Henry Wajswelner

Henry was one of the first to qualify as a Specialist in Sports Physiotherapy in 1997. He obtained his Clinical Doctorate from the University of Melbourne in 2011 with his doctoral research thesis, a randomized controlled trial of Clinical Pilates versus General Exercise in the Management of Chronic Low Back Pain.

Through working with elite, club level and school-age rowers, Henry has developed his specialty in the management of spinal pain and particularly thoracic problems. He developed the Thoracic Spine in Sport Course for the APA that he continues to teach.

Henry was previously the Chairman of Sports Physiotherapy Australia, and more recently the Clinical Manager and Specialist Physiotherapist at DMA Clinical Pilates Physiotherapy in South Yarra. 

With this background he has applied his knowledge of Pilates-based treatment in the elite sporting sphere to all sufferers of chronic spinal and lumbo-pelvic pain. He is very experienced in assessing and co-managing difficult, chronic or complex injuries with his fellow Sports Medicine Practitioners, with particular focus on those problems not responding to previous treatment.

As part of his passion for clinical education and teamwork, Henry Wajswelner has recently taken over as Co-ordinator of the Master of Sports Physiotherapy Program at Latrobe University.