Spooner Specialist Physiotherapy

15/09/2025

This is obviously a joke….. unless 👀😂

26/08/2025

It’s Simonne’s birthday!!!!🎉🥳🎊🎁

We have the very best patients who we are privileged to treat 6 days a week. We are so very lucky here at SSP and are grateful to everyone who has wished Mon a happy birthday today!❤️

P.S This cake🎂 was so yummy😋

15/08/2025

Good new for choccy milk lovers!😍

A study done by Katelyn A Born et.al revealed that chocolate milk is actually more beneficial than traditional sports or energy drinks in terms of repairing muscles and replenishing glycogen after workouts.

Chocolate milk contains adequate electrolytes (that are excreted by the body when we sweat) but it also contains the ideal carbohydrate-to-protein ratio (3:1), which is essential for muscle recovery.

This can also suggest that just because a drink or supplement may not be produced by a sports nutrition/supplement brand, this doesn’t necessarily mean that it won’t be beneficial for athletes.

It is important to note that most chocolate milks contain a relatively high amount of sugar therefore, this is something to be mindful of.

04/08/2025

👋🏼 Meet the Team Monday

We would like to welcome our newest recruit to the SSP team, Ariel! 🧜🏿‍♀️

Ariel has just completed a Diploma of Nursing (EN) and is planning to study a Bachelor of Nursing next year.

She loves reading, going to the gym and meeting new faces.

She is also Scarlett’s bestie, and joined us as they couldn’t be separated for too long!!

Say hi to Ariel when you next call or come in to see all the friendly faces here at SSP.

01/08/2025

28/07/2025

Meet the team Monday👋🏼

Simonne or, Mon, is our leading lady at Spooner Specialist Physio. With an extensive professional career, Mon boasts achievements including being the head physiotherapist for Eastwood Ruby and the Australian Women’s Rugby Union Team for six years and was lucky enough to join the 2008 Women’s Sevens World Championship-winning team. If that wasn’t enough to impress you, she is also on the Board of Censors for the Australian College of Physiotherapists.

Although these accomplishments are inspiring, Mon would likely say her greatest triumph is her beautiful daughter, Charlotte, who most definitely is following in her Mum’s “girl-boss” footsteps.

When she’s not treating patients, Mon enjoys a healthy lifestyle and has participated in various half marathons and runs. She also practices a fulfilling routine at the gym. Mon is impartial to a bit of reading (especially anything romantasy) and loves spending time with her husband, Jase, and friends.

14/07/2025

Meet the Team Monday 👋🏼

We would like to introduce Scarlett to our SSP family.

She is a long time client of ours and has now stepped behind the desk into the inner sanctum.

Scarlett is studying to be a nurse, loves Pilates, (and under Mon’s instructions… exercise), and has two beautiful sausage dogs.

Make sure you say hi when you next call us on 9817 7100

08/07/2025

We are looking for a new casual receptionist to join our team.

If you love working with people and helping them get back to their best, you have good admin skills, you are confident talking on the phone AND you love kids, we would love to hear from you.

Please send your resume to reception@spoonerspecialistphysio.com.au, or call 9817 7100 with any questions.

01/07/2025

🏉 One of the greatest honours of my Sports Physio career was to be the physio for the Australian Wallaroo’s for 6 years.

🍫 Could not believe this find when strolling through Coles. What an amazing tale of Women’s Sport that this team of incredible women now grace a limited edition packet.

A testament to how far women’s sport has come, and a credit to the women who blazed the trail.

And yes… of course I bought it!!

23/06/2025

👋🏼 MEET THE TEAM MONDAY 👋🏼

Liv is our longest serving (suffering?) receptionist, having joined us in 2023. She loved it so much she roped her sister into joining the team.

Taking a year off study, Liv will be travelling to Europe in August this year, and we will certainly miss her.

⚽️ She is a feisty sportswoman and plays netball and soccer on the weekends, and then winds down with a spot of knitting 🧶 and cooking 🧑‍🍳

16/06/2025

👋🏼 Meet the Team Monday

Hannah joined the SSP team in February 2024, joining her younger sister Liv behind the desk.

She is studying a Bachelor of Social Science at UNSW and also works as a tutor when she’s not at her favourite job 😉

Hannah loves netball and tennis, but anyone who’s spent any time with her, will know her favourite place to be is curled up with a Romantasy novel 📕

She will be embarking on a European adventure with Liv in August this year, and we can’t wait to hear all the stories. 🫖

06/03/2025

🫱 3 exercises to improve grip strength in the gym!

🍽️ Plate carries:

- Hold the top of a weight plate with a flat pincer grip 
- Bigger and flatter plates can sometimes work better for this exercise (not the ones in this video 😁)
- Aim for 3-4 sets at a weight that allows for 10-30 sec carries (1-2x/week)
- Start light and build-up

💪 Deadlifts or other heavy grip exercises:

- Any exercise with a big grip demand will build grip strength!
- Think deadlifts, pull-ups, and exercises involving holding dumbbells by the side (lunges, step-ups, etc.) 

🧑‍🌾 Farmer's carries:

- A nice exercise that also challenges the trunk muscles
- You can use dumbbells, a short barbell, or kettlebells and carry on one or both sides
- Aim for 3-4 sets at a weight that allows for 10-30 sec carries (1-2x/week)