STOPS.physio integrates commonly used with innovative new treatment methods underpinned by the evidence base. The result is highly effective treatment and optimal patient outcomes.
Jon Ford
Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, PhD
Jon’s research and clinical interest is specific treatment for people with musculoskeletal pain and particularly low back pain. He is the Physiotherapy Discipline Lead at La Trobe University and also the Clinical Director of Advance Healthcare where he leads a multi-disciplinary team working with persistent pain problems.
He has recently published the Specific Treatment of Problems of the Spine (STOPS) clinical trial as well as numerous other studies on the relative importance of pathoanatomical versus non-pathoanatomical factors in clinical decision making.
Andrew Hahne
Physiotherapist, PhD
Andrew is passionate about helping people with musculoskeletal conditions, particularly low back pain. He is an equity holder in a physiotherapy private practice and has over 15 years experience in the specific treatment of low back pain. Andrew has particular expertise in assessing and treating lumbar disc herniation with associated radiculopathy, having completed his PhD in 2011 at La Trobe University on this topic (as part of the STOPS trials). He now combines clinical practice with an academic teaching and research role at La Trobe.
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