Staff Biographies
Stuart Hinds
Stuart Hinds is a soft tissue therapist and lecturer, he is the practical co-ordinator for physical assessment and soft tissue techniques at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
Stuart has been involved with elite cycling (national and international) and a range of athletes from all professional levels of sport.
Stuart was a part of the IOC massage services for the2000 Sydney Olympic Games /and was a member of the Soft tissue services for the Australian Olympic Team at the 2004 Athens Olympic games and 2008 Beijing Olympic games.
He presented at the 2003 Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport on the practical dynamics of soft tissue therapy for post acute Adductor strains.
Stuart was Keynote speaker at the 3rd Joint Sportex and Sports Massage Association Conference, Loughborough University, Leicestershire UK on Musculoskeletal flexibility screening as a treatment tool for soft tissue therapists.
He was head of Soft tissue therapy services for the South African Cricket Team for the 2006 Boxing Day test series in Melbourne.
He runs a successful private practice in Geelong and was a contract soft tissue therapist for the Geelong Football Club.
Brent May
Adv. Dip App. Scie. (Myotherapist)
Brent was born Melbourne in 1980, moved to Geelong in 1990 and completed his schooling at Mercia Primary and Belmont High Schools. After completing VCE he went on to study Myotherapy, a multi-modality therapy within the Allied Health Profession, following keen interest in sports and sporting injuries. Like many practitioners within the Allied Health Profession, the industry appealed to Brent after himself incurring injuries through sporting pursuits with Geelong Amateur Football Club and Highton Tennis Club.
Upon completing the Myotherapy course in 2002 Brent moved into private practice and also joined the medical and fitness staff at Geelong Football Club providing soft tissue treatment to players in preventative, corrective, and rehab phases of therapy to restore normal integrity of the tissues. Since entering the profession Brent has demonstrated a passion for the industry undertaking further short course education such as Functional Facial Taping (FFT) and remaining an active member of the Myotherapy association (IRMA).
Justine Gilroy
Justine has been practising since 1995. She has a certificate & diploma of remedial massage from the Australian School of Therapeutic Massage.
Justine has also completed further studies in Myofascial Dry Needling, Advance sports injury management and muscle energy technique.
Justine has been involved working at elite sporting events and teams, 5 years at Geelong Football Club and 4 years with the Australian Open Tennis competition, she also provided services for some of the 2006 UK Commonwealth Games team athletes. She continues to treat a number of professional and amateur triathletes, swimmers, and runners all varying in ages and disciplines.
Justine also treats a range of symptoms related to TMJ problems.
Jude Sharp
Jude has been a practising Relaxation massage therapist for 10 years and a remedial Therapist for 5 she has a Diploma Of Remedial Massage from The Melbourne College of Natural Therapies, Jude has also completed post Graduate studies in Lymphatic Drainage Massage From the Melbourne Lymphatic Drainage Centre and recently completed Training in Oncology massage at the Sydney Adventist Hospital under the expert guidance of Eleanor Oyston one of the leaders in oncology massage training.
Jude has experience in treating a wide range of health related conditions ranging from Lymphodeama, Cancer recovery, Depression anxiety stress management, Migraine and Muscular aches pains and stiffness, she treats each client as an individual and promotes total wellbeing for good health and vitality.
Other relaxation treatments that Jude offers are Hot stone massage, Reiki and Ear candling.