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Shari has been in private practice, specialising in both conservative and post-operative management of spinal rehabilitation for the past fourteen years.
She works closely with a team of Neuro and Orthopaedic surgeons, and treats patients pre and post operatively through to final rehabilitation.
Shari’s practise has a back rehabilitation ‘school’. Patients can attend both Pilates and Gyrokinesis classes which Shari studied internationally and has found to be of great benefit for restoring function.
In 1998 Shari attended her first Osteopathy course at Michigan State University. She has attended all their post-graduate courses over the last 5 years and has incorporated these skills into her physiotherapy practice.
She teaches both locally and internationally. Her courses are based on extensive clinical experience, integrating muscle energy techniques with exercise prescription, incorporating the clinical applications of Pilates and Gyrokinesis.

POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION

Neurodevelopmental Therapy (Bobarth)
3 months, Mary Quintin, Wits University 1980
Orthopaedic Manipulative Therapy OOrthopaedic Manipulative Therapy
120 hours, Wits University 1981
Gwen Jull. OMT
40 hours, Wits University, Johannesburg 1988
McConnell Shoulder and Knee course
4 days, Australia 1994
Karltenborn, Evjenth
30 hours Advanced Extremity
30 hours Advanced Spinal
12 hours TMJ (Australian Institute of Nordic Manual Medicine), Australia 1994
David Butler - Chronic Pain
Levels 1 & 2, USA 1995
Francine St George
12 hours - Soft Tissue Release, Australia 1996
Shirley Sahrmann
3 days - Postural Assessment and Muscle Imbalance Australia 1996
Pilates - Australian Dance Medicine
40 hours, Craig Smith, Australia1997
Sacro-Iliac Dysfunction
2 days - Loren Rex, Australia 1997
Principles of Manual Medicine
40 hours - Michigan State University, Osteopathic College 1999
Muscle Energy - Level I
40 hours - Michigan State University, Osteopathic College 2000
Direct Action Thrust
30 hours - Michigan State University, Osteopathic College 2000
Exercise Prescription
30 Hours - Michigan State University, Osteopathic College 2001
Stott Pilates
40 hours Mat Intensive - Cape Town, 2000
60 hours Reformer - Cape Town, 2000
Intergrated Lumbar Spine
2 days - Mark Comerford - UK, 2001
Motor Control and Neurophysiology of Pain in Lumbo Pelvic Area
Paul Hodges, Lorimer Mosley - Montreal, 2001
The Pelvis - Restoring Function, Relieving Pain
Diane Lee - Cape Town, 2002
Muscle Energy – Level II
40 hours – Michigan State University, Osteopathic College 2002
Lumbo-Pelvic Instability, Diagnosis and Management
Peter O’Sullivan – Cape Town 2002
Gyrotonics – Level I (Teachers training)
Juliu Horvorth – Rome October 2002

EMPLOYMENT

Own private practice, specialising in post-operative spinal surgery
General spinal rehabilitation
Sports injuries specialising in shoulder and knee dysfunctions
Certified instructor for McConnell Institute in South Africa
Instructor on post-graduate courses, listed below:

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP OR AFFILIATIONS

SASP (South African Society of Physiotherapists)
IASP (International Association for the Study of Pain)

WORKSHOPS PRESENTED

1995, San Diego
2nd Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back and Pelvic Pain
Topic - Rehabilitation of Post Surgical Spines
1996, South African Sports Medicine Congress
Topic - Rehabilitation of the Sporting Shoulder
1998, Vienna
3rd Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back and Pelvic Pain
Topic - Stabilisation of the Pelvis in Sports using the Triple S Program
1999 - 2002, United Kingdom, South Africa and Namibia
2 day course - Role of the Sacroiliac Joint in Sports Injuries and Low Back Pain

2 day course - Linking the Lumbar Spine and Pelvis using Muscle Energy Techniques and Exercise Prescription to enhance function

2 day course - Clinical Pilates for Specific Rehabilitation of the Neck and Shoulder