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Jessica

I am a Myotherapist because I am passionate about assisting people achieve optimal health and wellbeing. This began as a teen when I became a Personal Trainer at my local gym in Essendon in Melbourne and trained clients before and after school.

After completing VCE, my hunger for the health industry grew leading me to the Southern School of Natural Therapies. Here, I completed a four year Batchelor of Health Science in Clinical Myotherapy and met my husband Peter Hoggan. Together we graduated in 2012 and made our way to Peter’s home town of Wangaratta.

I put my roots down, establishing myself in Myo-Way under the guidance of Ashlee, the founder of Myo-Way. Wangaratta quickly became my home allowing me to create my own little in-town farm consisting of our dog Tahoe, a chicken, veggie patch and keeping my horses Riley and Artemis on local acreage. In June 2016 Peter and I became the new owners of Myo-Way and to top it all off in May 2017 we welcomed our first child, Dallas, into our lives.

I am passionate about treating and guiding all members of the local and surrounding communities to achieve their optimal health and wellbeing goals. I enjoy networking with other local health professionals so that if a referral is necessary I can point my patients to the best care.

What I love most about Myo-Way is that we are a holistic clinic. Our practitioners come from various backgrounds and work well together to ensure that all our patients receive the best service and treatment. Personally, I enjoy assessing, treating and managing a wide variety of musculoskeletal conditions and pride myself in making sure my patients are well informed through the process.

I grew up in the Philippines where natural medicine is very well accepted. We have our own medicinal garden for teas and rubs when we need it, we also have massages when we have aches and pains, we also use witch doctors for certain issues.

As a young girl, I dreamed of being a healer, it wasn’t until after I completed my Therapeutic and relaxation certificates that studying further was a must. Learning about muscles and its integration with the whole body was very interesting so I completed a Diploma of Health/Remedial Massage in 2004 at the Gordon Institute of Tafe in Geelong. During the last term of my study, we are required to have work experience at different clinics. One of our clinic placements was at the Geelong Football Club providing post training massages for the players.

Since completing my diploma, I have worked at various clinics such as Tanti Ave. Massage clinic, Malvern Natural Healthcare and eventually running my own business in Wheelers Hill.

I always believed that ‘we are what we eat’ and ‘health is wealth’. Without us looking after our body with exercise and our food intake we are no one or a sick one.

In my work I focus on finding out what the clients needs are and assessing what treatments they require because it is paramount to me togive the right treatment for efficient healing. At times some clients just need someone to listen.

I am qualified in treating clients with TrP therapy, Deep tissue massage, Myofascial release and pregnancy in a holistic way.

I am very passionate about non-communicable diseases as it is related with diet so I am currently studying a Batchelor Degree in food and nutrition with La Trobe University to further help my patients with NCD.

I am also a mum with 2 teenage kids and a sport lover so we are very active. As well as a volunteer, I’m also passionate about humanity.

Peter

I grew up here in Wangaratta and went to school at Galen College. I started playing sport outside of school in year 7 where I joined the Wangaratta Little Athletics, focusing on the high jump and the 400m. In 2000, I received an athletic scholarship to attend Caulfield Grammar School where I competed in the Associated Private Schools (APS) Athletics carnival. This was a springboard into achieving national titles in the 400m and high jump and representing Australia in the 400m. I was pushing my body to its limits and wondering why I would keep breaking down. Unfortunately, by 2006 I retired from the sport due to constant hamstring niggles and finally brachial neuritis. What I needed was better education as to why I was breaking down which led me to Myotherapy.

I completed my B.H.Sc Clinical Myotherapy at Southern School of Natural Therapies in 2012. During this time, I worked for the Melbourne Rugby Union Club, working with athletes, not only treating their conditions but educating them to prevent further injury.

I specialise in biomechanics and posture and the benefits of moving well in order to prevent dysfunction. I enjoy working with athletes and treating muscular imbalances with corrective exercises. I also enjoy using dry needles and working through the lower back and hip region.

I have over 4 years’ experience working as a Myotherapist and currently also work as an Allied Health Assistant at NHW Wangaratta. I have also completed a Level 2 Athletic Coach specialising in High Jump.

Nellie

I grew up in Wangaratta, and have always loved sport. I have always kept myself fit and healthy via netball, gym or getting outside and taking the dog for a walk. Sustaining an injury during a netball game at an early age triggered my interest in how the human body moves and can repair itself.

I started my studies in 2010 at ACST (Australian College of Sports Therapy) in Melbourne studying Sports Therapy, which I had chosen because it focused on an athlete’s performance, recovery and rehabilitation. I completed studying Myotherapy at MIMT (Melbourne Institute of Massage Therapy) in 2013. During my final years of study, I completed work experience with the Melbourne Football Club prior to taking up the position of Trainer with both the Wangaratta Magpies Football & Netball club and the Tarrawingee Football & Netball Club.

I have a strong interest in locating and treating Trigger points, looking at pain referral patterns associated and how the pain patterns affect a client’s presenting condition. I like to focus a lot of my treatments around the release of these points to improve function of the joints and muscles involved.

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