Kirsten Tatham Physiotherapy

Create your own reality-become free of pain/restriction..

I’m passionate about helping people overcome any pain or disability so they can return to the activities they enjoy and live the life they want.

I have a combination of training and experience (of 20 years) to treat a varied range of pain and dysfunction, from high performance acute sports injuries to chronic pain of years duration, neurological conditions, (orthopaedic) post-surgical and anything in between. I’ll personalise your treatment to you, and refer you where you need to go if  its beyond my scope of practice, as I have a brilliant team of practitioners around me all with the same goal-to help you live your ultimate best life..

After graduating in 2001 from Otago University, I’ve been involved in many different areas of practice; initially a lot of my experience was in sports physio, working with sports teams and sporting injuries. Eventually though, my passion lay in neuro-rehabilitation working with stroke, spinal cord injury, and neurological conditions. The body’s ability to heal itself fascinated me; this was no doubt one of the factors that created my interest and passion in the mind-body connection.. the neuroplasticity in our brains, and the power our thoughts have over our bodies, is extraordinary.

I have worked in my own private practice here in Greytown, while bringing up my kids for the last 14 years, treating all ages, of varied injuries and conditions. And I love it.

In that time I have rehabilitated my own lower back pain and dysfunction and that has given me the gift of even more insight into all systems in the human body, and the effect negative emotions can have on our physical system. In particular, the energy systems in our body and the ‘mind over matter’ quantum physics of quantum healing and the profound effect this can have in healing our bodies. My hypnotherapy training and ongoing learning in quantum healing has given me the ability to help you do this yourself by entering the subconscious part of you and tapping into the autonomic (inner healing) system in your body. 

Any issue you have -understand your body is your ‘messenger’-whether it’s long or short term pain / restriction-stiffness/ dysfunction / injury of musculo-skeletal nature ranging from high-level sporting injuries to everyday common injuries in the workplace and home. I treat soft tissue injuries which include bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles, nerves and basically any pain you have I can most likely treat it or at the very least, point you in the right direction, and help you listen to your own body and heal it yourself.

Being a holistic practitioner, I take an interest in a person as a whole. Pain is caused at many different levels in our bodies.  I use natural therapies to complement my practice allowing my clients to help themselves with their injuries.

Each person has their own lifestyle factors that need to be taken into account and when tailoring treatment to each client I take into account their priorities and time frames enabling them to manage and resolve their injury/pain the best way possible around their own lifestyle factors.

As a qualified physiotherapist, I have a good physiological and anatomical knowledge so you are in safe hands. All treatment and recommendations will be in accordance with the NZ Physiotherapy professional guidelines.