Physio Academy

MHSc, PGDip HSc endorsed in HPE, Dip MDT, Cred MDT

Margaret graduated from the AUT School of Physiotherapy in 1991. Physiotherapy has allowed her travel extensively, and she brings a global perspective to physiotherapy management having worked in both the public and private health sectors in New Zealand, Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom. Margaret has been an undergraduate and postgraduate clinical educator for 15 years. She is passionate about creating education environments that cultivate collective learning experiences which are fun, draw out learners’ curiosity, make learners feel comfortable to question and challenge the status quo and which use reflective practice processes to evaluate and inform development of professional practice. Her post graduate study and research has had two primary focuses, the application of the McKenzie Approach to musculoskeletal management and the theory and practice of health professional education. Currently Margaret works as a Professional Practice Fellow at the Otago School of Physiotherapy Dunedin. Additionally she is an instructor with the McKenzie Institute, teaching their postgraduate courses within New Zealand.

Ciaran is a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist who completed undergraduate and postgraduate training at Auckland University of Technology. He is passionate about translating and sharing knowledge into digestible, practical and actionable material. Currently he teaches for various weekend workshops centered on motor learning and peripheral neurological assessment and management. Specific areas of interest include strength and conditioning, motor control assessment, neurological injuries, thoracic outlet syndrome, neuromuscular retraining and active flexibility development.