NATALIE BENNETT-BREMNER
Sports Physiotherapist
BSc.Physio, Post.Grad.Dip. Sports Physio
The Director of Kidz Clinic Physiotherapy (www.kidzclinic.com.au) is Natalie Bennett-Bremner.
She is a Sports Physiotherapist with 20 years’ experience. For 5 years Natalie was a Director of
Beaumaris Physiotherapy treating a wide range of sporting injuries, musculoskeletal conditions
and back and neck pain.
After developing a keen interest in paediatrics and more specifically gait abnormalities, Natalie
set up Kidz Clinic in 2008 to focus on the management of children with a wide range of
musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders.
In 2011 Natalie was the Winner of the Medical Innovation Award of ABC TV New Inventors
show for her design of a flexible therapeutic bracing garment, the Spiral Thigh Brace™, which
aims to reduce excessive internal rotation at the hip and thigh. It is used for gait retraining in
conditions such as knock knees/ inturned gait, pigeon toes, tip toe walking and scissoring gait
and cerebral palsy. (www.strapsaustralia.com)
Natalie has a special interest in physiotherapy management of:
the following conditions:
• Hypermobility disorders and connective tissue disorders
• Gait abnormalities (pigeon toe, inturned knees/knock knees/tip toe/duck walk)
• Coordination problems
• Movement disorders
PRESENTATION TOPIC
PHYSIOTHERAPY MANAGEMENT OF HYPERMOBILITY DISORDERS & FLEXIBLE ORTHOTIC BRACING GARMENTS
Learning Objectives:
- Understanding of Hypermobility Disorders
- Principles of Physiotherapy Assessment and Management of Hypermobility Disorders
- Different musculoskeletal and gait presentations commonly seen in hypermobile population group
- Principles of Flexible Bracing and its use as part of management program for gait abnormalities
- Use of the Spiral Thigh Brace as a Flexible Bracing method for gait retraining/biofeedback tool
