What our Team are doing
Here's an insight into the fabulous work some of our staff are currently doing with various teams and
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Latest Results
Coast to Coast
The Sportsmed team once again did the hard yards providing support services to the coast to
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APFA - Asia Pacific Football Academy
Kate Apperley - Podiatrist, Andrew Bell - Sports Medicine Practitioner and Julian Firth -
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Upcoming Events
The following events may be of interest to you. If you experience any injury or pain during training
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Physiotherapy - Our Team
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Grant Chittock - Physiotherapist / Director
BPHty, BSc, Dip MT
Grant has extensive experience in managing sports injuries. He has worked with teams and individuals at both regional and international level. Current clinical areas of interest are gym based rehab , swimming and rowing injuries.
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Julian Firth - Physiotherapist / Director
BSc ( Hons) Physiotherapy , BSc ( Hons) Sports Science
Julian played football to a semi-professional level and has continued that interest. He currently looks after the Everton football academy based at Lincoln. Julian is our rehabilitation guru and has a clinical interest in shoulder rehabilitation.
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Marion Meates
Dip Physio, DipMT, Mphty, NZAS Provider
Marion is a familiar face as the physio for the Tactixs Netball team and has a wealth of experience at international level. She has attended Olympic and Commonwealth games as part of the NZ Medical team and this reflects the diversity of her skills.
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Tamsin Chittock
BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, PGDip Sports Med, NZAS Provider
Tamsin specializes in complex cases and biomechanical retraining. Having worked with Netball, Hockey and Gymnastics at a regional and national level, she had 6 years as physio for Rowing New Zealand in an exciting era and now works with Canoe Racing NZ.
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Sarah Braithwaite - Physiotherapist / Team leader
BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy
Sarah is one of our senior physios and specialises in managing acute sports injuries. She is currently the physio for the Canterbury women's NPC team and the New Zealand universities rugby team.
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Hazel Lund - Physiotherapist
Bsc (Hons) Physiotherapy
Hazel works mainly in acute injury management and rehab. She is involved actively in hockey, both as a player for the Canterbury CATS and a physio to the Canterbury U21 men's team and Canterbury CATS women's team.
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Gillian Radcliffe - Physiotherapist
BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy
Gillian has a clinical interest in tennis injuries and continues to play at a high level. Gillian is Physiotherapist to Canterbury hockey , the U21 women's team and the Canterbury A Mens Netball team.
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Jolene Godfrey - Physiotherapist
BPHty, Post Grad Dip Sports medicine
Jolene has extensive experience in rehabilitation using both gym based and Pilates techniques and equipment. Jolene's the person to see to improve your core strength.
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Elaine Schou - Physiotherapist
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Jon-Paul Walker - Physiotherapist
BPHty
JP is a second generation physio who has worked extensively with club rugby in Christchurch. He is the physio for U21 Canterbury Rugby and South Island Secondary Schools Rugby Team,which keeps him busy and strong sports physiotherapy skills .
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Jo Batchelor - Physiotherapist
Dip Physio, DipMT, Mphty
Jo is a senior clinican at Sportsmed with extensive experience in sports injuries and manipulative physiothearpy. She has completed her masters degree in adolescent sports injuries with a strong interest in this area. She has been a member of the NZ medical team at 3 Commonwealth Games.
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Sharon Vandenberg - Physiotherapist
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Brett Warman - Physiotherapist
Brett is one of our senior physio's who has previously worked with professional cricket teams on a full time basis and worked extensively overseas. He is a McKenzie certified therapist and also studied acupuncture at a post graduate level.
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Louise Elford - Physiotherapist
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