By bringing you fresh, contemporary and motivated course presenters, and providing content that is applicable, evidence-based and relevant, we aim to up-skill and develop physiotherapists in South Africa. Clinical professional development is primarily for the improvement of clinical competency.
By providing excellent clinical content, we aim to improve the clinical competency of South African physiotherapists in order to help achieve our overall function as healthcare practitioners, which is a better standard of healthcare for our patients.
Gakeemah Inglis-Jassiem has a special interest in, and clinical expertise in neurological physiotherapy and rehabilitation. Gakeemah completed her BSc Physiotherapy degree (cum laude) at the University of the Western Cape (1996) and her Master’s degree at Stellenbosch University (2006). She is a qualified Basic Bobath Course Instructor in the assessment and management of adults with lesions of the central nervous system.
Dr Richard von Bormann is a specialist arthroscopic and reconstructive knee surgeon, who is trained and experienced in all aspects of knee surgery.
He is University of Cape Town Medical School trained with Fellowships in Knee Surgery at the North Sydney Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre, University of Pittsburgh,Harvard Medical School and the Boston Children’s Hospital..
Brett is a physiotherapist specialising in the management of neuromusculoskeletal and orthopaedic conditions.
Dr Steve Carter is an orthopaedic hand surgeon with 20 years’ experience in the surgical treatment of hand conditions. He obtained his MBChB in 1990 and FCS (SA) Orthopaedic Fellowship in 1999. He is also a Gold Medal Fellowship Candidate (Top Orthopaedic Candidate in South Africa).
Hester van Aswegen is a physiotherapist with a special interest in pelvic floor dysfunction and pelvic health.
She graduated from Pretoria University in 1987 and has been in private practice since 1991.
She is currently working in Johannesburg at various premises (Roodepoort, Douglasdale and Wits Donald Gordon medical centre) where her main patient load is patients with pelvic problems. This includes women and men and all types of pelvic related conditions – urinary and faecal incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, anorectal dysfunction and constipation, all types of pelvic pain, sexual dysfunction as well as ante and post-natal patients .
Rowan is an Advanced Practice Physiotherapist (APP) working in London.
He graduated with his B.Sc in Physiotherapy from UCT in 2011 before going on to complete his M.Phil in Exercise and Sports Physiotherapy in 2017, where he was awarded a distinction for his dissertation.
Kim Buchholtz submitted her PhD in Exercise Science at the University of Cape Town in 2020. Her study investigated the role of balance and agility in mountain bikers. Kim is currently a lecturer in musculoskeletal physiotherapy at LUNEX University in Luxembourg, having previously worked at the University of Cape Town.
Mirda is a passionate physiotherapist with more than 30 years’ clinical experience in the management of neurological patients.
She has honed her skills in Neurological Physiotherapy and the
capacity development of undergraduate physiotherapy students in clinical settings for many years working in public, private and academic settings.
Helene is a physiotherapist with international renown in the assessment and treatment of foot and ankle pathologies. After graduating with a BSc Physiotherapy degree from the University of Free State in 1984, Helene then completed a BSc Med (Hons) in Sports Science at UCT in 1990. From there Helene became the Chief Physiotherapist at the UCT Sports Injuries Centre, subsequently taking over the ownership of the practice from 1997.
Alison qualified as a physiotherapist from the University of Cape Town in 2007 and obtained her PhD at UCT in 2017.
She is currently a full-time lecturer in the Division of Physiotherapy at Stellenbosch University.
Gill is a clinical physiotherapist, part-time lecturer and PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town. She has pursued her fascination in the physiological mechanisms of pain by completing a Postgraduate Diploma in Interdisciplinary Pain Management in 2018 and a Masters degree with a focus in pain neuroscience in 2020.
Gill was awarded the Vice-Chancellor Postgraduate Scholarship for being one of the top Masters students at UCT.
She has recently embarked on PhD studies in the field of psychoneuroimmunology relating to persistent pain.
Wendy Holliday is a physiotherapist with more than ten years of clinical experience and recently completed her PhD in Exercise Science at the University of Cape Town. She combines her physiotherapy background with her PhD knowledge to conduct medical bike fits with Ergofit, Science to Sport, based in Cape Town.
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