Meet our Team
Ahmet Atasay
Physiotherapist / Pilates Instructor
Gabby Leyonhjelm
Osteopath / Pilates Instructor
- treating sporting injuries
- lower back pain
- exercise prescription to get you moving again.
Williamstown Health + Lifestyle Osteopath Cliff Butler treats everyone from the robust tradie with a sporting injury, to the new Mum with neck pain. “I treat everyone with passion, enthusiasm and consideration” Cliff says. “My patients may vary but one thing remains the same; they are ready to make a change to their lifestyle and reap the benefits of treatment.” Cliff is dedicated to sharing his vast knowledge with clients. “I really like finding the cause of patient’s issues and problem solving, the more challenging the case the better.” Further study into headache and concussion management allow Cliff to assist patients that may be struggling with ongoing head and neck pain and sporting/collision injuries.
Special Interests:
- Complex re-occurring running injuries
- Headache + Migraine
- Sacroiliac/pelvic issues
- Post concussion management
Sharyn Burke
Osteopath
- children and adolescents
- visceral and gastrointestinal issues
- headache and migraine
Shane Dunn
Remedial Massage Therapist
Shane is a qualified remedial massage therapist with a goal to keep you pain free and happy. He loves helping people and is focused on providing the best quality care. Out of work Shane has a crazy passion for baseball and loves being out on the field.
Peter’s fascination with the human body in conjunction with his passion for helping others led him to an interest in osteopathy. After sustaining multiple injuries himself playing soccer, as well as working with the local footy club as a sports trainer, he also understands the importance of getting people back to doing what they love.
Peter utilises a range of manual therapy techniques to relieve pain and symptoms and has also completed further training in dry needling. He emphasises the importance of communication and education to ensure his patients are well informed and incorporates a management plan to help them achieve their goals.
Peter has a special interest in the treatment of headaches and migraines as he experiences his own personal battles with head pain. Peter has undertaken further study with the Watson Headache® Institute after experiencing the life changing results from the treatment first hand. He therefore understands and can relate with his patients, providing empathetic and compassionate care to help them manage their condition.
Jessica Martin
Osteopath / Pilates Instructor
Jess is a compassionate and motivated Osteopath and Clinical Pilates Instructor. Jess has worked with the human body for many years, and is passionate about working with you through all stages of your health journey. She has a keen interest in movement and biomechanics and enjoys working with people from all walks of life. She adopts a holistic and evidence informed approach to treatment which includes manual therapy, rehabilitation and injury prevention to ensure you feel informed and empowered.
Jess also has a Certificate IV in Nursing, which has provided her with a unique perspective of the importance of movement when dealing with injury.
Alana Carr
Myotherapist / Pilates Instructor / Remedial Massage Therapist
Alana is an enthusiastic myotherapist and clinical pilates instructor, passionate about helping people manage pain and improve their quality of life.
Alana not only uses her hands on treatment skills to reduce pain and improve mobility but she places a strong emphasis on education and movement therapies.
As a clinical pilates instructor she prescribes corrective exercise advice for her clients. Alana enjoys working with chronic pain, lower back/hip pain and postural related pain clients however also enjoys working with the general population to help reach their health and well being goals.
Osteopath Elizabeth Lynch is passionate about helping others. With 17 years’ experience in Irish Dance, she is also no stranger to injuries herself. It is this vast experience requiring musculoskeletal treatment, which inspired her to follow a career into the field, “I found Osteopathy treatment made a significant improvement in my own recovery from multiple injuries” says Elizabeth.
This understanding is something she has implemented into her practice today, “Letting people know what to expect from the beginning, and putting a plan in place together, makes all the difference in patient recovery.”
For Elizabeth, the goal is simple, “Keeping people doing what they love!”
Special Interests:
- TMJ and headaches
- Wrist pain
- Low back
- Ankles
- Mobility exercises as part of treatment