Physiotherapist

Rob Hunt is the Director and owner of Up ’N Running Physio and a Titled Australian Physiotherapy Association Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist.

Originally from Melbourne, Rob has extensive experience working as a Sports Physiotherapist and Performance Manager in many elite sports at all levels from Club, National, to International sporting teams. This has included AFL teams Hawthorn and Collingwood Football Clubs,  the South Australian State Cricket Team (Redbacks), Australian A, Australian Under 19  and the Bangladesh National Cricket team.

Rob moved to Canberra in 2010 to work at the Australian Institute of Sport with the FFA Football (Soccer) program, the Australian Joeys and many other elite athletes and sporting teams. He also currently manages the Duntroon Physiotherapy Department as a contractor to Defence and mentors Physiotherapists through the International Cricket Council Academy in Dubai. Rob has a passion for others to reach their athletic goals with expertise in the strength, conditioning and functional rehabilitation of sporting injures. He is involved with many local sports and athletes that include AFL, gymnastics, track and field and cricket.

His qualifications include:  Masters in Sports Physiotherapy and Bachelor of Physiotherapy degree from LaTrobe University and a Bachelor of Human Movement degree from Ballarat University.

Dan began his physiotherapy career in Adelaide working in private practice and Premier League netball clubs and College AFL. He moved to Canberra at the beginning of 2019 for a Post-Graduate Physiotherapy scholarship position with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and the ACT Academy of Sport (ACTAS). Throughout this time he was the physiotherapist with the ACTAS rowing, rugby, netball, swimming, soccer, hockey, and individual programs, and had involvement with the Australian Rowing, Boxing, junior netball, and junior Hockey programs.

He is currently the lead Physiotherapist with ACTAS and the National Training Centre’s (NTC) Paralympic swimming program at the AIS. He is an accredited Australian Strength & Conditioning Association (ASCA) strength and conditioning coach and is a titled Sports & Exercise Physiotherapist. This titling represents a physiotherapist who is highly qualified in a particular area of practice having undergone a rigorous process to demonstrate physiotherapy experience and knowledge. His areas of interest include active rehabilitation, hamstring rehab, shoulder rehab, and performance health management focussing on injury prevention.

His qualifications include; a Master’s Degree in Advanced Clinical Physiotherapy (Sports) from the University of South Australia in 2017, a Bachelor of Physiotherapy from the University of South Australia in 2012, and he is currently undertaking a Master’s of Applied Clinical Epidemiology (Sports) at the University of Canberra.

Byron Field joined Up ‘n Running Physio in July 2022 and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the team. Byron is the lead physiotherapist for Rugby Australia and the Wallabies and previously held positions as Head of Performance Health at the ACT Brumbies and Head physio roles with professional Rugby Union teams in England.

Byron graduated from the University of Canberra in 2004 with a degree in Psychology and Sport & Exercise Science, and has since completed a Masters of Physiotherapy, Masters in Sport & Exercise Physiotherapy and a Masters in Strength & Conditioning. He is currently completing his PhD looking at the recognition of concussion in rugby union – specifically the use of instrumented mouthguards to assist with identification of head impact.

Byron has an interest in empowering his patients and athletes to fulfill their potential and provides programs tailored to the unique needs of individuals.