Queenstown Health

We also have a multidisciplinary health team located at Alpine Health & Fitness Centre, operated by Queenstown Health.

Their top quality practitioners, seen below, integrate their knowledge and skills to maximise efficiency of treatment and providing you with the best possible health care.

Choose from massage, physiotherapy or acupuncture. ACC subsidised treatments are also available.

Call 03 442 8190 to book an appointment.
For more info visit www.queenstownhealth.com

TREATMENT SCHEDULE
Date	Facility	Time	Details
Monday	9.00am – 3.00pm	Acupuncture	Daniel
Monday	3.00pm – 8.00pm	Massage Therapy	Kirsty
Tuesday	9.00am – 6.00pm	Physiotherapy	Josh
Wednesday	8.00am – 1.00pm	Physiotherapy	Louise
Wednesday	2.00pm – 7.00pm	Massage Therapy	Kirsty
Thursday	9.00am – 7.00pm	Acupuncture	Daniel
Friday	8.00am – 12.00pm	Physiotherapy	Josh
Friday	3.00pm – 6.00pm	Physiotherapy	Louise
Saturday	9.00am – 6.00pm	Massage Therapy	Kirsty

KIRSTY OWEN – MASSAGE THERAPIST

Kirsty Owen - Massage Therapist Kirsty is a massage therapist and graduated from the university of bath, uk in 2010 with a foundation degree in sports therapy. Since then she has been in newzealand and has been based from the event centre. Kirsty has worked with international golfers in the pga tournaments, rugby teams locally and in the world cup. Kirsty uses a combination of massage, trigger point therapy and soft tissue release, to remove adhesions and areas of tightness which cause aches and pains in muscles and joints. Having a healthier muscle will allow it to fully contract and fully relax to the best of its ability maximizing power and flexibility. Whether it’s training, repetitive movement or sitting at a computer for a long period of time, kirsty manipulates muscles to overcome imbalances causing postural dysfunctions, aches and pains making the most out of your muscles.

LOUISE HOLLAND – PHYSIOTHERAPIST

Louise Holland - Physiotherapist Louise is from Cork, Ireland and graduated from University of Keele, UK with BSc Honours in Physiotherapy in 2007. She worked in University Hospital of Leicester as a rotational physiotherapist, gaining experiences in musculoskeletal outpatients, Adult Respiratory, Acute medicine, Paediatrics and orthopaedics. During this time, she completed a course in sports massage and being a qualified physiotherapist and sports masseurs, has worked alongside a range of sporting teams including rugby union and rugby league teams in Leicester.

She set off travelling in May 2011 around South America and now New Zealand and ready to settle down and further her interest in musculoskeletal and sport injuries rehabilitation. She is a very keen sports woman, playing the Irish Gaelic games since she could walk and represented her county in underage winning two All Ireland medals. Her new passion is attending and playing at the touch rugby at the event centre and snowboarding, the reasons for falling in love with Queenstown on first arrival.

JOSH ONG – PHYSIOTHERAPIST

Josh Ong - Physiotherapist Josh came to New Zealand from Singapore in 2002. From his sporting background and experiences with injuries, physiotherapy seemed a natural progression as a career. He subsequently graduated as a physiotherapist from the University of Otago in 2008 and has been working in the musculoskeletal private practice sector since.

He has worked in various sporting capacities from rugby teams to futsal teams, crossfit athletes and ice skaters. Most recently, he travelled with the NZ U-18 girls volleyball team for the Asian Youth Girls Championships in Malaysia. He also has experience in acute triage management, having worked at the Otago Sports Injury Clinic.

Josh is a keen learner, having completed his postgraduate diploma in musculoskeletal physiotherapy, and is undertaking his Masters in Manipulative therapy. He has also completed courses in pilates, dry needling, orthobionomy, and kinesiotaping. Josh loves a good challenge and tries to think "outside the box" when treating clients.

Josh is a keen sportsman, who enjoys his volleyball and soccer, but is willing to give anything a go!! Josh is looking forward to this new opportunity in Queenstown and is excited to see how he can contribute to this community.

DANIEL JUDD – ACUPUNCTURIST

Daniel Judd - Acupuncturist Daniel graduated with the National Diploma of Acupuncture at the start of 2000. He is a graduate of the New Zealand School of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine and a current member of the New Zealand Register of Acupuncturists. Being an ACC treatment provider since his graduation, Daniel has dealt with musculoskeletal injuries caused by stress and accident for over ten years. He has worked therapeutically with a range of people and physical complaints including serious sportspeople, hobbyists, everyday accidents, the elderly and the disabled.

Acupuncture is also excellent for other conditions of external, internal and emotional dis-ease and Daniel has diagnosed, treated and created treatment plans for many maladies at his private and community clinics during this time. These years of experience have provided Daniel with a skilled and multi-leveled approach. He employs the full scope of treatment methods including Acupuncture, Heat Therapy/ Moxibustion for nourishing, Cupping for reducing pain in stagnant muscles, Herbal Medicine for internal problems, Blood letting for varicose veins, SuJok Microsystems, Ear acupuncture and Tai Chi for rehabilitation and maximising the healing potential.

Daniel always makes it his business to know other practioners in the community and maintains a good rapport to help the patient with an integrated approach. He sees this holistic method as being the way forward within todays medicine. In his private clinic he has referrals from Chiroprators, Physiotherapists, Osteopaths, Naturopaths, Homeopaths and Cranial Sacral Therapists. Daniel is committed to community health and has created clinics and seminars for community initiatives like the “Be Well” health initiative, Fall Prevention Tai Chi and Maori health hui. He has also organised and held workshops for midwifes and pregnant mothers on “how to use acupressure for pain relief for birthing mothers,” as well as being an on-call support person for labouring mothers.

Daniel practices Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong and has learnt a lot about the energy of the body through this study. He will gladly offer classes and/or lessons to help people strengthen and realign any body disharmony. Daniel has gained level 4 Certificates in Te Reo Maori (Maori Language) and Te Matauranga o Nga Waka (the knowledge of paddling canoes). He has a deep respect for the rich culture of this land, its people and those of the Pacific. One of his passions is to one day build a boat and navigate it traditionally throughout the pacific region. He is also a keen snowboarder.