Practitioners December 13th, 2019TeaWS
Practitioners
Inner North Osteopathy prides itself on a number of things: passion, dedication, and maintaining our practice standards to ensure we are using evidence based practice. This means utilising client centered care including education and management advice. We aim to provide you with the tools to be in control of your pain and enjoy the life you choose.

Sudi De Winter
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Amy Lawton
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Lucy Hodgson
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Jan Buchanan
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Sam Williams
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Sudi De Winter
Sudi graduated from RMIT in 2004 and has been working in private practice since.
Sudi treats a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions and has a special interest in running/sports injuries and chronic pain. Sudi is passionate about active management in healthcare and empowering the patient.
Running injuries are comprehensively assessed including video analysis of running technique. Management often includes strength/rehab exercises, running retraining with simple cues and education and advice for running load/training.
Chronic pain treatment is highly individualised but often includes pain education, mindfulness and cognitive approaches and graded exercise therapy. Sudi’s goal is to re-instil a confidence into the patient and their body.

Amy Lawton
Amy has been a qualified Osteopath since 2012 and uses dry needling therapy to compliment her osteopathic skills. The primary health care role of an osteopath is important to Amy who takes a holistic approach to her treatment emphasising overall well being and implementing long term self management strategies to help her patients’ regain optimal functionality and pain- free motion.

Lucy Hodgson
Lucy graduated from RMIT in 2004. Since this time she has been working in private practice around Melbourne. Lucy has completed post-graduate study in Osteopathy in the cranial field, and working with children and exercise rehabilitation.
Lucy believes strongly in a team care approach in order to provide the best results for the individual. She enjoys working with other practitioners and modalities to help get the most out of treatment. Lucy believes that good clinical outcomes are important to try and achieve longer overall health benefits.

Jan Buchanan
Jan completed her Diploma of Remedial Massage at ACNM in 2005, although she has formally been involved with massage during her studies since 2002.
Her history is working with people that have physical stresses that relate to their body use in a work environment.
Treatment focus is to release myofascial tension to relieve postural stress, move towards better alignment & movement patterns.
A combination of techniques may be employed to achieve this, including myofascial release, cupping, trigger point therapy, deep tissue massage, muscle energy techniques, facilitated stretching & manual lymphatic drainage massage.
She sees her role in massage as a facilitator to direct the body to heal itself.

Sam Williams
Sam graduated from RMIT University in 2017. With an extensive history in various sports and modalities of fitness, including personal training, Sam works with clients to reduce their levels of pain while optimizing the functionality of the body as a whole.
Whether your pain is acute or chronic, Sam emphasises that all patients should leave the clinic with a far better understanding of their pain, including what they are experiencing and why. Holistic treatments include manual therapy, strengthening and stretching exercises, as well as promoting increased awareness and ergonomic adjustments throughout the patient’s day to day life. All in an attempt to ensure rehabilitation and ongoing maintenance rather than respite.