Matt graduated from La Trobe University in 2019 with a Bachelor of Applied Sciences and Masters of Podiatric Practice. Matt has worked since his graduate year in sports podiatry and has worked with some of Australia’s and South Australia’s top athletes. Matt is also an elite athlete himself, representing Australia at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. This has given him a specific insight early into his career to develop an appreciation for the role podiatry plays in injury prevention, management of lower limb complications and performance gains.
Personal involvement in sport is a core value for Matt. As well as being an athlete for Team Tempo, he is also the coach for the juniors’ program (accredited coach with Athletics Australia). He has over nine years’ experience with coaching and has worked with four Olympic level coaches across Victoria and South Australia, both privately and through the school system.
This has further nurtured his skills in:
- Identifying and reducing training errors
- Implementing appropriate load management programs
- Understanding the various and specific needs of athletes at any level
- Collaborative healthcare
- Putting theory into practice
Matt’s passion of getting people active, keeping them moving and helping them achieve their goals is spearheaded by an in-depth understanding of lower limb biomechanics, footwear prescription, external load management, developing tissue tolerance and recovery to meet the demands of an individual’s needs.
Matt is a current member of:
- The Australian Podiatry Association (APODA)
- Sport + Exercise Podiatry Australia (SEPA)
- Athletics South Australia
- Athletics Australia
- World Olympians Association
He further promotes overall health and wellbeing through his participation as:
- Premier’s BeActive Challenge Ambassador (2022)
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- School Sport Australia Cross Country Educational Speaker (2022)
- Column Writer for City2Bay (2022)
- Little Athletics Coles Community Round Ambassador (Tea Tree Gully LAAC, 2021)
- Foot Health Week Ambassador (2021)
- Starlight Go Big Challenge Ambassador (2021)
- Speaker at South Australian Road Runners Club, Adelaide Marathon: Expert Talk Series (Load Redistribution for runners, 2022)
