Dr Peter Selvaratnam AM
B.App.Sc (Physio), Dip.Acup, Grad.Dip.Manip.Th, Ph.D (Medicine, Functional Anatomy), FACP, Specialist in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
LOCATIONS
- South Yarra, Victoria
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy), Melbourne
- Doctor of Philosophy, Functional Anatomy, Monash University
- Specialist in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Australia (as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists in 2007)
- Post Graduate Diploma, Manipulative Physiotherapy, Melbourne
- Diploma of Acupuncture, Colombo, Sri Lanka
SPECIAL INTERESTS
- Orthopaedic conditions involving the cervical, thoracic and lumbar regions, shoulders, upper and lower extremities
- Spine and referred sciatic nerve and brachial (arm) nerve conditions
- Specialist in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
- Headaches and Migraines
- Orofacial conditions involving the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders and Trigeminal nerve
ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES
- Tamil
- Sinhalese
EXPERIENCE
- Associate Clinical Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne
- Principal, The Melbourne Spinal and Sports Medicine Clinic and The Headache Centre of Victoria
- Senior Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Monash University
- Consultant, General Practitioners and Physiotherapists
- Senior Editor and Author of Headaches, bruxism and related conditions: diagnosis and multidisciplinary approaches to management
- Author in Sports Physiotherapy
- Principal, Backtolife educational organisation
- Visiting Lecturer, La Trobe University, School of Health Sciences
- Honorary Consultant Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, Prahran Community Health Centre, Prahran, Victoria
- Consultant Senior Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria
- Member of Committee Reviewing Postgraduate Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Course Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences, Carlton, Victoria
- Locum Tenens, Glen Waverley Rehabilitation Centre
- Member of the Committee Assisting the Review of the University of Melbourne Clinical Doctorate Program
- Consultant in sports injuries to AFL teams, Commonwealth Games, Australian men's and women's basketball teams, the Sri Lankan cricket team and the World Cup hockey competition
- Published journal articles in medical journals on the spine, nervous system, shoulder, headache and TMJ in Australia, UK, and USA
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- Australian Physiotherapy Association
- Australian College of Physiotherapists
- Musculoskeletal Physiotherapists’ Association
- Anatomical Society of Australia and New Zealand
- Australia and New Zealand Academy of Orofacial Pain
- Sports and Exercise Physiotherapy Group
- Australian Sports Medicine Federation
- Acupuncture Association of Victoria
- International Acupuncture Federation
