PhD. Head of Athlete Research Lab. APA Sports Physiotherapist & APA Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist. Grad Dip ExtScope Physio
Tim has extensive sports physiotherapy experience. He holds a PhD from the Research Institute of Sports & Exercise (UCRISE) at the University of Canberra on the topic of ACL rehabilitation of the knee. He is the current Head Physiotherapist at St George-Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League Competition (NRL). He has previously spent an additional 10 seasons working with other high-level sporting teams, including, Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL (2015-2017), Brumbies Super Rugby Team (2006-2011), Sale Sharks Rugby Football Club United Kingdom (2006), and Canberra Raiders NRL Team (2004-2006). He has also toured with the Qantas Australian Men’s Rugby Sevens Team in the HSBC World Series (2013-2014). Tim has also enjoyed brief stints with other high-level sporting teams such as the Tongan National Rugby Team and the Australian Rugby Union. He also consults to the ACT Comets and ACT Meteors Cricket Teams.
In addition to his undergraduate Physiotherapy degree and PhD, Tim has completed a post-graduate Master’s Degree in Sports Physiotherapy and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy. He has also completed a Graduate Diploma in Extended-Scope Physiotherapy. He is Head of the Athlete Research Lab housed within the Elite Rehab facility and developed PITCH READY® which is a precise testing system for athletes recovering from a knee injury (www.pitch-ready.com). He has lectured extensively in sports physiotherapy courses for the Australian Physiotherapy Association as well as to other health professions and has authored publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Tim also currently works with the Canberra Hospital Emergency Department as the Extended-Scope Physiotherapist and to Occupational Rehabilitation Companies as a senior consultant.