Our Team
Nick Schembri
B.Physio
Physiotherapist
Nick is a graduate of the University of Western Sydney with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy with Distinction and is a practising member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA).
Nick has a clinical interest in injury rehabilitation and sports, and grew up playing soccer, where he experienced a few injuries of his own. Nick is also a qualified Sports Trainer Level 1 and has experience working with National Premier League teams including Blacktown Spartans and Fraser Park Football Club.
Nick’s professional and personal experience in Sports, Community Physiotherapy and Disability helps him tailor treatments to each person’s unique goals and circumstances. Nick incorporates a variety of treatment strategies, including manual therapy and exercise prescription, to ensure his patients get the best possible outcome from their sessions. Nick is passionate about exercise and health promotion and uses education to provide holistic care to his patients.
Outside of the clinic, you’ll find Nick training in the gym, hiking and playing music.
Awards:
- Three times Dean’s Merit Recipient for Academic Excellence (Western Sydney University)
Ben Cronin
DPT M.Chiro B.Sc
Physiotherapist & Chiropractor
Ben is one of a handful of people in Sydney dual qualified as both a physiotherapist and chiropractor. Ben has led Willoughby Physiotherapy and Chiropractic since 2011, while also consulting in Gerringong one day per week.
Ben has a clinical interest in managing recurrent and chronic low back pain. He combines skills from both physiotherapy and chiropractic to tailor individual plans to help people return to day to day activities, exercise and sport. He takes time to understand the history of the condition and set achievable goals specific to each person.
Ben also manages neck pain and headache, and pain in shoulder, elbow, hip, knee and ankle joints. As a keen runner, he has an interest in managing running injuries and has helped many runners of all levels stay on the road, track and trails. Ben is passionate about helping people lead an active life, whatever that means to them. He believes activity and exercise is important for health, but it is most important that it is enjoyable. Exercises and activity that is prescribed will always be based around things that people like to do.
Awards:
- University Medal for Physiotherapy
- Macquarie University Academic Excellence Award (For attaining average grade of 90/100)
- APA Academic Excellence Prize - Doctor of Physiotherapy
- Clinical Practice Excellence Prize - Doctor of Physiotherapy
- Research Excellence Prize - Doctor of Physiotherapy