Practitioners

Mark Cassidy

Mark Cassidy is the director and practice principal of Bayside Physiotherapy. With more than 23 years experience as a physiotherapist, Mark is also an APA Sports Physiotherapist. He completed his Masters Degree in Sports Physiotherapy in 2000 and was awarded the Sports Physiotherapist title by the Australian Physiotherapy Association the same year.

Mark has previously been the principal of practices in Randwick, Sydney and Leeton in rural NSW and took over at Bayside Physiotherapy in August 2003.

Mark has worked with athletes from a wide range of sports and has also worked as a physiotherapist in the athlete’s village at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and with the Oceania team at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. He has worked with various rugby teams including the NSW and Australian Women’s teams, Eastern Suburbs 1st Grade, Sydney, NSW Country and the Australian Universities Team and is currently physiotherapist for the Queensland Country Heelers Rugby Union team.

Mark is a strong believer in ‘hands on’ physiotherapy. His ‘hands on’ treatments follow a thorough assessment and diagnosis of the individual client. He also provides specifically tailored exercises to fit in with an individual’s unique lifestyle and needs.

With a strong sense of community, Mark is involved in various local clubs including Hervey Bay Surf Life Saving Club and Hervey Bay Junior Rugby Union. Though long since past his sporting prime, Mark still enjoys playing touch football as well as the odd game of rugby union with the Hervey Bay Golden Oldies. He spends his precious spare time following his young family’s sporting and cultural pursuits and enjoying the natural delights Hervey Bay has to offer.

Jacob Walmsley

Jacob Walmsley is a physiotherapist passionate about exercise and sport. He has degrees in both Physiotherapy and Exercise Science from Griffith University on the Gold Coast. Prior to this he completed a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Science at the University of Queensland. His interests within the physiotherapy field include sporting rehabilitation and strength training for athletes and the elderly.

Jacob’s sporting interests include strength training, rugby union, touch football, swimming, cycling and martial arts. He was Queensland Taekwondo Heavyweight Sparring Champion for several years and currently plays rugby with the Fraser Coast Mariners.

Jacob enjoys Hervey Bay and the opportunities it offers to young professionals and also its vast number of different sporting groups. The wonderful outdoor lifestyle of Hervey Bay is something Jacob relishes. Jacob has plans to be involved with the physiotherapy and training of several sporting groups and is looking at running age specific training programs for the elderly.

Rosie Ning

Rosie Ning is originally from Brisbane, where she completed her Bachelor of Physiotherapy at the University of Queensland. Prior to studying to be a physio, Rosie worked as a primary school teacher, teaching at schools both in Queensland and abroad. Whilst Rosie found teaching to be a highly rewarding career, physiotherapy is what she is really passionate about.

Rosie has been a water baby for most of her life, and has achieved success as a representative in both swimming – National (PNG) and State (QLD), and water polo – National League (UK). Rosie is interested in using the properties of water to facilitate the healing process and she looks forward to her weekly hydrotherapy sessions. Hydrotherapy is only one of Rosie’s special interest groups with other areas including: Paediatrics (Children), Women’s Health and Pilates. Pilates is only a relatively new interest for Rosie but she is already seeing the benefits of pilates and she would recommend pilates for all ages and fitness levels.

Rosie is very enthusiastic about being involved with the local community and making the most of any experiences that life has to offer. She enjoys the natural beauty of the world and thinks that Hervey Bay is a gorgeous place to live.