Choose Physica Yarra Valley for comprehensive physiotherapy services in a welcoming and rejuvenated setting.
Physica Yarra Valley was formed from the merger of two long-standing private practices—one at Lilydale Hospital established in 1980, and another on Brice Avenue, Mooroolbark, opened in 1990. In 1995, we acquired and renovated our Chirnside Park premises, officially opening in February 1996.
In January 2018, we partnered with Physica, becoming Physica Yarra Valley and expanding our services across Chirnside Park, Mooroolbark, Croydon, Lilydale, and the wider Yarra Valley. A full renovation in early 2018 ensured a modern, comfortable environment for your care.
Our experienced team is dedicated to providing personalized physiotherapy and exceptional support to help you move, recover, and live well. We’re proud to continue serving our community with care and professionalism.
Physica Yarra Valley is located on the corner of Maroondah Hwy and Edwards Rd. This ideal location enables us to easily service clients from the Mooroolbark, Lilydale, Wonga Park, Croydon and Yarra Valley regions such as Yarra Glen.
Physica Ringwood is located near Eastlink and Maroondah Hwy to service clients from the Croydon, Heathmont, Wantirna, Park Orchards, Knox, Ringwood East and Ringwood North areas. Our clinic is also within walking distance to the Ringwood Station to help clients on their way to and from work/school.
Sports and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapists have completed postgraduate education to become a titled physiotherapist.
Headache is considered tobe paininthehead which can extad from the base of the skull into
the side, front or top of the head
Clinical Pilates is a personalised exercise program to assist in spinal and limib stabilty and control.
Falls are a major issue in our ever aging community. They typically affect a person’s mobility and confidence.
GLAD s an education and exercise program developed by researchers in Denmarkfor
people wit hip or knee osteoarthritis syptoms
Hydrotherapy is a water based, patient specific exercise program designed by your physiotherapist to assist you in your rehabilitation.
Nevine’s experience in Vestibular rehab (having attained 4 vestibular certificates and an intensive competency based Vestibular course at Monash Uni ) spans over 18 years. Nevine can diagnose and treat:
With a Post Grad. Certificate in Continence and Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation attained at Melbourne Uni and many conferences run by the Continence Foundation of Australia Nevine helps women and men manage:
Nevine uses best practices and outcome measures to find the root causes of clients’ issues. She educates them on relieving pain, stiffness, weakness, leakage, and vertigo, aiming to improve strength, mobility, continence, balance, and reduce their dizziness.
For more information, please call PHYSICA – Chirnside Park on 9726 9977, or RINGWOOD on 9870 8193
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Maddie is a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist at Physica Yarra Valley with a particular interest in spinal health. She works with neck pain, neck-related headaches, and upper and low back pain, and has completed Level 1 Rigo Concept training in scoliosis management. She also has experience with more complex presentations, including people with underlying health conditions.
Maddie has worked in private practice throughout her career. She works closely with each person to understand their goals and build a plan to get there, combining hands-on treatment with movement-based exercise drawn from her APPI Pilates training.
She completed her physiotherapy degree at La Trobe University in 2018 and returned to complete a Master of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy there in 2023.
Outside the clinic, Maddie enjoys time with friends and family, camping, hiking and baking. She stays active at the gym and on long walks with her groodle, Otis.
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Consults at: Physica Yarra Valley, Physica Ringwood
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Feroz is a physiotherapist with more than six years of experience. He works with neck and back pain, shoulder pain, knee and ankle injuries, and rehabilitation after surgery. He has a particular passion for sports injuries and getting people back on the field, court or course. He also runs hydrotherapy sessions.
His approach combines hands-on treatment and targeted exercise, including Clinical Pilates, with clear education so patients understand what’s going on. Each plan is built around the person’s goals and lifestyle.
Feroz completed a Bachelor of Applied Science and a Master of Physiotherapy Practice at La Trobe University, graduating in 2019.
Outside work, he plays footy, basketball and golf, hits the gym, and spends time with family and friends.
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Consults at: Physica Yarra Valley
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Josh is a physiotherapist at Physica Yarra Valley with more than seven years of experience. He works with sports injuries, hip and knee pain, shoulder and foot and ankle problems, and neck and back pain. He also runs the GLA:D program for people with hip and knee osteoarthritis.
He combines hands-on treatment and dry needling with exercise, and has a keen interest in tendon injuries and in rehabilitation before and after surgery.
Josh enjoys working with people of all ages and backgrounds. He focuses on helping patients become active participants in their own care, giving them the skills and strategies to manage their condition, stay active and get back to what matters to them.
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Consults at: Physica Yarra Valley
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Chris is a Senior Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist with more than 25 years of experience in musculoskeletal and sports physiotherapy. He works with persistent neck and back pain, including nerve-related pain, as well as hip, groin and pelvic pain, headaches, kneecap pain and hand problems.
Chris works closely with a local neurosurgeon, delivering targeted physiotherapy programs for patients before and after spinal surgery, and for people with nerve-related neck and back pain.
He also has a strong interest in hip pain. He was a treating physiotherapist in the GLOBE trial, a major study investigating the effectiveness of exercise for gluteal tendinopathy, a common cause of pain on the outside of the hip.
Chris completed his Master of Manipulative Physiotherapy at La Trobe University in 2010.
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Consults at: Physica Ringwood and Physica Yarra Valley
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Carolyn is a Senior Physiotherapist at Physica Yarra Valley with more than 35 years of clinical experience. She has a particular interest in headaches and jaw (TMJ) pain, and also works with spinal and hip conditions, whiplash, rotator cuff problems and rehabilitation after surgery. She enjoys working with children and teenagers as well as adults.
Throughout her career, Carolyn has kept building on her training. This includes the Dean Watson headache course, upper cervical and whiplash courses, TMJ assessment and treatment, advanced dry needling (including for the jaw and headaches), 3D assessment of the spine and hip, the McKenzie spinal course, Lyn Watson’s advanced shoulder course, and all levels of DMA Clinical Pilates.
She combines hands-on treatment, dry needling and targeted exercise, often through Clinical Pilates, to help each person manage their symptoms and get back to what they enjoy.
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Consults at: Physica Yarra Valley
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Leesa is a Senior Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist at Physica Yarra Valley, where she leads Physica’s hip physiotherapy program. She works with hip, groin and buttock pain in people of all ages, including hip instability, dysplasia, impingement, gluteal tendinopathy and arthritis. She also guides patients through rehabilitation before and after hip surgery, and treats lumbar spine and pelvic pain and knee arthritis.
Leesa has more than 35 years of clinical experience and has spent much of her career building her hip knowledge. Her training includes Alison Grimaldi’s anterior, lateral and posterior hip pain courses, Andrew Wallis’s Hip and Groin courses (Levels 1 and 2), Trish Wisbey-Roth’s hip course, and Henry Wajswelner’s gluteal tendinopathy course. She has also completed the La Trobe University Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis Symposium, the ECHO hypermobility program and McKenzie Levels A–C.
Leesa graduated from La Trobe University in 1990 and completed a Graduate Diploma of Sports Physiotherapy in 1996.
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Consults at: Physica Yarra Valley
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Bio
Andi is a Senior Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist with more than 30 years of experience, all at the same Chirnside Park clinic. She started there in 1995 when it was Yarra Valley Physiotherapy, and it’s now Physica Yarra Valley. Many of her patients have been seeing her for years.
She works with headaches, neck pain and whiplash, low back pain, and shoulder, hip and knee problems. Andi has a particular interest in the neck, including persistent neck pain, nerve root pain and rehabilitation after neck surgery.
Andi has invested heavily in further training throughout her career. This includes advanced neck and headache courses, Lyn Watson shoulder courses, tendinopathy courses, McKenzie Parts A and B, dry needling and DMA Clinical Pilates Levels 1–4. She uses this training to build hands-on treatment and exercise programs that suit each person, often with Clinical Pilates or Physica Active classes.
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Consults at: Physica Yarra Valley
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