With over 28 years of Professional Physiotherapy experience, Andrew Hughes was amongst the first group of Physiotherapists to attain the title “Sports Physiotherapist” in Australia. In 1992, Andrew became the founding Director and owner of Sports Focus Physiotherapy through their first practice in Liverpool, NSW. He still treats patients at our Liverpool Physiotherapy location as well as Wynyard Physiotherapy.

Andrew has had numerous team appointments throughout his distinguished career, including The Australian Men’s Volleyball Team, Football Federation Australia (FFA), Australian Beach Socceroos Team, NSW Cricket Team, NSW Hockey team, NSW Soccer Team, NSL soccer champions – Marconi Stallions and consultant appointments to Australian Triathlon and the NSW Institute of Sport. Andrew is currently Team Physiotherapist for the Hakoah, Sydney City East Football Club in the NSW Premier League 1.

Andrew has been appointed as a Sports Physiotherapist to numerous Australian Teams competing at major world sporting events including the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, 1995 World University Games, numerous World Volleyball Championships and World Cups, 2013 and 2017 Maccabiah Games.

Andrew lectures nationally and internationally on Sports Medicine related topics and is a successful inventor of Orthopaedic Bracing Technologies.

Outside of work, Andrew continues to be a Sports Tragic but enjoys spending adventurous time with his 3 boys as well as playing guitar and competing in Masters Soccer events.

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Kate graduated from the University of Sydney in 2001 with first class honours. She has worked in musculoskeletal physiotherapy since 2002 with extensive private practice experience in Sydney and London.

Part of her practice experience involved working with national rugby league teams. Kate has a special clinical interest in spinal dysfunction (especially necks) as well as treating running injuries.

Kate often uses dry needling as well as some traditional acupuncture to compliment her very hands on treatments. She is a firm believer that a physio’s manual therapy work is extremely valuable in a patients recovery.

In 2016 Kate completed her APPI Pilates for Physiotherapists training and enjoys using Pilates training to assist rehabilitating her patients. She works part-time and is also full-time mum to 3 kids.

Her personal interests include a love of long distance running, snow-skiing and travelling.

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Seth is an experienced clinician with postgraduate qualifications who prides himself in looking after his clients like he looks after his own family. Seth draws on more than 30 years of clinical experience to optimise injury management so that best possible outcomes for clients, employees and managers is ensured.

Since graduating with a BSc Physiotherapy, BSc Medicine (Hons) Exercise Science and Grad dip in manipulative Physiotherapy, Seth has worked as a physiotherapist in a variety of clinical settings including international level sporting team coverage, private musculoskeletal clinics, hospitals and also consulting to a number of large corporate companies assisting in both occupational health and wellbeing treatments as well as Aged Care Physiotherapy consultancy.

Seth has headed up a number of practices internationally and has been based in Sydney for the past 25 years. He has recently joined the Sports Focus team after working extensively in private practice and aged care consultancy. Seth has a keen interest in working proactively with clients to identify potential predisposing factors for injury. Whether this be found in the workplace, or on the sporting field he is able to provide the added benefit of reducing the risk of further injury or its recurrence with a thorough skilled multifactorial approach.

He provides the education and tools necessary to allow individuals to recover with speed and fortitude allowing them to be actively involved in their own rehabilitation goals.

In his spare time Seth enjoys watching his boys play first grade soccer and also pursuing his passion for photography. Please feel welcome to book an appointment with Seth at the Wynyard practice for an evaluation, diagnosis and treatment plan. Rather than putting up with that niggling muscle, stiff joint or painful injury - book now for a session to get it resolved!

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Santino is a sport/remedial massage therapist and Tecar therapist with almost 10 years of experience working alongside physiotherapists, chiropractors, and acupuncturists. He is passionate about helping athletes recover from injuries and improve their performance through the use of manual therapy and Tecar therapy, a non-invasive treatment based on the use of an electromedical device, often used in conjunction with manual therapy, such as massage, able to speed up the healing process of acute and chronic musculoskeletal injuries.

Santino is also specialized in the treatment of tension headaches, showcasing his commitment to comprehensive well-being and is a strong believer in the power of exercise. He is currently in the process of becoming an accredited strength and conditioning coach through the ASCA.

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Tim is a qualified Remedial Massage, Polarity, Therapist, Dry Needling, Naturopath and Cranio-sacral Therapist and brings 20 years’ experience to the team at Wynyard. He joined us in 2007 and his personal interests include health and fitness and horse riding (race horses included!).

Tim is curious about the Mind-Body connection and how stress contributes to dysfunction or dis-ease. Clinically, he uses his expertise in this area to investigate the connection between fight or flight and adrenal stress in the corporate world which can lead to insomnia, digestive disorders and healing/immune functional problems.

Tim enjoys working with the Sydney University Velo Club (SUVelo) and his triathlete clients because they can work together towards an outcome. “Getting a result with these clients means they break their personal bests and that is great” he says. Tim is results driven for all his clients and loves that he can help people see improvement immediately – clients walk in feeling one way and walk out feeling better.

Tim is a qualified Remedial Massage, Polarity, Therapist, Dry Needling, Naturopath and Cranio-sa... Read More