Inspire Motion Physiotherapy provides expert assessment and treatment for sports injuries. Services include rehabilitation for the sports enthusiast through to performance athletes. Emily has a special interest in individual sports such as any distance road and trail running, swimming, cycling and triathlon.
Services
Strength and Mobility
Build Strength. Restore Confidence. Prevent Re-injury.
Getting back to activity after an injury takes more than just reducing pain – it takes rebuilding strength, stability and confidence. With access to a fully equipped gym, we can provide tailored strength assessments and rehabilitation programmes designed around your individual goals.
Using the VALD Dynamo, we objectively measure your baseline strength, identify areas of weakness and track your progress throughout rehabilitation. These results help guide your treatment plan and ensure your programme evolves as you get stronger.
You'll also receive a personalised home exercise programme to continue your progress between sessions, helping you return to the activities you love and reduce your risk of future injury.
Book a standard appointment or an ACC appointment for specific injury (60 mins)
Manual therapy
Personalised, Evidence-Based Physiotherapy
Every injury and individual is different. We take a thoughtful, clinically reasoned approach to your care, combining evidence-based assessment and treatment to help you move better, feel stronger and achieve your goals.
With a full hour dedicated to your appointment, there's time for a comprehensive assessment, hands-on treatment and a tailored rehabilitation programme without feeling rushed. Treatment may include soft tissue techniques, joint mobilisation, dry needling, taping and clinical Pilates, alongside targeted exercise and movement strategies.
Our focus is on understanding the cause of your symptoms, addressing what matters most to you and providing a treatment plan that supports lasting results – not just short-term relief.
Book a standard appointment or an ACC appointment for specific injury (60 mins)
Pilates
Movement-Based Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation is about more than simply building strength or lifting weights. With a background in Pilates instruction, I bring a strong understanding of movement patterns, body awareness, control and functional strength into my physiotherapy approach.
I incorporate Pilates-inspired principles into individualised rehabilitation programmes, focusing on movement quality, core stability, balance, coordination, flexibility and controlled strength. Exercises are carefully selected and progressed to suit your body, your injury and your goals.
Whether we're working on the gym floor or developing exercises for you to continue at home, the focus is on building strength that translates into better movement in everyday life and the activities you love.
Book a standard appointment or an ACC appointment for specific injury (60 mins)
Bike fit
Get the most out of every ride with our physiotherapy-led bike fitting service. Combining expert knowledge of biomechanics, injury prevention and cycling performance, we take a personalised approach to finding your ideal riding position.
What sets us apart? We have a qualified bike mechanic on hand throughout your fitting, allowing real-time adjustments and the ability to trial a range of different components and parts to see and feel the difference they make. This hands-on approach means we can fine-tune your position and equipment as we go, rather than simply making recommendations.
Whether you're looking to improve comfort, address pain, prevent injury or enhance performance, we'll help you find a setup that works for you.
Bike set up and specific exercises for you (90 mins). Email to book as timing will need coordinating with the mechanic, physio and you
Any further workshop requirements may incur an additional fee.
Animal Physiotherapy
Helping Your Best Friend Move Better
Is your dog less enthusiastic about walks, reluctant to jump, or not quite their usual self? Have you noticed changes in their behaviour, stiffness when getting up, or difficulty getting around? Perhaps they're recovering from surgery, managing an injury, or simply feeling the effects of a long and active life.
Just like us, our pets can benefit from physiotherapy to help them move more comfortably, regain confidence and enjoy life to the fullest.
Animal physiotherapy is a specialist area of physiotherapy requiring extensive postgraduate training and expertise. Our goal is simple: to help your beloved pets move well, feel their best and get back to doing the things they love.
Because every dog deserves to enjoy a happy, comfortable and active life!
Full assessment and treatment 60 mins
Running assessment
Run Stronger, Run Smarter, Run Injury-Free
Take the guesswork out of running. Using slow-motion video technology, we'll analyse your running technique on the treadmill alongside a comprehensive full-body assessment, including strength, flexibility and range of movement. We'll also review your running shoes to identify opportunities to improve comfort, efficiency and support.
By combining these insights, we can identify potential injury risks, provide tailored recommendations and help you run with greater confidence.
Whether you're chasing a new personal best or simply want to enjoy running without pain, we're here to help keep you moving and doing what you love!
Full body assessment advice on optimisation (90mins)
Who is Emily?
Emily graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy in 2004 from University of Southampton in the UK and then went on to work in Oxford, UK in the acute hospital trust. This experience developed her professionalism and clinical expertise in a broad client group. There is probably nothing you can present with that she hasn’t met before. She moved to Australia and completed further studies in:
- Pilates : She is an APPI instructor and also went on to train physiotherapists to become pilates instructors
- Certificate in Orthopaedic Manual Therapy : Advanced treatment techniques to improve headaches, pain and movement dysfunctions causing pain
- Kinetic Link Training : A whole body strengthening method developed in Queensland using resistance training to strengthen the whole body
- Dry Needling : Utilising a fine needle (an acupuncture needle) to treat local muscle pain and dysfunction.
Since moving to Christchurch she has also completed a Post Graduate Diploma (PGDip) in Animal Physiotherapy from University of Liverpool.
What makes this physiotherapist different?
Emily has skills and experience in movement and biomechanics through working in a wide variety of specialisms including animal physio, paediatrics, neuro and musculoskeletal physiotherapy. She looks at the client as a whole including who they are and what they want to achieve. She understands that life can create barriers and wants to inspire people to be their best self through education and support, hands on manual therapy using knowledge gained from up to date research and clinical experience.