Dr Lyn Watson (Physiotherapist)
- Name
- Dr Lyn Watson
- Occupation
- Physiotherapist
- Gender
- Female
Dr Lyn Watson is the Founding Principal and Director of Melbourne Shoulder Group (alongside Simon Balster).
Lyn is a Titled Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist (as award by the Australian College of Physiotherapist in 1999) and Titled Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist (as award by the Australian College of Physiotherapist in 1994) who has been working exclusively in the diagnosis, assessment and rehabilitation of shoulder injuries for the past 25 years.
Lyn graduated from Latrobe University in 1986, with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Physiotherapy (Honours). She completed her post-graduate training in Manipulative Physiotherapy in 1990 and was granted her Sports Physiotherapy title in 2000.
In 2016 Lyn was granted her Professional Doctorate of Physiotherapy from Latrobe University. Furthermore, Lyn is an Adjunct Professor of Research at Western University, Ontario Canada. Lyn has been conducting clinically relevant research projects and publishing her research since 1996. She has published research within very reputable journals (eg. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Manual Therapy and British Journal of Sports Medicine), on topics such as the Rehabilitation of Multidirectional Instability (MDI), Frozen Shoulder & Hydrodilatation, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Glenohumeral Joint Instability, Scapula Biomechanics and Clinical Outcome Measures. Lyn’s rehabilitation program for MDI (The Watson Program), has been validated in a randomised controlled trial by Dr Sarah Warby (PhD).
- Affiliated Clinics
- Melbourne Shoulder Group
Practice Locations
Melbourne
- Melbourne Shoulder Group
- Address
- 305 High Street
Prahran VIC 3181
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9228 0911
- Fax
- 03 9228 0913
