I have been associated with the School of Physiotherapy for a very long time, teaching at postgraduate level in the Masters programs in Manipulative, Sports and Orthopaedic Physiotherapy. In 2003, we introduced a new program that combines all three former programs into one exciting Master of Musculoskeletal and Sports Physiotherapy and a new two year program for students with less background in musculoskeletal physiotherapy, which has now, sadly, been discontinued by the University. I continued to be involved in teaching on these programs until June 2014, when I retired from the University. I am not still involved as an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in teaching into the Master of Musculoskeletal and Sports Physiotherapy and will be until its closure at the end of 2015.
I also have a passion for the shoulder - both in clinical practice and research. I continue to be involved in research into aspects of shoulder examination and management and I am currently employed outside the unversity in a consultative role as a specialist shoulder and elbow physiotherapist.

The clinic in which I consult is Flex Rehabilitation Clinic in Norwood, SA - www.flexclinic.com.au.
My third major interest is sport and sports physiotherapy - in particular the influence of motor control on sports performance, injury prevention and performance enhancement. I have been heavily involved with the sport of softball as a physiotherapist, fitness and conditioning coach, injury prevention advisor and scorer over a number of years. In my non-academic life, I love sport of most forms and have become keenly involved in supporting my family's sporting pursuits.

Each year since 2002, I have attended Softball Australia's Youth Development Camps at Blacktown Olympic Park in Sydney as the physiotherapist to the camp, ensuring that my on-field sports physitoherapy skills remain current.

In 2005, I travelled with the Australian team to Junior Men's World Softball Championships in Canada, where the team was successful, winning the gold medal, the third in a row for Australia. I have been involved with the training and have travelled with the Australian Junior Women's team to World Championships in South Africa in 2011 and Canada in 2013, where we brought home a bronze medal.

I was also invited to work as a volunteer physiotherapist for the duration of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, working in the Polyclinic, treating athletes from everywhere in the Commonwealth except Australia. This was an amazing experience, working with elite athletes and alongsid some of the best sports physiotherapists in the country.

In 2008, I undertook exams to become a Fellow of the Australian College of Physiotherapists as a clinical specialist in the field of Musculoskeletal Physiotheapy (subspeciality: Shoulder complex disorders) and in November 2009, I was successful in the equivalent exams to become a Fellow in the field of Sports Physiotherapy. I was also elected to the Council of the Australian College of Physiotherapists for the term 2010 - 2011, with a second term from 2012- 2013. I have held the position of Vice President of the College for that time.

Since 2011, I have also held the role as mentor to the facilitators and trainee Fellows of the Australian College of Physiotherapists, providing support to both groups when required and assisting in their preparation for entrance exmainations into the College.

In 2014, I was elected as Chief Censor for the Australian College of Physiotherapists. In this role, I chair the Board of Censors for the College. The Board of Censors is responsible for administration and coordination of the training program for the award of Fellowship of the Australian College of Physiotherapists. While fellowship of the Australian College of Physiotherapists is not an academic award, it provides me with greater depth of understanding of the evidence supporting advanced practice of sports and musculoskeletal physiotherapy and a higher level of clinical skills in these fields, thus allowing me to provide better depth of knowledge in my teaching. Our physiotherapy students and prospective students value the level of commitment to the profession of the academic and clinical staff with whom they interact and such a position adds prestige to our program and our School. I was honoured in 2009 to be awarded Life Membership of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Australia for services to the association over many years. I was also honoured in 2012 to be awarded Fellowship of the Australian Sports Medicine Federation for services to sports physiotherapy. In June 2014, I retired from the university. My involvement from then on is as an Adjunct Senior Lecturer, in which role I will continue to work with Honours students and on the Master of Musculoskeletal and Sports Physiotherapy.