Tony Szekely
Tier 3 Physiotherapist
Mount Barker
About Tony
Tony is an enthusiastic and highly empathetic Senior Physiotherapist with over ten years of experience.
Tony likes to joke that he’s the “Physio allrounder”(trademark) as his expertise spans a wide range of fields, including Sports, Musculoskeletal private practice, Clinical Education, Occupational worksite, Aged care and Public health care system.
His special areas of interest are all things Spinal (lower back, Neck, Middle back), headache & vertigo, Pre and post-operation spinal injuries, Complex Injuries/conditions, persistent pain, as well as advanced exercise prescription, advanced dry needling, sports injuries, extensive manual hands on technique training, strength & conditioning training.
Tony has personal experience with Football and soccer injuries as well as Martial-arts based injuries and Barbell based sports like Powerlifting, strongman, Bodybuilding and cross-fit.
Tony believes in Patient centered care approach to healthcare which involves the patient and physiotherapist to have a collaborative approach to Rehab, allowing patients to have decisions about their own health care and tailoring care to their unique circumstances and goals.
Areas of Interest
- Sports and Musculoskeletal Injuries
- Return to sport
- Spinal assessment, treatment and post op rehab
- vestibular and vertigo rehab
- strength and conditioning
Accomplishments
- Bachelors of Physiotherapy
- Advanced Dry Needling Training – GEMT level 1 and 2
- Mckenzie Lumbar Spine Training (Part A)
- Vestibular Rehabilitation Training
- Pilates Accreditation (Level 5)
- ASCA Strength and Conditioning Course
- Working with Neurodivergent students’ clinical education workshop
- Memberships :Indigenous Allied Health Australia, Australian Physiotherapy Association
