Alan started private practice in Morwell circa 1986 and has been with Gippsland Physiotherapy Group since. He has completed many professional development courses over the years, including Level 1 and 2 Sports, Level 1 and 2 Spinal, Level 1 and 2 Dry Needling, Pilates, Lymphedema, Hydrotherapy and many more, lending to his wealth of experience.

Alan uses his wide range of skills to assess and treat to his utmost capacity with the aim to return clients to as close as possible to their pre-injury function level. He is interested in all musculoskeletal conditions and enjoys working in the sports injury area.

Alan is available for consultation on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

Danielle completed a Bachelor of Physiotherapy from James Cook University (2014) and become a director of the company in 2017.
Danielle enjoys furthering her education and has completed an extensive range of courses in treating upper and lower limb sporting injuries, chronic pain and complex shoulder injuries, just to name a few. Danielle has a special interest in post-operative physiotherapy, sporting injuries and chronic pain, using dry needling as one of her treatment modalities. Danielle strives to provide the best possible care to ensure successful patient outcomes.
Danielle is based at Maryvale Private Hospital on weekday mornings and in the Morwell practice on Monday to Thursday afternoons.
Danielle continues to honour her South African heritage, supporting the Springboks in Rugby Union. However she does support the Melbourne Football Club in AFL and the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL. Danielle can be found on the ski slopes in winter, and spends her weekends enjoying time with family and friends, exploring new places, drawing and craft activities.

Ryan completed a Bachelor of Health Sciences and Master of Physiotherapy Practice from La Trobe University in 2018. He has since completed a range of further study, including his Level 1 Lyn Watson Shoulder, his Level 1 Dry Needling and his Level 1 Pilates courses among many others.

Ryan has a particular interest in assessing and managing injuries of the upper limb, as well as low back pain; dry needling is a modiality used by Ryan in this instance. He thrives on seeing his clients return to their pre-injury hobbies.

Ryan is primarily based at our Morwell Practice from Tuesday to Friday. He does, however, work out at our Churchill Practice on Wednesday and Friday mornings.

Ryan enjoys spending his time training at the gym in Traralgon, taking his Labradoodle on different adventures, or hanging out with mates outdoors.

Polly obtained her Diploma of Remedial Massage from TAFE Gippsland. She also holds qualification in Neuro Training Kinesiology. Polly continually attends workshops to improve her knowledge and understanding of the human body, with dry needling being a recent addition to her repertoire.