Kate Phillips

About Kate

Kate is the Clinical Director of ‘myPhysioSA pelvic health’, and also works publicly at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital where she holds the position of Head of Unit, Women’s Health Physiotherapy and has worked in this team for over 10 years.
Kate has a special interest in women’s and pelvic health physiotherapy and has undertaken postgraduate study in these fields at the University of Melbourne, as well as completing research into these areas.

Areas of Interest

• Persistent pelvic and sexual pain conditions
• Pelvic floor concerns including bladder and bowel conditions
• Pelvic organ prolapse
• Pregnancy and postnatal care
• Paediatric pelvic health

Accomplishments

• Master of Physiotherapy, University of Melbourne (2014 – 2015)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Paediatric Physiotherapy, University of Melbourne (2015)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation, University of Melbourne (2014)
• Nomination for Women’s and Children’s Health Network Excellence Awards for improving services for women with Persistent Pelvic Pain with the WCH Women’s Physiotherapy team (2023)
• Poster presentation (Chronic Pelvic Pain) accepted for the World Congress of Endometriosis Conference (2020)
• Poster presentation (Postnatal Digital Class Evaluation), Allied Health Research Forum (2019)
• Podium presentation at the Continence Foundation of Australia Conference (2016)
• Women’s and Children’s Hospital Friends Fellowship recipient (2015-2016)

Affiliations

• Member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association Women’s, Men’s and Pelvic Health Group (SA committee member 2015 – 2022)
• Member of the Continence Foundation of Australia
• Member of Women’s Health Training Associates
• Member of the Adelaide Pelvic Pain Network

Research

• Beaumont, T., Phillips, K., Hull ML. & Green, R. (2022). Does group physiotherapy improve pain scores and reduce the impact of pelvic pain for women referred with persistent pelvic pain? A clinical trial. Journal of Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain DisordersBeaumont, T., Phillips, K., Hull ML. & Green, R.
• Green, R., Mardon AK., Beaumont, T., Phillips, K. & Chalmers, KJ. (2022). The accessibility of pelvic health physiotherapy for adolescents with persistent pelvic pain: a qualitative framework analysis. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice.
• Beaumont, T. & Phillips, K. (2021). Showcasing a model of care for women who sustain an obsetric anal sphincter injury at an Australian tertiary hospital. Australian and New Zealand Continence Journal. 27(2):32-39.
• Goode, K., Beaumont, T. & Kumar, S. (2019). Timing is everything: an audit of process and outcomes from a pilot advanced scope physiotherapy model of care for women with pelvic floor conditions, Clinical Audit, (11): 1-10.
• Goode, K. (2018). Evaluation of a digital health resource providing physiotherapy information for postnatal women in a tertiary public hospital in Australia. mHealth. 4-42.
• Beaumont, T. & Goode, K. (2017). Identifying the pathway to conservative pelvic floor physiotherapy in a tertiarty public hospital in Australia: a restrospective audit. Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice. 15(2).