passion for women’s health and is here to hopefully encourage many other therapists to delve into the women’s health industry…
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In this engaging and enlightening episode we sit down with Tim Trevail from Torrens University to dive into the world of the Bachelor of Health Science: Clinical Myotherapy. Tim a seasoned educator in the field of myotherapy and will unravel the compelling reasons why aspiring Myotherapists should consider embarking on this educational journey AND …
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EP 32- The forgotten area: Happy feet means happy health.
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The foot collective is a vibrant community and educational platform dedicated to promoting foot health & natural movement. Their mission is to help people reclaim their feet and reconnect with the ground. The Foot Collective provides a wealth of resources and practical guidance on foot care, rehabilitation, and optimizing human movement. We chat ab…
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EP 31: Trigger points: Are they the chicken or the egg in chronic Myofascial Pain Syndrome ? with Jay Shah
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This podcast covers all things about trigger points, chronic pain and MPS. In particular we talk about the role of trigger points and are they the chicken or the egg in chronic MPS? We talk with Jay Shah, a Physiatrist and Clinical Investigator from Washington DC in the USA. We will cover the key objective, reproducible and quantifiable muscle tiss…
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EP 30 - Altering training for female clients for better success with Nicole Saxby
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This podcast covers all things about women and training. We talk with Nicole Saxby, an accredited exercise physiologist and pelvic health physiotherapist. We will cover female specific training, injury prevention and the things as clinicians we should be looking out for with female clients.By Myotherapy Association Australia
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EP 29- Breaking into Podcasts with Jackie Tann
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This podcast episode weirdly explores, podcasts. Jackie Tann has worked tirelessly over the years to develop the Bodies Built Better podcast and we explore how practitioners can help expand into the world of podcasting.By Myotherapy Association Australia
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EP 28- Hip Pathologies with Bodine Ledden
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This podcast episode explores the mechanisms of lateral hip pathologies and how we as clinicals can screen for them within our clinics. Bodine explains the research that supports evidence based outcomes and rehabilitations of lateral hip pathologies which may present in your clinics.By Myotherapy Association Australia
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During this episode our events/marketing manager talks with our Co-CEO's about how they are working in a joint role, the future of Myotherapy and the vision they share for the association.By Myotherapy Association Australia
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Speakers: Erin Baker, Tessa Verrier and Stephanie Kanaris This podcast episode is a special edition to celebrate international women’s day 2023. We have an open panel discussion with women in myotherapy on the equity of the industry, challenges towards women and the growth they have seen in our industry. The episode is here to make women in myother…
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A qualification as a myotherapist can be so much more than just private practice. We know this, because our Myos joining us on this episode of MyoMatters are excited to share with us their most recent experience working and volunteering at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Tune in to hear as Myotherapist Toby Glennon chats with fellow myo Kir…
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E24 - How can a hands-on industry utilise a remote workforce – improving productivity and patient experience with Jo Palmer
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Join today's host and Association Manager, Madeline Ryan as she chats with Founder and Managing director, Jo Palmer from Pointer Remote. Pointer Remote aims to connect companies of all sizes with talent that works remotely. Jo is particularly passionate about how remote work is an economic development tool to attract and retain populations in the r…
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Join our host Tessa Verrier as she chats with myotherapy practitioner, MA Board Director and member Tom McLeod as they unpack what it takes to build a successful allied health practice. Tom shares his views on building a client base, patient and staff retention, the importance of planning and how he and his team now work seeing 300+ patients per we…
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E22 Advocacy doesn't need to be a dirty word!
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If Covid19 has taught us nothing else other than the need to be vocal, have the right conversations with the right people and stand up tall for what you believe in, then that'll do! Our host, Anna Yerondais, will chat about all things Advocacy with Elaine Abery, MA Board Member and Owner/Director of Unravelling Red Tape where she takes a deep dive …
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Join today's host and Association CEO, Anna Yerondais as she chats with Digital Marketing Manager and all-round Social Whisperer herself, Angela Duthie as she shares some informative tips around: boosting customer engagement, increasing traffic to your business pages, assisting your brand strategy, and discovering your authentic brand voice ...all …
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E20 Researching all things PAIN related with Dr Daniel Harvie
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Join host Tessa Verrier as she chats with research fellow Dr Daniel Harvie as she learns more about his innovative research work helping us better understand PAIN. Why Pain? What excited Daniel about researching pain? What does he hope his research will help us when managing and understanding pain? Dr Daniel Harvie is an NHMRC Early Career Research…
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Join our host Tessa Verrier as she chats to Myotherapist, Anna Drum about her vision to expand access to quality healthcare in a remote, rural town. We'll hear about the challenges faced as a result of working in remote regions, how myotherapy has changed for Anna as a healthcare profession and learn about her tenacity and drive to make a BIG impre…
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E18 - Is he the King of TMJ (jaw pain) treatment?
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Our host Tessa Verrier chats with Timothy King, clinical myotherapist and Director of Fast and Functional - Training manual therapists to get brilliant results in half the time. Tim has a special interest in Headache and TMJ (Jaw) pain presentations. He has completed hundreds of hours of additional training in these areas and, as well as working cl…
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Join host Kathryn Cross as she delves into the world of our CEO, Anna Yerondais. We learn about Anna's journey as a myotherapy clinician, business owner and hear about her diagnosis with MS. Kathryn and Anna chat candidly about how Anna moved through her career from being a member of the Myotherapy Association to now taking a leadership role as the…
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Tune in as our host Anna Yerondais chats with Myotherapist and MA member, Toby Glennon about his recent travels with the Australian Medical Team at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games. Toby fills us in on his humble myotherapy beginnings, his journey from Advanced Diploma to Degree myotherapy studies, work commitments, challenges and celebrations as he ac…
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Join our host Kathryn Cross as she chats with myotherapists and MA members, Mathew Richardson and Jordan (Jordie) Plint. Matt and Jordie openly share their personal journey's of resilience and how their experiences and decisions have shaped the lives they live, including decisions (and often tough) that they have made to navigate their myotherapy b…
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Episode 14 - Broadening your clinical bow
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Shaun Brewster is a clinician, educator and director of Advanced Clinical Education (ACE) in Australia. ACE delivers high quality professional education to allied health practitioners on topics ranging from joint therapeutics, dry needling, cupping, electrotherapy and Neurological assessment. Shaun is a qualified myotherapist and exercise physiolog…
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Episode 13: Understanding your rights when it comes to employment
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You've chosen to study myotherapy as your career pathway - congratulations! You put in the hard yards and years of dedication and now you are a fully fledged myo graduate - amazing! You are now faced with the business journey...what does this look like? How do you know which path to take? Where do you start? Employee? Employer? Contractor? Sub-cont…
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Episode 12: From humble beginnings to something epic. The myo business journey.
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You've chosen to study myotherapy as your career pathway - Congratulations! You put in the hard yards and years of dedication and now you are a fully fledged myo graduate - amazing! You are now face with the business journey.....But wait, what does this even look like? How do you know which path to take? Where do you start? Join our host Anna Yeron…
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Episode 11: DermoNeuroModulating (DNM) - the what, why and how
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Join today's host Kathryn Cross, Myotherapist as she chats with Robin Kerr about DermoNeuroModulating (DNM). 👉🏻 What it is? How did it evolve? 👉🏻 How does it work? And why? 👉🏻 How can myotherapist's apply this to their clinical bow? Robin Kerr is an Australian trained physiotherapist with over 3 decades of clinical experience. Her special interests…
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Episode 10 - Jonathan Moody. The business journey.
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Jonathan Moody is an experienced owner, investor, practitioner and educator of Allied Health businesses, learning many lessons from both his successes and failures in the health space. As the strategic leader at Physio lnq, Jonathan is big on collaboration, through empowering staff to chase their passion and use Physio Inq as a vehicle to do it. Es…
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Episode 9: Let's explore chronic pain with Bronnie Lennox Thompson and learn how we can live well
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Bronnie Lennox Thompson is a highly regarded and well-sought after leader in pain research and is a postgraduate lecturer in psychosocial and cultural aspects of pain. Bronnie’s passion is to help people experiencing chronic health problems achieve their highest potential in life. She has worked in the fields of chronic pain management for twenty y…
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Episode 8 Wayne Rodgers: The amazing benefits of KLT
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Wayne is a sports physiotherapist and fitness coach with 32 years experience in the health and fitness industries. He has been a sports physiotherapist for several national and international sports teams, including the Australian Netball team and the Australian Commonwealth Games team. With an ability to convert complex high-performance, health and…
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Episode 7 Sally Stabler: Brand Equity. What is it and why is it important to your business?
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Here about the importance in building your brand equity. Understand why consumers choose you over your competitor and why they keep coming back and want to send all their mates. More about you guest Sally Stabler Sally is the founder of Get Out There Marketing and Get Out There Adventures. Sally has been described as a dynamo, she has the ability t…
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Episode 6: Teeya Yamaoka talks Practitioner Burnout. Some useful tips to help look after your greatest business asset: YOU!
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Hear our host Tessa Verrier chat with Tunteeya (Teeya) Yamaoka, Registered Psychologist as she chats about practitioner burn-out and the stress of managing today's ever-changing environment. Tunteeya is often inspired by people who make the brave decision to change their life. Tunteeya’s goal in therapy is to explore what kind of thoughts and feeli…
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Episode 5 - Registration: To Be or Not To Be!
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TO BE OR NOT TO BE REGISTERED......THAT IS THE QUESTION? The debate surrounding AHPRA registration has often floated in and out of forum discussions, MA events and over a friendly cuppa. However the COVID pandemic seems to have fueled that fire and very much brought it to the forefront of discussions again, particularly as it seems many governments…
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Episode 4 - Don't let the numbers scare you
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Join our host, Tessa Verrier (Clinical Myotherapist and Business owner) as she chats with today's special guest Michael Hall. Michael is a chartered accountant and founder of The Accountables Professional Advisors and NDIS Plan Manager. Listen as Michael and Tessa chat about all things relating to starting a business and some key considerations to …
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Episode 3 Myo Matters - What does a Covid safe clinic look like?
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Join our host Kathryn Cross as she continues her discussions with our special guests Cher Hetherington and Lucy Frostick of Fix Movement Performance located in Victoria's regional Victorian town of Shepparton and more recently opening their doors to the residents up north in Noosa, QLD. Today Kathryn discusses what a CovidSafe clinic looks like: - …
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Episode 2 Myo Matters - How to attract patients back following Covid 19
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Covid has posed many challenges for business, and for private practices that were forced to close their doors during hard lockdown periods the question remains, how do you ensure you can attract your patients back without it seeming like cold calling after periods of closure? Join host Kathryn Cross (Clinical Myotherapist) as she chats with seasone…
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Episode 1 Ebonie Rio - Tendon Pain, research pathways and VR for pain management - Myo Matters
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We welcome you to our first Episode of MyoMatters. Join our host, Tessa Verrier (Clinical Myotherapist and Business owner) as she chats with today's special guest, Ebonie Rio. Ebonie Rio is a post doc researcher and physiotherapist from Latrobe University who has dedicated her time to understanding tendon pain, rehabilitation, pain perception and e…
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