Julie has a passion for working with the neurological patient population, ensuring they have access to assessment and support wherever they live in New Zealand, and sharing knowledge with other professionals about neurological condition management.

Prior to completing her PWR!Moves course Julie passed competencies to become a LSVT BIG therapist providing treatment to Parkinson’s patients and completing competency examinations to provide Advanced Vestibular Rehabilitation assessment and treatment and accreditation in prescription of step initiated Functional Electrical Stimulation Systems.

More recently, on behalf of the Duncan Foundation, Julie has embarked on developing the specialist skills to assess and manage people affected by Polio and the management of the late effects of living with Polio disability. Julie is providing assessment clinics and resources alongside educational lectures on the assessment and management of Polio. She is also facilitating access to neurological rehabilitation options to those with Recently Diagnosed Parkinson’s, Dystonia, Friedreich’s Ataxia and Spinocerebellar Ataxia. Julie is also a part of the Neurogenetics Research Clinic research team, working alongside New Zealand’s leading neuromuscular clinical team at the University of Auckland and Auckland City Hospital.

Julie has extensive experience within acute neurosurgical and neuro-medical units, stroke rehabilitation units and community teams with both young and elderly patient groups, neuro-intensive care units, a brain injury assessment unit for the minimally conscious, neuro-oncology and infectious diseases, vestibular rehabilitation clinic, neuro hydrotherapy, spinal cord injury rehabilitation, Parkinson’s and dystonia management.
Julie leads an expert team of Duncan Foundation-accredited, neuromuscular condition-specific clinicians across New Zealand.

Individual high intensity physiotherapy sessions in-home and clinic.
Group classes are also integrating the training strategies.