Meet the Home Physio Melbourne team

Abdul Abdirahman graduated from La Trobe University in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences majoring in Human Physiology and Anatomy, which fuelled his desire to complete his Masters of Physiotherapy Practice at La Trobe University in 2021.

Throughout his studies, Abdul gained a significant interest in knee and shoulder biomechanics and injuries and vertigo related conditions. During his time at university, he performed several research-based projects focusing on these specific areas. Abdul also has experience treating conditions of the elbow and hand, hip, headaches, TMJ pain, running related injuries and conditions of the spine including low back pain and neck pain. Abdul has completed his post graduate qualifications in dry needling and Pilates and provides a holistic physiotherapy treatment involving a combination of manual therapy and evidence-based exercise prescription to get his patients back to doing what they love, pain-free.

Abdul has an active lifestyle outside of physiotherapy, including hiking on weekends and boxing every other day. His interests include film photography, sports and spending time with his family and cat.

Courtney Griffin-Jones is particularly interested in areas such as osteoporosis, mental health, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes (Type 1 & type 2) and neurological conditions; as well as general signs of ageing (sarcopenia) including balance and falls prevention. She has previously facilitated the Life! Program run by Diabetes Victoria and has extensive knowledge in managing both Diabetes Cardiovascular diseases through lifestyle changes. She strongly believes that exercise can be used as medicine and should be both fun and exciting! Courtney examines every aspect of a person’s lifestyle in order to ensure a holistic approach to care before developing a comprehensive plan to improve their health. During her spare time, Courtney enjoys cooking, watching Marvel and Horror movies, water sports and travel.

Isabel Thomas completed her Masters of Physiotherapy at La Trobe University. Through experiences working in the disability sector, Isabel has discovered her passion for working in collaboration with patients, enabling and empowering them to achieve their goals. She has a keen interest in paediatric, musculoskeletal and women’s health conditions and enjoys working with a wide variety of clients.

She finds providing patient-centred and tailored care to her patients while getting to know them well to be the most rewarding part of the job.

Outside of work, you will find Isabel at the beach, enjoying a book or scoping out new restaurants.

Jodie Fairweather is a Masters Qualified Art Therapist. Additionally, Jodie’s rich lived experience creates a client-therapist relationship which is enveloped in understanding and a calm, non-judgemental space. Working with both children and adults, Jodie’s focus is assisting clients to understand their emotions, behaviours and patterns, through arts expression, relaxation and curiosity. This promotes positive functioning and an ability to live a wonderful fulfilled life with positive relationships and outcomes.

Being eager to help others and a love of creativity, Art Therapy has become Jodie’s passion and fulfills her everyday. Jodie has a gentle, calm nature with a fun generous personality, she loves meeting and helping new people. Jodie has two sons and lives a full life in the Eastern side of Melbourne going camping, exploring the beach and nature, being creative, cooking and indoor plants. Jodie services the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne with flexibility around locations. Availability varies please enquire.

Megan Pinto is currently in her 4th year of Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours) at Monash University.

Through her studies and placements, Megan has taken an interest in neurological conditions and the paediatric population. She is an eager student and would love to work with a variety of different patients and conditions to further her learning in order to become a great physiotherapist when she graduates. She is passionate about building relationships with her patients and empowering them to be an active participant in their health.

Megan lives within the South-eastern suburbs, and her current availability is Fridays; however, can accommodate for other days when not on university placement. She also works at Chemist Warehouse where she has developed her interpersonal skills.

Outside of work and studies, Megan enjoys travelling and experiencing different cultures. A little closer to home, she enjoys eating her way through Melbourne’s endless restaurants (her favourite cuisine is Italian) and going for long walks with her dog, Hugo.

Ram Cheung is a recent graduate from Monash University. He is passionate about helping individuals achieve their goals and get better on their feet by providing personalised exercise program, education and manual therapy.

He has placement experience in both public and private practice settings from which he has developed his clinical and interpersonal abilities, including acute care, sub-acute neurological rehabilitation, musculoskeletal rehabilitation and community.

Ram has a genuine desire to continually improve his physiotherapy practice in the community. In his spare time, Ram enjoys playing basketball, working out in the gym, walking along the beach and grabbing a good flat white.

Stefan Lai is currently a 4th year physiotherapy student studying at La Trobe University.

While Stefan is on his placements, he had an opportunity to try out community rehab physiotherapy. Stefan’s area of interest is the musculoskeletal aspect of physiotherapy and looking to pursue that further.

Stefan lives on the Western Suburbs, and is very flexible with his timetable.

He has worked at Crown Casino, Commonwealth Bank and worked at a finance company (AxcessToday).

Stefan love encouraging others and strives to improve the lives of his clients and himself.

Yonali Alexander is an Allied Health Assistant and a final year Doctor of Physiotherapy student at The University of Melbourne.

She has previously completed a Bachelor of Science (Honours) at Monash University. During her time on physiotherapy placements at various community and hospital settings, she developed a special interest in Neurological Physiotherapy.

She is passionate about supporting her patients through their rehabilitation to progress towards their goals and have fun doing so. Fun fact: she enjoys staying active and is a big sweet tooth and always has extra space for dessert!