John Contreras Physio

John Contreras Physio Courses & workshops for Physiotherapists and Health Professionals. He also developed the APPI Pilates for Runners and Cyclists courses.

John Contreras - Director
APA Sports Physiotherapist, Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, Certified Pilates teacher and educator

B.Physio (Hons) B.Sc, M.ExSci (S&C), M. Sports Physio

Since graduating from The University of Melbourne in 2001, John has worked extensively in Australia and the UK within the field of Sports Physiotherapy, exercise therapy and rehabilitation. Throughout his

career, John has managed a range of clients including post-operative rehab, acute injury management, return to sport rehabilitation, general fitness and elite athletic performance. He has completed a Master of Sports Physiotherapy (La Trobe University) as well as a Master of Exercise Science (Strength & Conditioning) from Edith Cowan University (WA) and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA) and a Level 1 ASCA S&C Coach. John has managed strength training services in numerous clinics both in Melbourne and London and has had years of experience delivering clinical Pilates to professional athletes, including Brentford FC in London and the Victorian Bushrangers in Melbourne. Apart from his clinical experience, John is a former Master Trainer with the Australian Physiotherapy & Pilates Institute (APPI), teaching matwork and equipment Pilates courses to other health professionals across the UK, Europe, Brazil, Australia and the United States for over 10 years. Using his experience combining Physiotherapy, Pilates and Strength & Conditioning training principles, and with a desire to deliver exercise based education with a strong evidence base, in 2012 John launched Resistance Training Rehabilitation workshops and since then has become a sought after educator. Resistance Training Rehabilitation (RTR) courses have been designed to create a clinical pathway from injury management to fitness and high level performance with a strong scientific and evidence base.

The research on exercise is some of the strongest in all of health science. We know it works for pain, mental health, ch...
02/06/2026

The research on exercise is some of the strongest in all of health science.

We know it works for pain, mental health, chronic disease, longevity.

The evidence is not the problem.

The problem is the Monday morning reality of sitting across from someone who knows all of this and still isn’t moving.

That gap is where most of us are working completely blind. Not because we’re bad clinicians. Because nobody taught us how to navigate it.

That’s the gap Exercise Prescription Essentials was built for.

Melbourne 2026.
Join the waitlist via the link in bio.

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30/05/2026

Think less mechanic, more music producer 🎶

Rehab isn’t about finding the one thing that’s broken. It’s about blending strength, mobility, coordination, confidence, timing, and context into a movement solution that fits the person in front of you.

The art is in the composition.

🎥 Stromae “Alors on danse”

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We measure experience in years qualified and courses completed. But growth 🌱 that actually changes how you practice … th...
28/05/2026

We measure experience in years qualified and courses completed. But growth 🌱 that actually changes how you practice … that comes from people.

The patient who trusted you when you weren’t sure yourself. The one who pushed back and made you think harder. The one who didn’t get better, and taught you that helping doesn’t always look the way you expected.

Nobody prepares you for how much your patients will teach you about being a clinician.

Which one of these has helped you grow you? 👇

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Years of training. Thousands of hours of clinical experience. A genuine belief that movement changes lives.And still, th...
26/05/2026

Years of training. Thousands of hours of clinical experience. A genuine belief that movement changes lives.

And still, the hardest part of this job has nothing to do with diagnosis.

It has everything to do with the gap between what we know works and what people will actually do.

Nobody teaches you how to close that gap.

That’s exactly why I created Exercise Prescription Essentials; a 2 day workshop built around the human side of exercise prescription. Adherence, motivation, collaborative goal-setting.

The stuff that actually determines whether your program gets done or stays in their inbox.

If you’ve ever written a perfect program that nobody did, this workshop was made for you. Melbourne 2026: join the waitlist via the link in bio.

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23/05/2026

Why they gotta do me like that?

Just here to help 🤣

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