Our Team
Danielle Tape
Director - Principal Physiotherapist
APA Titled Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist
Danielle has a wide range of experience in musculoskeletal injuries in the sports setting. Since obtaining a Masters Degree in Sports and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy in 2009, she has worked with athletes in a range of settings. These have included the Australian Softball Development Squad camps, the Hong Kong national Men’s and Women’s cricket teams, the Hong Kong touch rugby national team, as onsite Physiotherapist for the Hong Kong Junior International Tennis Federation tours and as an in-house Physiotherapist for the large-scale circus production The House of Dancing Water in Macau. Danielle has worked in SANFLW with the North Adelaide Football Club and Sturt Football Club and is currently working in the AFLW with the Port Adelaide Football Club. She also provides physiotherapy services to the AusCycling Australian BMX team, travelling with them recently for the World Cup in Turkey.
Danielle has a passion for sports rehabilitation and injury prevention. Danielle believes in active recovery and is dedicated to seeing results in her clients, and assisting them to achieve their goals.
Danielle uses a range of treatment techniques to get the best out of her clients, including hands-on therapy, dry needling and exercise prescription. She is also trained to conduct pre-pointe assessments.
Dr Mary Magarey
Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
Specialist Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist
Dr Mary Magarey is a Specialist Physiotherapist in both Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy and Sports & Exercise Physiotherapy
‘A Specialist Physiotherapist, as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists, has completed additional training in a field of physiotherapy and has attained the highest level of skill, clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice to provide expert care.’ (Australian College of Physiotherapists, 2022).
Mary is the only physiotherapist in the country to hold Fellowships across two disciplines.
Mary has a PhD in shoulder diagnosis, undertaken in conjunction with two of Adelaide’s leading orthopaedic surgeons and has been assessing and managing people with shoulder related problems since the mid 1980s.
She also has extensive experience working with junior national level athletes, having travelled to 3 Junior World Softball Championships as team physiotherapist and been the managing physiotherapist at Australian Softball Federation Youth International Friendship Series for 15 years.
In her academic role through UniSA, she developed and ran the Sports components of the Master of Musculoskeletal & Sports Physiotherapy program for 25 years and taught on the Musculoskeletal component of the program for more than 40 years.
Mary’s areas of expertise focus on:
· The shoulder complex – shoulder, neck, thoracic spine and arm. Anyone with a problem in this area, whether a sports-related, one related to general wear and tear or anything else, Mary can offer advice and management.
· The adolescent athlete – Mary loves to help junior athletes who are passionate about their sport reach their potential by helping them to optimise their movement patterns and coordination.
Mary is a highly experienced, enthusiastic physiotherapist who loves a challenge and is available for Specialist consultations. Mary is happy to see anyone with a challenging musculoskeletal problem, particularly of the shoulder, but also loves helping people with other conditions, both acute sporting and longer term conditions.
Mary is often told she is ‘passionate about her patients’. She takes a lot of time and care with very detailed assessment and recommendations for management.
James Mack
Senior Physiotherapist
James is an experienced sports physiotherapist who recently completed his Masters degree in Advanced Clinical Sports Physiotherapy (Sports).
In the clinic, James is passionate about physio with a strong belief in taking a thorough assessment to gain a detailed understanding of your presentation. He uses a combination of manual therapy, dry needling and an individualised exercise program to get you feeling and performing at your best. He has a special interest in all hip and pelvis conditions.
He is passionate about working with golfers of all abilities and has gained level 2 certification in the Titleist Performance Institute’s (TPI) golf specific medical courses. He has applied this knowledge, providing physio services at the Webex Players Series PGA Tour of Australasia event in Willunga last year. He also conducts golf specific injury and performance assessments in the clinic. James also has a love for Aussie rules and is currently working with the Sturt SANFLW team.
Outside of the clinic, James also works for the University of South Australia where he works as a clinical educator for the physiotherapy students in the Undergraduate program, as well as providing guest lecturing services for the Masters program.
Paris Francis
Starting 18th March 2024
Junior Physiotherapist
Paris is a recent graduate from the Bachelor of Health Science/Masters of Physiotherapy program at Flinders University, with a keen interest in sports injuries and management. Over the past three years, Paris has been actively involved at Port Adelaide in the AFL, AFLW and SANFL teams as a dedicated sports trainer, working and learning from the physiotherapists alongside her. Additionally, Paris has served as the head trainer for West Adelaide for the SANFLW League and Under 16s & 14s girls teams for two years.
Paris brings on-field experience to her practice; a soccer player for thirteen years, and currently coming into her third year playing League SANFLW at West Adelaide Football Club. With a diverse sporting background including volleyball, basketball, and tennis, Paris understands the demands and nuances of various sports.
Paris has a genuine passion for helping people and enjoys leveraging her expertise to assist others in their injury management, performance and achieving their goals, both on and off the field.
Laura Holmes
Laura will be on leave from March 2024 to September 2024 working with the Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club in the UK.
Senior Physiotherapist
Laura has experience working across both private practice and several sporting codes. She has spent the past three years as lead physiotherapist at Glenelg Football Club (Women's), as well as working with both Premier League (Contax Netball Club) and State League Netball. She has recently been part of a team travelling with the Adelaide Storm Volleyball Team, with the men securing a silver medal in the final. She also provides physiotherapy services to the Forestville Hockey Club, Pulteney Old Scholars Football Club and the Sturt Football Club women’s team.
Laura is currently undertaking further study at LaTrobe University to complete her Masters in Sports & Exercise Physiotherapy and has a passion for successfully returning athletes to their sport.
Laura has also completed her Mat and Reformer Pilates training and enjoys using the principles of Pilates within rehabilitation. Laura recognises that each individual and injury are different, and enjoys building programs so that they can reach their full potential.
Laura uses a variety of modalities including, exercise prescription, manual therapy and dry needling.
