Louise Hateley
Physiotherapist (Women’s Health)

Louise has been working as a physiotherapist for over 20 years, experiencing a wide range of physiotherapy services from elite sports through to remote aboriginal communities. Louise has always been a runner and a fitness enthusiast herself, she loves working with clients to enable them to reach their full potential and achieve their goals.

After settling in Ascot Vale and having three children of her own, Louise’s professional focus switched to Womens Health Physiotherapy and Pelvic Floor management, helping women maintain fitness and health throughout the journey of pregnancy, motherhood and into menopause as well, ensuring that women can achieve a full recovery and rehabilitation specific to these stages of life.
She is passionate about increasing “womens health talk” and normalising these discussions so that women seek out and receive treatment for these issues allowing them to lead a full and active life.
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Lou also runs our GLA:D exercise groups, which is a program designed to help people with Osteoarthritis to reduce pain and improve functions. She is standard presence in our rehabilitation gym and is passionate in her belief that you can be fit, strong and healthy at all ages.