Lucy is a registered Physiotherapist from Victoria, Australia. She has spent the last 4 years working as a musculoskeletal Physiotherapist in private practice. On the weekends, she has been working in elite sport for the last 7 years in Australian Football League. Lucy has always had a keen interest in sport and helping people, which led her to the career of Physiotherapy! Her childhood was spent playing and umpiring netball, and surf life saving during summers.
Now entering her second year at Hakuba Physiotherapy Clinic, she is excited to return for another snow season and use her experience to help clients stay healthy on the slopes. Lucy has a keen interest in injury management, rehabilitation and prevention. She employs a range of manual therapies, in combination with exercise prescription and Clinical Pilates. Lucy will support you to get back on your feet!
Get To Know Lucy
Nationality:
Australian
Qualified From:
Monash University, Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honors), Class of 2021
Past Employment:
Private practice Physiotherapist for the last 4 years
Sports trainer and Physiotherapy assistant at Geelong Cats AFL for the last 7 years
What do you think are the best skills that you bring to your job?
Good communication and a sound understanding of our body’s biomechanics. Being a people person, I love to communicate with others and make sure patients have a clear understanding of their condition, and are confident with management and exercising pain-free. Additionally, Lucy uses clinical pilates and weights training to optimise biomechanics, and enjoys working with a variety of different strengths and injuries with functional exercise.
Favourite Conditions to Treat:
Knees and hips.
What are you happiest doing when you’re not working?
Making jewellery for my small business, snow boarding and surfing.
What would be your personal motto?
Don’t sweat the small stuff
Who is someone you admire and why?
Frida Kahlo – Frida was a Mexican artist in the early 1930s. During her youth she was unlucky enough to contract Polio, as well as be involved in a near-fatal bus accident. Despite suffering with chronic pain, disability and trauma, she overcame adversity and became one of the world’s most decorated artists and women’s activist of all time.
Your most-outstanding achievement:
Travelling to Nepal as a 19 year old solo, and hiking to Everest base camp.
