Family owned and operated, employing local talent.

At Advanced Physio Solutions our goal is simple – we want to help you enjoy movement and feel great doing it.

Whether you’re young and fit, an older person looking for new ways to keep moving, a new mum not knowing how to get back to it, undertaking prehab or rehab, or a total gym junkie – we have a variety of skills and classes to help you reach your goals!

Meet our team

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Nick Rendell

Senior Physiotherapist

Nick is our senior physiotherapist and encourages exercise based treatment for the best possible long term result. He is a strong believer in training for the correct muscle use and sustaining body strength to prevent the recurrence of injury. Nick is able to treat acute pain symptoms not only with his hands on approach, but also with the use of dry needling.

Nick treats a diverse range of injuries, with a particular interest in knee related cases, including ACL, hamstring and ankle injuries. He also has great knowledge regarding upper limb injuries including shoulder bursitis, impingement and rotator cuff tears. Nick has a strict manner towards trusting the body and what it can handle, and with consistent reassurance, he continues to obtain great results with his patients.

Nick enjoys being involved and helping in the community through sponsorship, representing the clinic at events, as well as the use of our studio for local sporting clubs. Nick also makes every opportunity to be available for public speaking, sharing with others the benefits of physiotherapy and the importance on keeping the body moving.

DMA Clinical Pilates, APA Member, Neuromuscular Dry Needling Level 1

Kara Rendell

Practice Manager / Pilates Instructor

Kara is the backbone of our team at Advanced Physio Solutions. She project managed the renovation of our historic building for 3 years from start to finish and now manages the practice on all levels.

Kara comes with years of experience as a personal trainer, running both small and large group fitness sessions. These include boxing, tabata, metafit, bootcamps, circuit and HIIT. She also conducts individualised personal training sessions with a wide range of clients.

Advanced Physio Solutions are home to a state of the art pilates studio. After completing multiple pilates courses, Kara’s sole focus is now to deliver her knowledge in some of the most incredible and unique reformer based classes.

If you haven’t booked in for a pilates class with Kara, please go to the ‘Kara Pilates’ tab on the menu bar to book your spot online.

Tyler Kelly

Physiotherapist

Tyler recently moved to Moonta from Adelaide to begin his career at Advanced Physio. He choose physio for a number of reasons, mainly so he would be able to directly help people and work with them to achieve their goals.

Tyler is quite social and loves developing interpersonal relationships with people, so physio is a great fit. He is a very talented all rounder sportsman and has a genuine caring nature helping him fit into our community seamlessly.

He finds the human body incredibly interesting and loves the critical thinking associated with the job. He is a firm believer that movement is the best medicine, but that is not to say that he doesn't see the merit in hands on therapy too. “I think its our job as physio's is to figure out the balance between these two treatments to maximise results for each individual patient. I've loved learning to implement clinical movements using the Pilates equipment with my treatments, and seeing just how effective it can be.”

Tyler is looking forward to working with his patients through all of their issues no matter how big or small.

Qualifications

DMA Clinical Pilates, APA Member

Elisa D'amiico

Elisa is our gorgeous Italian Dancer. She is qualified in Pilates and Barre and has a background as a dancer in Frosinone, Italy.

During her dance training she used Pilates to prevent injuries and to maintain her healthy body.

She is passionate about helping others develop their own skills and awareness of their bodies to achieve their long term goals.

Elisa has incredible knowledge of the human body, providing progressions or regressions depending on the individual. With class sizes capped at five, she will not miss a beat with all eyes on you!

Most of all, Elisa shines with life enthusiasm and you will walk away from every class feeling her energy!

Lahni Smith

Lahni joined the team in early 2022 after relocating to the Yorke Peninsula to continue her physio career which she started in Adelaide. She is no stranger to country living though- growing up on the Eyre Peninsula and in the Barossa Valley. Lahni loves the lifestyle that being a rural Physio offers and equally loves being able to offer Physio services to the rural community!

Lahni enjoys working with a variety of clients and presentations. Her main goal is to provide reassurance, education and guidance to help you feel confident with what your body can do through different phases of an injury, diagnosis or life stage. Exercise is a big part of her treatment toolkit, but also recognises the benefits of hands on treatment too.

Lahni is a qualified PINC Cancer Rehab Physio and has also completed the Oncology Scar Specialist training through Restore Therapy. She has experience in the Return to Work, NDIS and orthopaedic rehab spaces. Lahni also teaches some of our ‘Kara Pilates’ exercise classes.

Outside of the clinic you could find Lahni on the netball court, at her sewing machine, listening to music or enjoying time with family and friends.