Cait is an Osteopath with a genuine passion for helping people move better, recover confidently, and get back to doing the things they enjoy most. She completed her studies at Victoria University, graduating with a Master of Osteopathy, and has been proudly practicing at Alpha Sports Medicine for the past seven years. Over this time, she has developed extensive experience treating a wide range of musculoskeletal and sporting-related conditions across all ages and ability levels.

Her journey into Osteopathy began as a sports-mad teenager managing persistent knee pain. Like many young athletes, she experienced firsthand the frustration of injury and the impact it can have on confidence, performance, and enjoyment of sport. Through her own rehabilitation, she developed a strong interest in how the body moves, adapts, and recovers, and how the right guidance can make a meaningful difference. This personal experience continues to shape her empathetic, patient-centred approach to care.

Her clinical career has been closely tied to sport from the very beginning. Alongside her work in private practice, she has worked with numerous football clubs, spanning grassroots community teams through to elite-level programs, including Collingwood AFLW and AFL teams. These experiences have provided invaluable exposure to high-performance environments, acute injury management, rehabilitation planning, and the physical and psychological demands placed on athletes competing at the highest level. Working across both community and elite sport has shaped a well-rounded clinical approach that values not only performance outcomes, but also long-term health, resilience, and injury prevention.

She has a particular clinical interest in sporting injuries, junior athletes, and concussion management. Sport places unique stresses on the body, and she enjoys working closely with athletes to understand the specific demands of their sport, training loads, and competition schedules. Her treatment philosophy focuses on identifying and addressing the underlying causes of injury, rather than simply managing symptoms, while empowering patients with the knowledge and tools they need to support their own recovery.

Supporting junior athletes is an area she finds especially rewarding. Young athletes are often navigating periods of rapid growth, increasing training demands, and heightened expectations, all while their bodies are still developing. She places strong emphasis on education, load management, movement quality, and injury prevention strategies to help junior athletes build a solid physical foundation and reduce the risk of long-term issues. She also works closely with parents, coaches, and other health professionals to ensure care is appropriate, collaborative, and athlete centred.

Concussion management and rehabilitation is another key focus of her practice. She has completed additional postgraduate training in concussion management and rehabilitation, enabling her to provide evidence-based assessment, treatment, and return-to-play guidance. She recognises that concussion is a complex injury that can affect physical, cognitive, and emotional wellbeing, and takes a thorough, individualised approach to care. This includes close monitoring of symptoms, graded return-to-activity planning, and clear communication with athletes, families, coaches, and medical teams to support safe and confident recovery. 

Her treatment philosophy closely aligns with the values of Alpha Sports Medicine, where excellence in care, an individualised approach, and strong connections to the local community are central. Cait doesn’t believe in a “one-size-fits-all” approach to healthcare. Every patient presents with a unique history, set of goals, and physical demands, and treatment plans are carefully tailored to reflect this.

She combines hands-on osteopathic techniques with movement assessment, exercise-based rehabilitation, and patient education to create practical and sustainable outcomes. Treatment may include manual therapy, dry needling, taping, strength and conditioning principles, and targeted movement retraining, depending on what is most appropriate for the individual. Clear communication and education are prioritised to ensure patients understand their condition, their recovery process, and how to actively participate in their rehabilitation.

Working within a multidisciplinary sports medicine clinic and sporting environments, Cait is used to collaborating closely with other allied health therapists, sports physicians, strength and conditioning coaches, to ensure patients receive coordinated, high-quality care. This team-based approach is particularly important for complex injuries, high-performance athletes, and concussion management, where shared decision-making and consistent communication are essential.

Outside of clinical practice, she remains deeply interested in sport, movement, and ongoing professional development, and enjoys staying actively involved in both the sporting and local community. She is committed to staying up to date with current research and best practice guidelines to ensure the care she provides reflects the latest evidence. Building strong, trusting relationships with patients is central to her practice, and she believes that collaborative care, education, and long-term planning are key to achieving successful outcomes.