Meet the Team
Kara Nolan
Physiotherapist
Clinical Specialities:
Para-athletes and para-sport involvement
Musculoskeletal injuries and rehabilitation
Neurological conditions, rehabilitation and assistive technology.
Lower limb biomechanics and ankle foot orthoses
Paediatrics including developmental delay and head shape abnormalities.
Qualifications and member groups
Bachelor of Behavioural Neuroscience
Bachelor of Health Sciences
Master of Physiotherapy Practice
Master of Sports Physiotherapy - currently undertaking
Dry needling level 1
Sports Physiotherapy: Level 1 - APA
Paediatric Physiotherapy: Level 2 - APA
Member of Australian Physiotherapy Association
Experience:
Physiotherapist Australian Pearls basketball team. Accompanied the team to Oceania games in 2022 and World games in Vichy, France, in 2024.
Attending AIS training camps for the Australian Pearls basketball team.
Physiotherapist for the Victorian women’s and men’s Ivor Burge basketball teams.
Adrienne Joe
Physiotherapist
Clinical Specialities:
Paediatrics: gait abnormalities, developmental delay, head shape abnormalities
Neurological conditions, assistive technology (wheelchair, walker, standing frame), seating prescription and rehabilitation
Hydrotherapy, Pilates
Young adult disability transitional care
Qualifications and member groups
Bachelor of Applied Science
Master of Physiotherapy Practice
Master of Paediatric Physiotherapy - currently undertaking
Certificate IV in Pilates
OSKAR (Optimal Segment Kinematics and Alignment Approach to Rehabilitation). Advanced Paediatric Gait Analysis: Elaine Owen
Royal Childrens Hospital: Foundations of Cerebral Palsy management course, Building Blocks: Paediatric Orthopaedic Physiotherapy course
Sports Physiotherapy: Level 1 – APA
Experience:
Disability support worker (10+ years)
Physiotherapist for Victorian Mens Ivor Burge basketball team 2024
Red Goes Faster - volunteer role assembling wheelchairs for children with disabilities in Morocco