Taking you to your next level
Physiotherapy
Our core services as your local physiotherapist
Sports Injuries
Thorough assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of your sports injuries.
General Aches and Pains
Annette can help you be pain-free and overcome injury to any part of the body no matter what your age or level of activity is.
Pre and Post Operative rehabilitation
Helping you prepare for and recover from surgical procedures such as ankle, knee, shoulder or hip replacements, arthroscopies and any orthopedic procedure.
Sports Injury Screening
Prevent injuries before they happen with a full screening to assess any weaknesses and address them before they become an injury.
Womens Health: Pre and post partum advice and treatment and pelvic floor issues
Whether it be pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy or returning to exercise post partum, Annette can help and guide you. She can also help with pelvic foor dysfunctions no matter what age you are.
Young Athletes
Annette has great experience treating young athletes of any age across a wide range of sports, helping them avoid injury and maximise performance.
Performance
Additional services to take you to your next level, whatever your passion.
Functional Strength, Conditioning and Mobility
Annette can give you a personalised program to work on your weaknesses and help reach your full potential. With over 8 years of study in the human body and how it moves, specialist physiotherapists are best placed to look at designing an individualised strength program to work on your weaknesses and become a better athlete.
Pre-Pointe Assessments
A pre pointe assessment determines whether a young dancer is safe and ready to commence pointe work and helps early detection of any pre-disposition to injury. It is usually undertaken when a dancer is 9-12 years of age. Transitioning to en-pointe puts a very high physical demand on the the body, therefore an assessment is highly recommended to help reduce the risk of injury.
Free Running Sessions
Every Tuesday morning at 6am Nic coaches a free running interval session in Valentine. This is suitable for anyone looking to improve their running from 5km to Marathon distance. Message Nic or contact us for more details.
Team
Introducing the Valentine Eleebana Physio Team
Annette Chase - Clinical Director and Lead Physiotherapist
A highly decorated and experienced physiotherapist, Annette has a passion for helping her patients and is excited to bring her extensive experience to the communities of Valentine, Eleebana and beyond.
An APA titled Sports and exercise Physiotherapist, Sydney University undergraduate with a Masters in Sports Physiotherapy from Latrobe University, Annette brings over 20 years experience as a physio both in clinic and at sporting events of all levels.
Career highlights have seen her provide physiotherapy coverage at 2 Olympic Games, 2 Commonwealth Games including working as medical lead for Netball at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014, 5 World championships and also World Univerity games. She has worked for over 10 years with England Athletics travelling all over the world (and is now back working with Athletics in Australia), with the British women’s basketball team, Sydney Uni Flames and other elite teams in football (soccer), Rugby and netball. She has provided physio for Torvill and Dean's 'Dancing on Ice' show and consulted for professional dance companies.
Annette has had many articles published on running related injuries and treatment as well as lecturing and running courses on the foot and ankle in which she specialises.
An outstanding junior athlete, (Australian U20 3000m champion, City to Surf Age group winner, Sydney University Scholarship holder for Athletics, Hunter Inland Academy of Sports Sports person of the year winner and Athletics Blue), Annette competed and medaled at local, state and national level in track, road and cross country running. She also swam and competed in triathlons at a high level.
In 2004 Annette suffered a life-threatening DVT and multiple pulmonary embolisms. A delayed diagnosis resulted in irreversible damage to all the deep veins in her right leg. Initially unable to stand without pain, she has shown incredible determination to gradually return to training and competing as much as her disability allows her. She has managed to compete again as a successful local level distance runner.
Annette's vascular insufficiency prevented her from continuing to progress her athletic career as a senior, but this didn't dampen her passion for athletics and Annette has continued to work in the sport as a physiotherapist. She currently continues to work with athletics throughout Australia.
With a career that has taken her from her native Australia to London via Tokyo, Annette now returns to Australia with her family and is honoured to serve the communities of Valentine and Eleebana as your local physiotherapist.
Nic Gould - Practice Manager and Running Coach
Annette's husband Nic is an accomplished distance runner with a 2.33 marathon time, 15:48 5km and nearly 20 years experience as an amateur athlete. He has a passion for helping others to improve their own running and is excited to be leading regular FREE running sessions in Valentine. A techy by trade, Nic handles all the IT, marketing and general administration for the clinic.
