Sam at the World Table Tennis Championships

Qualifications:

Masters of Integrative Medicine (candidate)

Bachelor of Health Science (Musculoskeletal Therapy)

Diploma of Fitness

Shockwave Therapy

Photobiomodulation (Low-Level Laser) Therapy

Vagus Nerve Clinician

Practical Skills in Prescribing Medicinal Cannabis

Strength and Conditioning Coach

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Meet Sam (Director of Recuperate Health)

Sam's passion began as an exercise specialist in 2012 moving into sports medicine where he worked with a large variety of elite sporting athletes. Sam later completed his Bachelor of Health Science in Musculoskeletal Therapy, where years of clinical experience treating countless conditions has given him the ability to fully address his patient’s issues. He has been running his practice specialising in Musculoskeletal Therapy for a number of years and takes a holistic approach to assessing and treating every presenting issue thoroughly and effectively.

Currently, he is completing his Masters of Integrative Medicine at Southern Cross University so he can become an Integrative Medicine Specialist. Sam feels this is the next step so that he can better help his patients with their complex health conditions. Sam aims to continue with his education and conduct research in cutting edge areas of treatment and obtain his PhD.

Sam has treated at the World Table Tennis Championship where he was the head Myotherapist for the World's best athletes, working with an array of different Olympians. He has previously treated a Commonwealth Games swimmer and worked with members of the Australian field hockey masters team.

A lot of the time when people present with issues and there is no direct mechanism of injury it can be brought back to the spine and its interaction on neurovascular and neuromuscular structures.

 

Sam is also one of very few practitioners who uses non-invasive transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation, a modern medicine technique which sees him commonly treating depression, anxiety, neuroplasticity, inflammatory disorders, irregular heartbeats, memory, PTSD, reflux and much more. Sam is also 1 of very few experts in his field to be trained in Photobiomodulation (PBMt), an exciting field of modern medicine which can regenerates tissue. This laser can also be used on the brain to treat various mood and traumatic brain injuries. Laser has a profound effect of pain and recovery time and is also being utilised by the USA olympic teams.

 

Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy is also a very exciting field of musculoskeletal medicine which can restart the repair process, break calcification in tendons, restructure scar tissue and reduce cellulite significantly. Luckily this is available in his Gold Coast Clinic.