HAVING A BALANCED MIX OF ONLINE & IN-PERSON MENTORING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SECOND OPINIONS
With
Dr Kieran Richardson (FACP)
Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist &
Director, Global Specialist Physiotherapy Pty Ltd
PEOPLE IN HEALTH CARE SEGMENT
Filmed in Perth | October 2025
Dr. Kieran Richardson (FACP) is a Specialist Physiotherapist, conferred by the Australian College of Physiotherapists (Australian Physiotherapy Association) in 2016.
Dr Richardson is the Director of Global Specialist Physiotherapy, a consultancy company providing online Formal Mentoring and Professional Development individual clinicians, clinics, and groups, as well as Second Opinions to clinicians and directly to patients all around the world.
He has presented in state, national and international conferences, and has a special interest in evidence-based, non-surgical management of musculoskeletal conditions and recognition of these strategies within the Physiotherapy profession, as well as interprofessionally and to the general public.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, his clinical role within Global Specialist Physiotherapy has shifted, whereby now he and his team offer primarily telehealth non-surgical second opinion consultations for patients with pain and injury locally in Australia and around the world.
He has conducted research into the biopsychosocial nature of musculoskeletal pain and injury, online information about the management of anterior cruciate ligament ruptures in Australia and is currently a part of an expert group of clinicians assisting the Australian Knee Injury Study through La Trobe University in Victoria.
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