Cathy Doring is the Principal and owner of Cathy Doring Physiotherapy, which was established in its current Jindalee location in 2009. She is an APA Titled Tier 2 Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist with more than 25 years of experience in treating sports and musculoskeletal injuries in a wide variety of settings including a number of private practices that she has owned in New South Wales and Queensland. She has also volunteered as a physiotherapist with Team Singapore as part of the Medical Team at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
Cathy has used her extensive knowledge in her work as a clinical educator with Physiotherapy Masters students at the University of Queensland, and to deliver educational programs and presentations for:
- Personal trainers – training with injuries, training during pregnancy
- Sporting Clubs
- Arthritis Foundation
- Sports Trainers - Lvl 1 and 2 Courses
- Hospital Settings – Workplace Health and Safety for nurses, biomedical scientists and other health professionals
In her spare time, Cathy enjoys a variety of outdoor activities including bush walking and water sports.
Special Interest Areas: Difficult, acute and severe back and neck pain.
Cathy has completed more than 70 continuing education courses in the diagnosis and treatment of sports injuries and musculoskeletal conditions, including:
- Peripheral Mobilisation
- Janda – Muscle Strength & Imbalance
- Mechanical Diagnosis & Therapy of the Spine
- Neck & Shoulder Symposium
- Concepts of Examination and Management of Spinal Pain
- Peripheral Mobilisation 1
- Peripheral Mobilisation 2
- Aspects of Sports Medicine
- Vertebral Mobilization l.
- Vertebral Mobilization ll.
- Knee Symposium
- A.G.M. Conference ’85
- How To Conduct Fitness Classes
- Ralph Barker Course
- Rehabilitation of Acute & Chronic Knee Conditions
- Use of Fascial Techniques for the Prevention & Treatment of Sports Injuries
- Basic Sports Medicine Course
- Post Graduate Course in Sports Medicine
- Electrotherapy Update
- Biomechanical Evaluation & Treatment of the Lower Limb
- Knee Course
- Vertebral Mobilization lll
- The Clinical Relevence of Adverse Brachial Plexus Tension
- Back Trilogy
- Postural Correction Using Techniques & Exercise Therapy
- Sports Injury Prevention Program
- McKenzie Cervical Spine Course
- Sports Weekend
- Hand Therapy Course
- M.P.A.A. Conference
- N.E.R.G. Meeting
- McKenzie Cervical Spine Course Part”C”
- Australian Orthotics Laboratory Course
- Ankle Course
- Annual General Meeting
- Knee & Ankle Assessment
- Cervical Spine Differentiation Course
- Mobilisation of the Nervous System
- Performing at Your Peak
- Shoulder Professional Development Course
- Whiplash Course
- M.P.A.A. Conference: Clinical Solutions
- The Sporting Spine
- M.T.S.G. Symposium
- The Acute Lumbar Spine
- A Pilates Approach to the Management of Spinal Dysfunction
- Lyn Watson Shoulder Course
- Functional Restoration Course
- Lyn Watson shoulder Course II
- Regular Inservices
- MPAA conference
- Lecturer for CEC accredited courses for Personal trainers
- MPAA conference
- Orthopaedic Update
- Ridgway Method
- Treating the brain in Chronic Pain
- Optimizing 3D Biomechanics
- The pelvis and lumbar spine
- Dizzy Bits Professional Development Session
- Australian Conference of Science & Medicine in Sport: National Injury Prevention Conference
- MPAA breakfast
- Movement System Impairments of the Lumbar Spine and Hip: Relationships and implications
- MPAA conference: The Physiotherapy Profession – Identity, Practice and Boundaries
- Physiotherapy Business Growth Series (Brisbane)
- Headache Update: The Sensitive New Age Migraine Webinar
- Chronic Ankle Instability – Webinar
- Issues Around the Ischium
- The Sporting Hip
- Cervicogenic Dizziness,VBI and BPPV
- APA Breakfast 2013
- Cervical Dysfunction: Whiplash – Where to from here?
- A New Perspective on LBP and its Management
- APA Conference 2013: Group Streams – Musculoskeletal, Sports
- APA Conference 2015: Group Streams – Musculoskeletal, Sports
- APA Physiotherapy Breakfast
- Tennis Elbow: Current Research and Clinical Implications
