About us

At Newlands Physiotherapy we pride ourselves on our professional yet caring approach. We listen to your problems, and offer explanations and possible outcomes regarding your condition. We assess and diagnose your condition, then use evidence based techniques for your treatment. We offer guidance to help you manage your condition. We maintain close relationships with our patients and their doctors – both GP’s and consultants – and unless requested not to, will update them with your progress.

Physiotherapists:

Pauline Hall

Qualifications
1974	BSc (Phys) Degree at University of Cape Town
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Professional Memberships
Registration with	Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) South African Society of Physiotherapy - Neuromusculoskeletal Physiotherapy Group (NMSPG) - Pain Management Physiotherapy Group (PMPG)
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Work Experience
1975 1976 1977 1981 1989 - present	Frere Hospital, Orthopaedic Dept. East London Private Practice, General, East London Private Practice, General, Johannesburg Self Employed, Private Practice owner, Pretoria Self Employed, Private Practice owner, Cape Town
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Special Interests
Neuromusculoskeletal physiotherapy which includes orthopaedics and sports injuries, treated by spinal and peripheral mobilization, soft tissue mobilization, neural tissue mobilization and rehabilitation and pain education.
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Course Summary *indicates International Lecturers
2020	Exercise for Pain Rehabilitation (Jacqui Koep & Scott Rickard) Mindfulness webinar - 5 weeks (Ivo Visic)
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2019	The Hip: Anatomy, Biomechanics, Conditions, Assessment and Rehabilitation (Marina Wege) Joint Dysfunction: Assessment & Treatment with application on vertebral and peripheral joints (Dr. Ina Diener) Exercise is Medicine (SA) Workshop (Dr.G.Torres) Cape Town Pain Academy Day (Pain SA)
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2018	The Neck Turns the Head…..or does it? (Dr. Ina Diener) Too Hot To Handle: Desensitizing the Hyper-sensitive Patient (Adrian Louw*) Pain and the Immune system (Jacqui Koep) Cape Town Pain Academy Day (Pain SA)
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2017	World Confederation for Physical Therapy Congress 2017 on 2-4 July, Cape Town Pushing your Older Adults Hard Enough – Scientific Exercise Prescription (Marilyn Moffat, Mark Richards) Osteoarthritis-Related Pain: Balancing Biomechanics with Pain Neuroscience (Mira Meeus, Isabel Baert, Ina Diena, Enrique Lluch*)

2016	Therapeutic Neuroscience Education (Adriaan Louw*)
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2015	Musculoskeletal Clinical Reasoning (Prof. Darren Rivett) Move The Fear Away (Jo Nijs, Mari Lundberg* & Romy Parker)
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2014	Principles of pain (Bev Bolton and Dr Romy Parker)

2013	The Thoracic Spine – Bridging The Gap (Dr. Ina Diener) Compensation Strategies in Lumbo-Pelvic Pain Patients (Dr. Annelies Pool Goudswaardt*)
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2012	Explain Pain (Dr. Lorimer Moseley) South African Society of Physiotherapy (SASP)Congress (Bloemfontein): “Physiotherapy: Cornerstone of Rehabilitation” (Dr. Julia Treleaven, Sophie Heywood, Michael Shacklock) Advanced Assessment and Management of Whiplash Associated Disorders (Dr. Julia Treleaven*)
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2011	Current Concepts Symposium: Research Evidence on Pain Management (Dr. Michael Sullivan* & Dr. Tim Beames) Progressive Goal Attainment Programme (PGAP) (Dr. Michael Sullivan)
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2010	Neuro-Proprioceptive Taping (Joyce Morton) Ethical Dilemmas in Private Practice (Magda Fourie) Current Concepts Symposium: Research Evidence on Peripheral, Neural and Soft Tissue Dysfunction (Michael Shacklock* & Glen Hunter ) Lower and Upper Quarter Courses on clinical neurodynamics, providing practical solutions for clinicians treating musculoskeletal disorders. (Michael Shacklock)
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2009	SASP Congress Cape Town – The Full Circle – Educate & Exercise Classification & Management of Chronic Low Back Pain Disorders (Ass Prof Peter O’Sullivan) Introduction to the non-physical determinants of change following Physiotherapy (Dr Steve Woby) Current Concepts Symposium
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2008	Headache, Cervical & Shoulder (Gwen Jull, Toby Hall, Dr Jeremy Lewis) Management of Cervical Headache (Gwen Jull) Practice Management (Wilma Erasmus)
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2007	Cape Town Dance Medicine Conference Music and Healing (Frances le Roux) Motor Control (Debbie Creamer*) Benign Positional Vertigo (Kathleen Shirley)
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2006	Dynamic stability, upper quarter (Tanya Bell-Jenje) - Dynamic stability, lower quarter (Tanya Bell Jenje) Temporomandibular Disorders (Steve Stavrou) Cervical Spine (Toby Hall) Pilates Training (Colleen Craig)
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2005	Kinetic Control, Lumbar Spine (Sarah Mottram*)
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2004	8th International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Therapists' Conference Neural Tissue Disorders (Toby Hall*)
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2002	Lumbo-pelvic instability (Peter O'Sullivan) The Pelvis (Diane Lee) The Amazing Nervous System (Duffy Sweatman)
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2001	Pilates (Sonja Schulze) Pilates (Colleen Craig) Strapping (Janine Gray) Whiplash Associated Disorders, Cervical Spine (Ina Diener)
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2000	Advanced Dry Needling (Clare Waumsley)
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1992	Cervical Spine (Gwen Jull*)
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1991	Basic Dry needling (Clare Waumsley) Trigger point Acupuncture (Dr. Peter Baldry)
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1990	Dry Needling I & II (Charles Liggins)
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1989	Cervical Spine (Gwen Jull*)
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1976	Vertebral Manipulation (James Cyriax*)
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Experience as Physiotherapist:
43 years

Qualifications
1992	BSc (Phys) Degree at University of Cape Town
1999	Orthopaedic Manipulative Therapy 1 diploma
2007-8	MSc OMT Physiotherapy at University of Stellenbosch
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Professional Memberships
Registration with	Health Professions Council of South Africa Health Professions Council of United Kingdom South African Society of Physiotherapy (SASP) - Neuromusculoskeletal Physiotherapy Group (NMSPG) formerly the OMPTG - Sports Group - Pain Management Physiotherapy Group (PMPG)
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Chairperson of the Western Cape branch of the OMPTG (2009-2012) Committee member and lecturer of ANMS Course (Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Physiotherapy Course – previously the “OMT” course) (2006 - present) National Executive Committee member of OMPTG of South Africa (2008-2012)
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Work Experience
1993-6 1996 1997-8 1999 - present 2006 - present 2009 - present	Worked in various positions in the UK Worked for 6 months at Frere Hospital, East London SA Worked overseas in New York, USA Working at Newlands Physiotherapy in Cape Town Lecturing and supervision on the ANMS course (formerly OMT course) in various centres Part-time guest lecturing on the physio OMT masters programme at University of Stellenbosch
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Special Interests
Neuromusculokeletal physiotherapy which includes orthopaedics and sports injuries, treated by spinal and peripheral mobilization, soft tissue mobilization, neural tissue mobilization and rehabilitation and pain education
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Course Summary *indicates International Lecturers
2021	Principles of Pain (Bev Bolton and Romy Parker) The Immune System’s Impact on Pain and Fatigue: What we have learnt from COVID (Jacqui Koep)
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2020	Exercise for Pain rehabilitation (Jacqui Koep and Scott Rickard) Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course (Ivo Visic and Tracey Prowse) Evidence Based Management of Neck Pain (Annalie Basson) The Sensitive Nervous System (Ina Diener)
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2019	Cape Town Pain Academy Day (Pain SA) Exercise is Medicine (SA) Workshop (Dr G. Torres)
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2018	Too Hot To Handle: Desensitizing the Hyper-sensitive Patient (Adrian Louw*) Pain and the Immune system (Jacqui Koep) Cape Town Pain Academy Day (Pain SA)
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2017	World Confederation for Physical Therapy Congress 2017 on 2-4 July, Cape Town Using ACT(acceptance and commitment therapy) & other behaviour change approaches (Prof Tamar Pincus*)

2015	Pain Interventions (Romy Parker and Jackie Koep) Principles of Pain (Romy Parker and Bev Bolton) Move the fear away (Jo Nijs, Mari Lundberg & Romy Parker)

2014	Therapeutic Neuroscience Education (Dr Adriaan Louw) Going global lower limb (Tanya Bell) Cervical spine (Dr Duncan Reid)

2013	Motor control for low back and pelvic pain (Dr Paul Hodges) Mobilisation of the Nervous System (Dr Michel Coppieters)
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2012	Integrated rehabilitation for the lower limb (Grant Lewis) Spine Pilates for low back pain (Dr Lynn Bardin) Explain pain (Dr Lorimar Moseley) Thoracic Pain (Toby Hall*)
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2011	Kinesio-taping lower quarter (John Langendoen) Masterclass lower quarter (Tanya Bell-Jenje) Progressive Goal Attainment Programme (PGAP) (Dr. Michael Sullivan) Communication skills training (Bev Bolton, Des Perry)
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2010	Thoracic and Lumbar spine (Duncan Reid) Kinesio-taping upper quarter (John Langendoen) Specific Soft Tissue Mobilisations (Glen Hunter) Current Concepts Symposium: Research Evidence on Peripheral, Neural and Soft Tissue Dysfunction (Michael Shacklock & Glen Hunter ) Lower and Upper Quarter Courses on clinical neurodynamics (Michael Shacklock) Ultimate Upper Quarter (Tanya Bell)
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2009	SASP Congress Cape Town – The Full Circle – Educate & Exercise Classification & Management of Chronic Low Back Pain Disorders (Ass Prof Peter O’Sullivan) Introduction to the non-physical determinants of change following Physiotherapy (Dr Steve Woby) Dynamic Stability, Lower Quarter (Tanya Bell-Jenje) Anatomy Trains (Thomas Myers*)
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2008	Management of cervical headache (Gwen Jull) Peripheral neural disorders (Toby Hall ) Neck, shoulder and headache symposium (Gwen Jull, Toby Hall, Dr Jeremy Lewis*)
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2007	Kinetic control- stability training (2 courses Mark Comerford) Benign Positional vertigo course (Kathleen Shirley) Lumbar symposium (Dr Andry Vleeming, Dr Paul Watson) Discovery back care network programme
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2006	TMJ course (Steve Stavrou) Upper quarter dynamic stability (Tanya Bell-Jenje) Cervical and shoulder integration (Toby Hall) Lumbar spine (Wim Dankaerts) Pilates Training (Colleen Craig*)
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2005	McKenzie lumbar course (Helen Clare) Kinetic control - lumbar spine (Sarah Mottram ) Yoga and physio (Brett Wearne*)
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2004	IFOMT conference Neural Tissue Disorders (Toby Hall*) Amazing nervous system 2 (Duffy Sweatman)
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2003	Lumbar retraining (Paul Hodges*) Lumbar spine overview (Claire Horn) Dry needling 1 and 2 (Claire Waumsley) Craniosacral therapy introduction (D Sweatman & C Waumsley) Linking Lumbar spine and pelvis (Shari Rosenberg)
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2002	Lumbar Instability (Peter O’Sullivan*) Cervicogenic headaches (Ina Diener) Pilates matwork (Jacqui Koep) Rolfing (Marius Strydom)
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2001	Whiplash associated disorders (Ina Diener) Pilates (Colleen Craig) Pilates (Sonia Schultz) Amazing nervous system (Duffy Sweatman)
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2000	Shoulder workshop (Mary Magarey, Mark Jones) Mulligan concepts (Ina Diener) SIJ (Ina Diener and Mariette Uys) Rolfing (Marius Strydom) Strapping workshop (Janine Grey and Helene Simpson)
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Experience as Physiotherapist:
29 years

Qualifications
2004	BSc (Phys) Degree at University of Cape Town
2009	Pilates Training Certification (Renee Watson)
2010	Orthopaedic Manipulative Therapy Diploma 1
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Professional Memberships
Registration with	Health Professions Council of South Africa Health Professions Council of United Kingdom South African Society of Physiotherapy -Neuromusculoskeletal Physiotherapy Group (NMSPG) -Pain Management Physiotherapy Group (PMPG)

Committee member of ANMS Course (Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Physiotherapy Course – previously the “OMT” course)
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Work Experience
2005 2006-8 2008-10 2010-present	Community Service at Sabie Hospital, Mpumalanga University College London Hospital (UK) Haematology Clinical Trials Team Vivienne Schulze Physiotherapy and Pilates Newlands Physiotherapy
2012-present	Assistant/Mentor on ANMS Course
2014	UCT 4th year Clinical Supervision
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Special Interests
	Neuromusculoskeletal Physiotherapy Rehabilitation of muscle imbalance Pilates and Rehabilitation Sports Injuries
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Recent Course Summary
2021	The Immune System’s Impact on Pain and Fatigue: What we have learnt from COVID (Jacqui Koep)
2020	Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction – Tracey Prowse and Ivo Visic
2018	Pain and the Immune System (Jacqui Koep)
2017	World Confederation for Physical Therapy Congress 2017 on 2-4 July, Cape Town

2015	Move the fear away (Jo Nijs, Mari Lundberg & Romy Parker)

2014	Principles of Pain (Bev Bolton and Romy Parker)

2013	Compensation Strategies in Lumbo-Pelvic Pain Patients (Dr. Anneliese Pool-Goudswaardt) Mobilisation of the Nervous System (Michel Coppieters)
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2012	Explain Pain (Lorimer Moseley*)
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2011	The Elbow (Tanya Bell – Jenje) An Introduction to: Neuro-Proprioceptive Taping (Iain Sykes) Cervical Rehabiliation (Kerry Grierson)
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2010	OMT 1 (1 year post-graduate diploma)
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2009	Dry Needling 1 and 2 (Claire Waumsley) Muscle Activation (Douglas Heel) Lumbo-pelvic matrix (Shari Rosenberg)
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2008	Basic and Intermediate Pilates Training (Renee Watson) Pilates Training – Module 1 (Gerda Miller) Advanced Communication Skills Training (NHS National Cancer Action Team*)
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2007	Skeletal Muscle Performance and the Role of Strength Training in Physiotherapy Practice (Various lecturers, London*)
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2005	Cardiopulmonary Update Course (Heleen van Aswegen) The Shoulder Complex (Joanne Sklaar)
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Experience as Physiotherapist:
17 years

Avril Mandel - Joined the Practice in 1996 and is our Receptionist / Administrative Secretary

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Pauline Hall

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