Private
Practice
Willem is a registered physiotherapist with more than thirty
years of clinical experience in the treatment of musculoskeletal
conditions.
This includes sports physiotherapy on provincial
and international level, trauma rehabilitation in the mining industry,
and general private practice.
His private practice is situated in Roodepoort
(Western Greater Johannesburg Council), South Africa (more
about the practice...)
The fields of professional practice include:
• The identification
and treatment of playing- and work-related injuries in musicians
and office workers (read
more…)
• The treatment
and rehabilitation of the full range of musculoskeletal problems
experienced after the surgical and radiotherapeutic treatment of
breast- and other cancers (read more…) as well as lymphoedema.
• Treatment and
rehabilitation of general musculoskeletal problems after joint replacements,
injury, or general overuse and ageing. This includes back, neck,
and headaches of acute and chronic nature.
Track Record
• 1991 to present:
Private practice Roodepoort
• 1986 to 1991:
Control Physiotherapist, Chamber of Mines (Cottesloe) Hospital,
Johannesburg
• 1982 to 1986:
Head of Physiotherapy, Westvaal Hospital, Vaal Reefs Gold
Mine, Orkney
• 1981 to 1982:
General Private Practice, Nelspruit
• 1977 to 1981:
General Private Practice, Ladysmith, Kwazulu Natal
• 1976:
Qualified
as Physiotherapist with the National Diploma in Physiotherapy,
University of Pretoria |
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Academic
Development
Academic growth involved self-study through special
interest in musculo-skeletal problems and treatments.
This led to expertise being built up in
the treatments of sports injuries, spinal problems, musculoskeletal
problems of musicians and office workers, and chronic conditions
where fascia and connective tissue can be identified as the source
of the problem.
Active as
Graduate Dissector in the School of Anatomical Sciences of the University
of the Witwatersrand Medical School in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Special attention was paid to the inter-relationships of anatomical
structures on the connective tissue
and fascial
level and how this relates to
function and pathology.
At present, emphasis is on finding solutions to pain and dysfunction syndromes
after tissue scarring and fibrosis. The more detailed understanding of interrelationships
and function led to the development of an upgraded movement model for
therapy, presented in courses internationally.
Track Record
• 2009 (February): Course - Anatomy Trains® Foundation and Manual Therapies, presented by Tom Myers, Johannesburg
• 2008: Course - Research Techniques, Wits
• 2007 to present:
Masters of Science student in the School of Anatomical Sciences,
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg, South Africa
• 2007: Course
- Balancing the Neck with Tom Myers, Boston, USA
• 2002 to 2006:
Graduate Dissector, School of Anatomical Sciences, University
of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
• 2001: Course
- Viscerofascial Release with Stuart Robinson, Johannesburg
• 1996: Course - Posture and Soft Tissue Course with Francine St George in Johannesburg |
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Presenting & Development
Activities
Track Record
• 2008 (October):
Invited speaker - British Lymphology Society Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland
(read more…)
• 2007 (October):
Oral presentations and attending - First International Fascia Research Congress, Boston, USA
(read more…)
• 2007: Attended: The Fascial
and Soft Tissue Conference, Gateshead, United Kingdom
• 2006 (September): Invited speaker -
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapists Annual Congress,
Birmingham, United Kingdom
(read more…)
• 2006 (April): Guest Speaker: ACPOM Study Day, Southend, United Kingdom
(read more…)
• 2004: Guest speaker: Oncology
Study Day, Christie Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
(read more…)
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