Open for 2024! Are you dizzy? Needing help with Balance? We are just the ticket to help you navigate your symptoms and get your life back on balance and upright.
Welcome to Upright Physiotherapy.
We are specialist in the management of vertigo and dizziness regardless of the origins.
Please feel free to call and book an appointment, leave a message if we are busy (and unable to answer) - we shall call you back. As a small practice our admin cover is not full-time, but we have message bank and check several times daily for messages
Alternatively, please click below to book online now. If urgent please call so we can help as soon as possible.
Telehealth services available please call 31528263 or contact to discuss.
Stay UpRight and Keep Your Balance
We provide physiotherapy for all your balance and mobility needs, focusing on clients with neurological, vestibular, dizziness & balance issues.
- DR KATRINA WILLIAMS
Specialist Neurological Physiotherapist
Director, UpRight Physiotherapy
Senior Lecturer, University of Queensland
Services
UpRight Physiotherapist specialises and are the experts in the management of people with vestibular / dizziness, balance and neurological disorders. We are able to provide the highest level of assessment using the latest digital technology to assess the function and integration of the vestibular and neurological systems that promote optimal balance and function. We do this by being the leaders in this field, our team are the designers and teachers of all the vestibular courses other physiotherapists take! Katrina is a founding member of Vestibular Education Australia and Neurological Aging and Vestibular Education.
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Regardless of the cause if you are experiencing imbalance, difficulty moving / walking / dizziness / vertigo, headaches, migraines, difficulty focusing and concentrating, have experienced a concussion or have been diagnosed with a neurological disorder, our physiotherapy team can provide a detailed assessment and develop a targeted treatment to assist in the management of your symptoms and restoration of quality of life. We have strong links with other medical specialist, such as ENT's, Neurologists, Audiologies and Optometrists, whom we can refer for further investigations, medication reviews or treatments should you require a more comprehensive approach. UpRight Physiotherapy services Greater Brisbane and surrounds.
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Concussion | Brain Injuries | Stroke | Cerebral Palsy
+ more
Neurological conditions can impact a persons ability to move and engage in their daily lives.
Our Neurological Physiotherapists are skilled in the identification of abnormal movement that are a result of neurological pathologies and are experts in rehabilitations.
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Unilateral Vestibular Loss | Neuritis | Labrynthitis | Acoustic Neuroma
BPPV + More...
Neurological conditions can impact a persons ability to move and engage in their daily lives.
Our Neurological Physiotherapists are skilled in the identification of abnormal movement that are a result of neurological pathologies and are experts in rehabilitations.
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Dizziness, vertigo, spinning and imbalance are all common terms a person will use to describe a sense of movement of themselves or the world. This is often the cause of a vestibular disorder.
Dizziness | Vertigo | Spinning
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Professional Development | Courses
We also share our expertise with other professional Physiotherapists by providing courses and hosting events to further professional development.
Meet the team
DR KATRINA WILLIAMS PhD FACP
Director + Principal
Katrina is the director and principal of UpRight Physiotherapy. She has over 30 year experience having worked almost exclusively during those years managing people with dizziness and neurological disorders. She has worked all over Australia and the world honing her skills to enhance patient outcomes. Katrina is the only specialist neurological physiotherapist (Fellow of the Australian Physiotherapy College), in Australia with a combined expertise in vestibular (dizziness) pathologies and rehabilitation and with a PhD in this area. Katrina is an International and Nationally sought after lecturer and presenter to medical and allied health professional.
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ETHAN MARRINAN BPhty MAPA
Physiotherapist
Ethan graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy and Honours in research. Since graduation, Ethan has gained experience at major tertiary hospitals including The Prince Charles and Toowoomba Base Hospitals. Ethan has experience with a variety of clinical presentations from his time working in Acute Neuro and Rehabilitation, Orthopaedics, Intensive care and Emergency departments. Ethan has been working as a senior Vestibular Physiotherapist at Logans Hospitals renowned Vestibular Service for the past 5 years and lead this service for the management of peripheral and BPPV related dysfunctions.
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DR LUCY THOMAS PhD MAPA
Physiotherapist
Lucy has over 30 years of experience managing and researching causes of neck, jaw, shoulder pain. She is an expert in the management of whiplash associated issues, cervicogenic dizziness, neck and jaw pain associated migraines. Lucy working with the team at Upright provides a wholistic rounding out of skills needed to manage the complexities of people with dizziness, concussion, surgically managed neurological neck and brain pathology. Lucy works alongside the renowned Dr Julia Treleavan at UQ heading up the Neck and Whiplash and Migraine clinics. Lucy is an International and Nationally sought after lecturer and presenter to medical and allied health professional.
