Andrew is a senior physiotherapist whose clinical practice focuses on helping people who live with complex or chronic musculoskeletal conditions regain a sense of control over their condition, confidence to manage their health and improve their quality of life. Andrew typically works with people who live with complex chronic pain conditions such as chronic low back pain, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, inflammatory arthritis conditions (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis, psoriatic arthritis), and other chronic musculoskeletal and rheumatic conditions like osteoporosis. Andrew takes a holistic approach to care and works with a network of local doctors (rheumatologists, endocrinologists and pain medicine specialists) and psychologists in an interprofessional care model. He completed training in cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia as a CBT-i Level 1 Practitioner.
In addition to part-time clinical practice, Andrew works in research and education as a Professor of musculoskeletal health at Curtin University. His team has developed resources to support people manage their musculoskeletal health, such as painHEALTH and youngpainHEALTH. He has worked in both the Victorian and Western Australian healthcare systems as a clinician, researcher and senior policymaker, and for the World Health Organisation 2017-25. He also works on the Victorian WorkSafe Clinical Panel.
Andrew graduated with first class honours in his physiotherapy degree (Curtin University, WA), holds a PhD in musculoskeletal health (University of Melbourne) and is one a small group of Australian physiotherapists who has been awarded Fellowship with the Australian College of Physiotherapists (FACP) as a Specialist Research Physiotherapist (as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists, 2016) in the area of rheumatology.
