ABOUT ME
I’m Dave Morarty and I’m a proud co-founder, member and partner of Physiohealth since its inception in August 1994. I started the Physio Undergrad course at Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences in 1988 and graduated with a degree from La Trobe Uni in 1991 after that institution took over Lincoln. I completed a Post Grad Sports Diploma in 1996-7 in the same group with Don Perriman and Jim Dimitropoulos who work with me at the Mt Waverley clinic.
Justin McEvoy was my first boss and an ex-swimming team mate and we became co-founders of Physiohealth. We based our approach on excellent manual skills and above all great patient care. Our motto was to make every patient we saw feel like the most important patient of the day.
We applied our philosophy to all patients, both sporting and sedentary, and worked hard to build a business and imbue our staff with the same enthusiasm. We are proud of the staff that have joined and stayed with us both clinical staff and support staff. We have also found that physios we have trained and have left have been successful in their own businesses.
MY APPROACH
My method is simple. Build a positive relationship with the patient, establish some common agreed treatment goals. Treat people intensively like they are an ‘elite athlete ‘- with excellent manual skills and management of the injury. Engage the patient in the correct rehab program.
CAREER HIGHLIGHT
In 2005 I was selected as a physiotherapist to work with the Australian Swim Team at the FINA World Championships in Montreal as well as Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne in 2006. One of my greatest highlights was also being selected for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
