Dr Joanne Bullock-Saxton is one of our most experienced and accomplished physiotherapists. Her approachable nature, expert knowledge, refined manual therapy skills, pragmatism, wisdom and dedication combine to provide clinical excellence and positive outcomes in a timely manner.
During a career spanning nearly four decades, Joanne has honed her clinical skills through many post graduate studies, as an educator, an academic, senior researcher and advanced practice clinician. She has focussed particular interest on managing spinal pain, headaches and pelvic pain, and also manages a broad range of musculoskeletal presentations. She realises the importance of a multidisciplinary team and fosters close relationships with surgeons, specialists such as neurologists and gynaecologists and other members of the patient’s health care team. Her primary aim is to deliver the highest quality care for her patients. With her diagnostic abilities and empathic approach, Joanne strongly advocates for her patients and supports their recovery from a broad perspective, to ensure they reach their recovery goals.
Joanne’s career started as an academic and private clinician. She was driven to answer questions related to improving patient outcomes. Joanne worked at senior academic levels at the University of Queensland, Bond University and Australian Catholic University. Joanne has four degrees in physiotherapy including a Course work Master’s degree in Manipulative Physiotherapy and a research PhD. She has lead and collaborated in research with some of Australia’s most prominent clinicians in medicine and physiotherapy, to understand assessment and mechanisms of recovery following injury, for headaches and in understanding women’s health through the life stages.
Joanne is a wife and mother of 3 adult children, enjoys sculpture, painting, philosophy, gardening, music and cooking. She understands the need for a work life balance and the importance of conscious attention to each role she finds herself in at any point in time, for health and wellbeing.
Jo’s favourite quote:
“Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new!” – Albert Einstein