Kirsten Walker, Physiotherapist

Helping you understand your pain, move with confidence, and get back to the things that matter.

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About Kirsten:

Kirsten is a physiotherapist at our Footscray clinic. She is an APA Titled Pain Physiotherapist, a title earned through extra study and clinical experience in pain management.

She works with people recovering from new musculoskeletal and sporting injuries, and with people whose pain has been around a long time.

Kirsten looks past the sore spot. Pain is rarely down to one thing, so she works with you to find all the factors keeping your symptoms going.

She places real value on active rehabilitation and education. Her aim is that you leave understanding your assessment findings and knowing what to do next.

Kirsten builds strong, trusting partnerships with the people she works with. You set the goals, and she helps you build the skills to reach them and keep going on your own.

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Clinical Interests:

✔️ Persistent pain, including coaching a gradual return to exercise, work, hobbies and daily activities
✔️ Musculoskeletal pain and injury rehabilitation
✔️ Acute trauma and orthopaedics
✔️ Sleep, flare ups and mood changes that travel with persistent pain

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Qualifications:

• Master of Science in Medicine (Pain Management)
• Bachelor of Physiotherapy
• APA Titled Pain Physiotherapist
• Member, Australian College of Physiotherapists
• AHPRA Registered Physiotherapist

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Additional Training:

• Explain Pain (Noigroup)
• Graded Motor Imagery (Noigroup)
• Advanced Clinical Pain
• Psychologically informed physiotherapy, including motivational interviewing

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Why Work With Kirsten?

✔️ A thorough, unhurried assessment, with time to get your questions answered.

✔️ Treatment shaped around you. Her sessions combine education, exercise and hands on therapy to help you reach your goals.

✔️ A graded approach that builds your confidence to return to activity, in small manageable steps.

✔️ An exercise program tailored to build the strength and endurance your goals ask for.

✔️ Support with the things that come with persistent pain, including disrupted sleep, flare ups and changes in mood.

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Booking:

Ready to get moving again? Book an appointment with Kirsten to get started.

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