Graduating with a Master of Physiotherapy in 2006, Leah has over 17-years’ experience
working as a musculoskeletal physiotherapist. She enjoys treating a variety of
musculoskeletal conditions using a combination of hands-on physiotherapy, dry needling,
education, and exercise rehabilitation.
Musculoskeletal areas of clinical interest include:
• Hip, knee, shoulder, elbow, and wrist injuries/discomfort.
• Neck and low back pain
• Headaches
• Sports injuries and pre-operative rehabilitation
To add to her expertise, Leah returned to Curtin in 2020 to obtain a post-graduate
qualification in Pelvic Health/Women’s Health.
Pelvic Health areas of interest include:
• Urinary Dysfunction – Incontinence, frequency, urgency, difficulties of emptying
bladder.
• Bowel Dysfunction – Incontinence, frequency, urgency, constipation, loose stools,
difficulty emptying/sensation or incomplete emptying, haemorrhoids.
• Prolapse – Bladder, bowel, uterus, rectum
• Pelvic Pain – Painful intercourse, endometriosis
• Pregnancy and Post-Natal Care – pre-natal pelvic floor conditioning, pos-natal 6-
week pelvic floor check, rectus abdominus separation rehabilitation, pre and postnatal exercise, pelvic girdle pain, wrist pain and back pain, blocked milk ducts.
Lastly, Leah also happens to be a practicing Registered Nurse, with 26 years’ experience
working in operating theatres. She finds that keeping up her nursing skills strongly enhances
her role as a Physiotherapist. Leah finds physiotherapy a rewarding career as it involves
multiple, interrelated body systems and she enjoys fitting all the puzzle pieces together to
achieve the most optimal outcomes.
In her spare time, Leah enjoys taking walks with her husband and daughter, catching up with
extended family. She also loves swimming laps at the local pool, and traveling whenever she
can.