Avalon Beach Physiotherapy & Clinical Pilates

Who We Are

Avalon Physiotherapy & Clinical Pilates has been operating in Avalon for over 30 years to provide the people of Avalon and the Northern Beaches with a quality local Physiotherapy service & Clinical Pilates studio, allowing our team greater flexibility in treating your injury.

Our team of expert Physiotherapists value people, not just the treatment of injuries and rehabilitation. In addition to diagnosing and treating the route cause of your injuries we look forward to getting to know you and helping you achieve your health goals, including the prevention of future injury.

At Avalon Physiotherapy & Clinical Pilates we compliment our traditional physiotherapy techniques with Clinical Pilates, Dry Needling and Whole Body vibration as well as a number of other proven techniques to ensure you are back to health as quickly as possible and allowing us to treat a much broader range of injuries and patients.

Our Team

Jennie Callan (Strathairn)
BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, MAPA

Jennie qualified as a physiotherapist in Glasgow, Scotland in 2008. She worked in Glasgow for 4 years in a large hospital across many different departments gaining valuable varied experience.

She then moved to Sydney in 2012 to pursue her love for musculoskeletal physiotherapy and to further her career. Jennie started working at Avalon Physiotherapy and Clinical Pilates in July 2012, and within two years, became the practice’s principle physiotherapist.

Jennie’s main passion is utilising clinical Pilates as part of her treatment of patients to achieve real and meaningful results, which have a significant impact on her patients’ lives and wellbeing.

She also thoroughly enjoys using dry needling as well as effective hands on techniques to help her patients.
Jennie loves Avalon and its residents, especially the older population and has a desire to help them continue to live their lives as independently as possible through maintaining their strength, balance and fitness.

She knows that as a physiotherapist, you can never stop learning as there is always new research being done. That is why Jennie enjoys regularly attending professional development courses. Since moving to Australia, she has completed her clinical Pilates training with DMA Clinical Pilates in Melbourne, she has completed her APA level 1 Sports and APA level 1 Gerontology courses, dry needling courses as well as joint specific courses including the knee, hip and shoulder. Jennie is also a SIRA approved WorkCover physiotherapist, having successfully completed the training and assessments involved.

Jennie is a keen sportswoman. She represented Scotland playing Lacrosse for 5 years and has recently had some experience playing AFL for Manly Warringah Giants. She is a keen golfer, which may have been inevitable having been schooled in St Andrews, and she is also an active surf lifesaver, competing as part of her masters beach sprinting team.

Julie Godfrey
B. App. Sc. (Phty); Grad. Dip. Sp. Sc. APA Sports Physiotherapist

Julie Godfrey qualified as a physiotherapist in Sydney in 1984 then obtained a Graduate Diploma in Sports Science in 1992, and gained recognition as an APA Titled Sports Physiotherapist in 1998. The APA title is awarded to members who are highly qualified physiotherapists with expert knowledge and skills in their area of practice. They undergo a rigorous selection process to ensure that they achieve and maintain exceptional standards of clinical experience and knowledge. The APA Title serves as a professional mark of distinction.

Julie was a practice principal at The North Sydney Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre from 1989 until 2005. Working at the multidisciplinary centre sparked a keen interest in ACL rehabilitation and enabled her to rehabilitate many people from a variety of sporting backgrounds and develop several knee rehabilitation protocols.

Julie’s specific sporting interests and team coverage have included Gymnastics, Skiing and Dance/Musical Theatre. She was a team physiotherapist for the Australian Winter Olympic Teams in 1992 and 1994, Venue Physiotherapist for Gymnastics at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and has provided assistance on Musicals (Billy Elliot and Mama Mia) and Sydney Dance Company.

Julie has lectured on many courses including Level 1 and 2 Sports Physiotherapy courses, Masters of Sports Physiotherapy at Sydney Uni, and Knee and Ankle Julie’s wide range of experience means she has a well rounded approach to management of musculoskeletal problems.

Avalon Beach Physiotherapy & Clinical Pilates in Avalon Beach, Sydney, NSW is in the category of Physiotherapists, Pilates Specialising in Deep Tissue Massage, Shoulder injury Physio, Physiotherapy.

Other services by Avalon Beach Physiotherapy & Clinical Pilates are Joint Pain Physio, Back Pain Physio, Sports Physio, Dry Needling, Sports injury Physio, Sports Taping, Clinical Pilates, Neck Pain Physio.

Call the staff at Avalon Beach Physiotherapy & Clinical Pilates to contact us for further information.

Services

• Physiotherapy
• Clinical Pilates
• Sports Physiotherapy
• Pre and post-operative physiotherapy
• Falls Prevention and Balance Retraining
• Dry Needling
• Hicaps
• Department of Veteran Affairs (DVA)
• Chronic Disease Management Scheme (CDM)
• Home Visitation
• Ergonomic Assessments
• In Nursing Home / Residential Care
• Whole Body Vibration

Reviews

“So accommodating with times and awesome Physio to boot – thx for helping with my recovery Jenny”

“A professional and caring team. After visiting with a painful neck injury Jenny had me feeling better and back to my usual activities much more quickly than expected.”

“Jenny’s treatment and advice will put a sportsperson (both competitive or as a hobby) back on the field as realistically quickly as possible, with a focus on the client’s short and long term interests. Professional, effective and friendly.”

“I would throughly recommend Jenny’s fabulous caring and very competent practise here in Avalon. It’s my ‘safe place’ , a place where i know i will be looked after by Jenny and her friendly and very professional staff.
Jenny herself is kind and caring and very dedicated tooth healing her patients and also keeping us in shape through the wonderful Clinical Piltates programmes that she runs.
Top marks Jenny, well done.”

“Very professional friendly atmosphere very focused on solving your problems”