HealthArt Physiotherapy

0408 912 248

Kathryn Skelsey, the founder of HealthArt Physiotherapy, is a mobile and telehealth physiotherapist with over 30 years' experience in the public hospital and private practice settings. 

Kathryn is available for home visits to adult or aged people in the southern Sydney metropolitan area for the care and remediation of their musculoskeletal, orthopaedic, neurological and metabolic conditions, injuries and disabilities. 

Kathryn can also provide consultation sessions via telehealth (telephone or video conferencing) to people across Australia. 

She employs her expertise in exercise therapy and rehabilitation; muscle, trigger point and connective tissue massage and stretching; and joint mobilisation; to promote physical activity and achieve improvements in your physical health.

Until April 2022, Kathryn also worked as the primary Permanent Part-time Physiotherapist for the Metabolic Rehabilitation and Bariatric Surgical Programs, at Camden Hospital (Macarthur Health Service). The programs are achieving groundbreaking results for patients' weight loss and health through exercise therapy, nutritional guidance and a multidisciplinary team-based approach. 

Kathryn has also completed contracts as a Research Assistant at Western Sydney University and the University of Sydney to pursue her interest in exercise for diabetes, obesity and other chronic metabolic and endocrine conditions, including pituitary, adrenal and thyroid conditions. From 2015 to 2017 Kathryn was engaged in a Master of Applied Science (Physiotherapy) investigating the perceived benefits of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) for people living with Early Onset Type Two Diabetes.

Kathryn's previous clinical position was as a consultant physiotherapist to the School Therapy Team for Students with a Physical Disability at Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick. She has also worked and engaged in placements in the inpatient areas of women's health, paediatrics, orthopaedic and cardiac surgery and care, stroke rehabilitation, intensive care, as well as musculoskeletal outpatients and community home services, across a number of Sydney and rural NSW hospitals. Kathryn continues to update her skills and knowledge with ongoing professional development.

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Please refer to this website's "Prices & Hours" for more information about the pricing and hours that Kathryn's mobile services offer.

Go to the "Travel Areas" page to see the areas of Sydney that she visits.

View the "Treatment Modalities" page to understand the wide variety of therapy services offered by Kathryn Skelsey, Mobile Physiotherapist.

ABN: 76 921 739 774
Trading as
HealthArt Physiotherapy

AHPRA Physiotherapy
Registration No:
PHY0001151200

Medicare Provider No:
  2132682B
 

QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy)
University of Sydney, 1988

- Certificate of Remedial Massage
Australasian College of Natural Therapies, 1995

- Diploma of Remedial Massage
Endeavour College
of Natural Therapies, 1996

- Bachelor of Fine Arts
(Painting & Drawing)
University of NSW, 2006

- Level One Strength and
Conditioning Coach
Australian Strength and
Conditioning Association, 2012

- Master of Applied Science (Physiotherapy) by Research: Candidate
University of Sydney, Faculty of Health Sciences,
Clinical & Rehabilitation Sciences Research Group, 2015-2017.

Australian Physiotherapy Association Member, since graduation in 1988 to the present.