Leesa Reid

Senior Sports + Exercise Physiotherapist - B. Health Sci (Physio)

Hip, groin & buttock pain · Hip instability · Back & pelvic pain · Knee arthritis

Clinical interests

Hip, groin and buttock pain, including arthritis and FAI (hip impingement)
Hip instability, including dysplasia and microinstability
Gluteal tendinopathy and hip bursitis
Pre- and post-operative hip rehabilitation
Lumbar spine and pelvic pain
Knee arthritis

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.

Qualifications

Graduate Diploma of Physiotherapy (Sports) (1996)
Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy), La Trobe University (1990)

Consults at: Physica Yarra Valley