Mr. Colin J Andrews

MSc Clinical Physiotherapy (Sports Maj), BSc (hons) Physiotherapy
Senior Lecturer, Physiotherapy

• Biography

  Colin is an APA Titled Sports & Exercise Physiotherapist.

  He graduated in 2004 from the University of Hertfordshire (UK) having completed an honours project investigating the physiological effects of upper-limb neural-provocation tests.
  Emigratted to Australia via New Zealand in 2009 and completed a post-graduated MSc at Curtin University which involved research into the effects of a return to play circuit on muscle activation patterns in elite hockey players.

  He is the ex-chair of the WA branch of the APA Sports & Exercise committee but is still heavily involved with the committee at a national level.

  Colin has a varied clinical background, predominately involving sports/ musculoskeletal private practice and hospital-based orthopaedic rehabilitation, but has also entailed community-based, gerontology, respiratory and neurological rehabilitation.

• Teaching Areas

  • Principles of Clinical Rehabilitation
  • Physiotherapy through the Lifespan III

• Research Expertise and Supervision

  Current Honours project supervision - Short Stay Arthroplasty Project

• Conference Papers

  • Netto, K.∗, Andrews, C., Graus, K., Manolas, K., Neill, M., Tejani, S., Appleby, B., Rosalie, S. (2017). The effect of a return-to-play circuit on lower limb muscle activation. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 20(1) e32-e66.

• Professional Affiliations

  • Australian College of Physiotherapists - Titled Member
  • Australian Physiotherapy Association
  • Sports Medicine Australia
  • New Zealand Society of Physiotherapists (PNZ)
    Australian Strength and Conditioning Association