Physiotherapists in Mitcham at Pro Physio SA

Clare Turnbull is an Adelaide trained physiotherapist with an interest in sports and musculo-skeletal physiotherapy consulting from our Mitcham Physio Clinic.

• Biography  
  Clare Turnbull graduated with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy degree from the University of South Australia with First Class Honours.

  Although Clare is interested in all areas of physiotherapy, she has a particular focus on sports and musculoskeletal physiotherapy, gained during her experience working as the Head Trainer for the Saint Peter’s Old Collegians Football Club and more recently as Head Physio for the Unley Jets Football Club.

  Clare is passionate about delivering evidence-based treatment, including manual therapy, education and self-management. She is committed to ongoing professional development and working with patients to understand and achieve their goals. Clare enjoys collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to achieve optimal patient outcomes.

**CURRENTLY ON MATERNITY LEAVE** Rebecca Gigney is an experienced physiotherapist in Adelaide that practises from our Mitcham Physio Clinic in Torrens Park and holds an interest in Musculoskeletal, Sports and Women's Health Physiotherapy.

• Biography  
  Rebecca graduated with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy from the University of South Australia in 2002.  She has been working in musculoskeletal and sports private practice since graduating and is highly experienced and competent in musculoskeletal, spinal, orthopaedic/post-surgical rehabilitation, sports injuries, dizziness, chronic pain, women’s health, aquatic physiotherapy, dry needling and pilates. Rebecca has been involved in many sporting teams as senior physiotherapist in the SAAFL, State League netball and rugby, tennis and hockey.  She has furthered her knowledge by working in London with physiotherapists for the Surrey Cricket Club and the team doctor for the Chelsea soccer club. Rebecca has been involved in a multi-centre research project investigating the management of neck pain and has a strong interest in neck disorders and headaches.  She is passionate about her work and provides a personalised assessment and treatment that is of high quality and backed by evidence based research. When not at work, Rebecca loves spending time with her partner and their 3 dogs, renovating their house, travelling and balancing her indulgence in good food and wine with exercise.

Marco is a Physiotherapist in Adelaide with an interest in Sports injuries and Orthopaedic/Post Surgical Rehabilitation.

• Biography  
  Marco Mittiga graduated with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy degree from the University of South Australia in 2014. He has worked as a physiotherapist in a variety of workplace settings including private practice, public hospital settings, and aged care facilities. His work has been focused on managing a wide range of musculoskeletal, spinal and orthopaedic conditions among paediatric, adult and geriatric patient groups. Marco is very experienced in orthopaedic and post surgical rehabilitation, chronic pain, women’s health and dry needling. Marco has a great passion for sports and sports injuries, having played and worked as a physiotherapist for the senior team at Adelaide City Football Club. He also has a keen interest in neck pain and headaches.

Peter Esselbach is an Adelaide Trained Sports Physiotherapist with additional post-graduate training in ultrasound guided musculo-skeletal interventions.

• Biography  
  Peter Esselbach has worked as a Sonographer for over 30 years. He graduated with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy in 2002 and has been working in private physiotherapy practice since. Peter has developed a unique and specialised interest in combining his work as a sonographer with his work as a physiotherapist. To this capacity, Peter is able to effectively assess complex musculo-skeletal injuries and where necessary, apply interventional therapy utilising options such as Cortisone Injections and PRP.

  At Pro Health Care Mitcham, Peter has developed a Musculo-Skeletal clinic every Tuesday morning which sees him performing a range of interventional therapies in collaboration with our doctors that are also trained in performing Cortisone and PRP Injections.

  In additional to interventional treatment, Peter provides a diverse range of conventional physiotherapy techniques including Pilates, Sports Injury Assessment, Myofascial Taping and Dry Needling / Acupuncture.

  In the words of Peter;

  ‘I use a fusion of unique skills in Ultrasound (Sonography) and Physiotherapy to assess and rehabilitate injuries using real time ultrasound. This goes beyond normal musculoskeletal examination as tissues and pathology can be visualised and assessed using the Real Time Ultrasound. When clinically directed , ultrasound can be used to perform interventional techniques such as corticosteroid injections, aspirations or platelet-rich-plasma injections.’

  ‘I have a particular interest in sports-related injuries having worked at Wakefield Sports Clinic and Adelaide Crows Sports Medicine Clinic.’