Ryan Hobbs
Ryan Hobbs
Ryan is an APA Titled Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist in Ballarat with expertise in acute sporting injuries, hip conditions, and lower limb rehabilitation.
He works with athletes, active adults, and everyday patients to recover from injury, improve performance, and return confidently to sport, work, and exercise.
He has extensive experience in elite sport, having worked with Western United FC (A-League), Basketball Victoria, Basketball Australia National Junior Programs, North Ballarat Roosters (VFL), and Ballarat Football Netball League Interleague teams. This experience has developed advanced skills in sports injury management, injury prevention, rehabilitation, and performance optimisation.
Ryan actively contributes to hip research in collaboration with La Trobe University, ensuring that his treatment approaches remain informed by the latest clinical advancements.
His treatment approach combines hands-on physiotherapy, exercise rehabilitation, strength testing using cutting edge technology such as dynamometry and force plate assessments to create individualised programs that improve recovery, performance, and long-term outcomes.
Ryan has a particular clinical interest in:
- Hip and groin conditions
- Acute sport injury diagnosis and management
- Knee pain and rehabilitation
- ACL rehabilitation
- Running injuries
- Tendon pain and tendinopathy
- Lower limb injuries
- Post-operative rehabilitation
- Return-to-sport rehabilitation
- Bachelor of Biomedical Science
- Doctor of Physiotherapy
- Masters of Sports Physiotherapy
- APA Titled Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist
A little about me
An avid sports fan, Ryan plays football in the local BFL competition which gives him the unique experience of seeing things from both practitioner and patient point of view.
“Exercise is medicine”.
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