Mark Alexander
Mark is a hands-on Sports Physiotherapist who focusses not only on relieving pain for clients, but also on identifying and addressing the root causes. Mark specialises in lower limb injuries and spinal pain.
Mark joins The Physio Room with a rich and extensive experience in Sports Physiotherapy, from elite to weekend warrior levels. Mark was formerly the Sports Physiotherapist to the Australian Olympic and Commonwealth Games Triathlon teams between 2002 and 2008, culminating in the triathletes winning Olympic gold and bronze in Beijing. Mark has also worked at the Sydney Olympics and the Australian Institute of Sport in 2000 where he supported several gold medal Olympians including Cathy Freeman (400m) and Simon Fairweather (Archery). Previously, Mark has been engaged as head Sports Physiotherapist for the London Broncos Rugby League team and the Riverdance Irish Dance troupe. Mark
has also been a member of the sports medicine teams that have supported the Australian Women’s Soccer team (Matildas), Richmond AFL team, Wasps Rugby Union team (U.K.), and the Australian Men’s Rugby Union team (Wallabies). Mark has experience working with athletes of all levels at local Melbourne based private sports clinics.
Mark graduated in 1995 from the University of Queensland and then completed his Masters of Sports Physiotherapy at La Trobe University in 2005. He subsequently became the Director and Lecturer at La Trobe University running Australia’s largest post-graduate Master of Sports Physiotherapy program for several years.
Adjacent to his clinical work, Mark has authored a book titled “Beating Back Pain”. He has also been a semi-regular on ABC774 talk back radio, where he educates the public on simple self-management strategies. Having suffered from back pain himself, Mark leveraged his Physiotherapy knowledge and invented a number of back and neck pain self-treatment devices. These devices include BakBalls, designed to assist with relieving backpain, NeckRest, designed to assist with relieving neck pain and the BakRest, to prevent slouched sitting in office chairs and car seats and assist with relieving sitting-related pain.
Sporting Background
Mark had a long history competing in Triathlons, Rugby Union, Aussie Rules, and Table Tennis and loves helping all patients of all ages and abilities to achieve their full, pain free performance potential. Mark loves spending time with his three children, Lachie, Sam and Chloe and his beautiful wife, Lauren, especially camping in the bush or on the beach. Mark loves keeping fit and playing competitive tennis and golf.