Our Team

Ben Cronin
DPT M.Chiro. B.Sc.

Physiotherapist and Chiropractor

Ben is one of a handful of people dual qualified as both a physiotherapist and chiropractor. He practiced in Queensland and in the UK, before returning to Sydney. Ben has operated Willoughby Chiropractic Centre 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)
• First Year Academic Excellence Prize - Doctor of Physiotherapy
• Second Year Academic Excellence Prize - Doctor of Physiotherapy

Stephen Sharp

B.Sc. M.Chiro, M.Res

Chiropractor

Stephen has completed a Bachelor of Chiropractic Science and a Master of Chiropractic at Macquarie University. Stephen utilises evidence-based knowledge of the musculoskeletal system in diagnosis and combines this with a multi-modal treatment and management plan to help patients achieve their goals.

Stephen is passionate about movement and the human body and has been involved in several sports as a cricketer, runner and triathlete. As an adolescent Stephen experienced unremitting lower back pain while playing cricket, which was the trigger to seek out a Sports Chiropractor, which determined his future career path.

Stephen has continued post-graduate studies with a Master of Research at Macquarie University investigating the associations between adolescent health and somatic pain. He is also actively involved at Macquarie University as a tutor and lecturer to Chiropractic students on the topics of human biomechanics, public health and orthopaedics.

Stephen has a clinical interest in lower back pain, neck pain and lower limb injuries.