Ava Katics, MCSP HPC

Ava is a physiotherapist with 20 years experience. She began her career in the NHS where she worked for 7 years before moving into the private sector to expand and develop her work in occupational health, corporate and private physiotherapy clinics. She nurtured an interest in dance injuries and rehabilitation, as well as working on injury prevention; she has worked and toured extensively both nationally and internationally with dance companies and has wide and varied experience of working with professional dancers, actors and musicians.

Ava's work as a physiotherapist includes Northern Ballet Theatre, Rambert Dance Company, Shobana Jayasingh Dance Company, Matthew Bourne's New Adventures, The National Theatre, West End Productions, and the Royal Opera House 2 productions.

She specialises in the treatment of work related neuromusculoskeletal dysfunctions, dance and sports injury prevention and rehabilitation.

She is committed to pursuing her professional development and has attended numerous postgraduate courses, which include Acupuncture, Manipulation, Sports Physiotherapy and Clinical Pilates.

"I believe that each person in unique and I get great job satisfaction from identifying the cause of their problem. My wide-ranging experience enables me to use a broad variety of treatments to correct posture, restore muscle balance and a return to pain free movements of the body, enabling people to return to work, sport or leisure activities as soon as possible. I also think that it is important for a person to understand the nature of their problem and will work with them to develop a preventative programme to minimise the risk of re-injury".

Ava is a registered physiotherapist with all the major private health insurances incl. BUPA.

She is a member of: CSP, AACP, ACPSM, OCPPP and Dance UK.