Andy Stephens
BPhysio, MPhysio
BIO
Andy Stephens started his career at OPSMC in 1990 as a massage therapist. He also worked at the Royal Ballet Company in the UK from 1994 to 1997 and Essendon Football (1999 – 2003) before graduating with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy from La Trobe University in 2002. He has since been appointed physiotherapist to the Hawthorn Football Club (2008-2010) and the AFL umpires (2005-2007, and 2012 onwards)
Andy completed his Master of Sports Physiotherapy in 2012, and has a special interest in the ageing athlete population, dance medicine, track and field and Australian Rules Football. His clinical approach combines exercise therapy and patient education with hands-on treatment to address existing problems and prevent the development of new injuries.
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SPECIALIST AREAS
Manual Therapy
Prescription of exercise therapy
Lower and upper limb injuries
2008 – 2010
Physiotherapist
Hawthorn Football Club
Australia
2005 – 2007,2012 – 2014
Physiotherapist
AFL umpires
Australia
1994 – 1997
Massage Therapist
Royal Ballet
Australia
1999 – 2003
Massage Therapist
Essendon Football Club
Australia
Bachelor of Physiotherapy
Master of Sports Physiotherapy
PUBLICATIONS
“Contributor to Brukner & Khan, Clinical Sports Medicine (3rd Ed) ”
AFFILIATIONS
Honorary Life Member of the AFL Umpires Association
Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Medicine
1996
