Qualifications
BSc Physiotherapy - UCD, Ireland
MSc in Veterinary Physiotherapy – Liverpool University, UK
Professional Memberships
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) registered Physiotherapist
Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) Member
Member and former VIC chair of the APA Animal Physiotherapy Group (APG)
ANZAVPA Founding & Committee Member
ACPAT Category A member
International Association of Veterinary Rehabilitation and Physio Therapy (IAVRPT) member
The physiotherapy journey
Hailing from Ireland, Eilís graduated as a physiotherapist in 2007 from the University College of Dublin, Ireland, before travelling to New Zealand where she worked in private practice for 12 months. She travelled to Melbourne in 2008, planning to gain a further 12 months experience abroad, and is still here today and now acknowledges Melbourne ‘home from home’.
Over 15 years of experience in physiotherapy…
Eilís has worked in a wide range of healthcare settings in Australia - from the emergency department to the intensive care unit, the acute neurosurgery wards to both inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation settings, from the sporting field to the hydrotherapy pool. Over the last decade (and a half!), Eilís has worked in a variety of health networks in Victoria - Goulburn Valley Health, St. John of God Healthcare, Peninsula Health, Monash Health, Northern Health, Epworth Healthcare as well as in private practice. In these settings she has gained a wealth of experience in areas such as musculoskeletal physiotherapy, sports physiotherapy, orthopaedic physiotherapy, neurological rehabilitation, cardiorespiratory care and chronic pain rehabilitation. She brings all of this experience to her private practice where her clients can benefit from her skills and knowledge built up over many years. Until late 2020, Eilís has been working part time in the hospital setting providing outpatient physiotherapy for people recovering from orthopaedic surgery, multi-trauma and musculoskeletal injury, in the hydrotherapy pool in addition to being the senior physiotherapist on a multidisciplinary chronic pain management team, a specialised service for those learning to manage and rehabilitate from persistent pain. The year that was 2020 showed the importance of access to safe healthcare in the community and inspired the move to full time private practice in 2021.
Eilís also has a passion for teaching - from undergraduate physiotherapy students, to junior physiotherapists to facilitating post graduate physiotherapists on their veterinary physiotherapy clinical placements.
Eilís also has an interest in the health and well being of the animals she shares her life with. After many wonderful years of working with people in both the acute and sub-acute public health sector as well as in private practice, Eilís decided to take the plunge and pursue her dream of studying Veterinary Physiotherapy.
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Move Well
Feel Well
Live Well
/ Physio Eilís /
Masters in Veterinary Physiotherapy
In 2013, Eilís commenced her Master’s Degree in Veterinary Physiotherapy at the University of Liverpool, UK, with a mixture of online correspondence and working with Australia’s most established physiotherapists to complete the practical tasks. Eilís completed her postgraduate diploma in Veterinary Physiotherapy in 2015, and has since completed her Master’s Degree, evaluating long term outcomes for dogs post-cranial cruciate ligament surgery. Her initial physiotherapy practice Jockey, Horse & Hound Physiotherapy was set up in 2016 and has since blossomed and evolved into Animalia Physiotherapy and her sister practices Équestre Physiotherapy and Range and Valley Physiotherapy.
When not doing anything physio related, Eilís is most likely found trail running, horse-riding, exploring the beautiful countryside of Victoria, dabbling in art or hanging out with her dear husband and two adopted retiree greyhounds Taabi and Zafonic Josh.