Massey University Albany

Harry Lissington

Physiotherapist

Harry graduated from AUT in 2016 with a Bachelor of Health Science in Physiotherapy. He is a local to Albany and grew up on the North Shore. He has a love for sport which is where his interest in physiotherapy and dynamics of the body started.

Football is Harry's ultimate passion, he plays and physios for North Shore United in the NRFL Premier Division, in which they were crowned champions in 2019. He is a dedicated Arsenal fan and often gets up at 3am to watch his team play.

Harry is intersted in all musculoskeletal physiotherapy and concussion, with a particular focus on exercise based rehabilitation. Harry is passionate about rehabilitaing his clients back to their optimal level of function and fitness.

Mitch Versey

Physiotherapist

Mitch graduated from AUT in 2016 with a Bachelor of Health Science in Physiotherapy. He loves a variety of sports which sparked his interest in physiotherapy and exercise based rehabilitation.

Surfing is Mitch’s first love and he enjoys chasing waves around the world. He spent half a year living in Indonesia where he experienced, travelled, and surfed his way through Balinese culture. Now back home in New Zealand you will still find him tearing up the west coast barrels and swells.

When he is not catching waves he is running up and down the rugby pitch, where he finds a home as a halfback for Silverdale Rugby Club.

Mitch has an interest in all musculoskeletal physiotherapy and enjoys to use an active approach for rehabilitation. This is shown through his extensive knowledge and skills using our gym facilities in Albany. He is passionate about creating an environment that empowers and encourages the client to improve their function and fitness.

Claire Wang

Acupuncturist

Claire is trained as both a traditional and western style Chinese Acupuncturist working at our clinic in Massey University Albany.

Claire uses many traditional acupuncture techniques including one of our favourites - fire cupping!!

Claire believes in a healthy lifestyle and eating well, whilst keeping fit with low stress exercise. Claire loves yoga and has an interest in gym based exercise.You may catch her floating around our gym here at Motion Health Massey University Albany.

Claire obtained a masters degree of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine after 8 years training in China. She has worked in NZ as an acupuncturist since 2010. Claire has expertise dealing with sports and work injuries, headaches, migraines, musculoskeletal injuries, sciatica, stress, depression, low energy, anxiety, insomnia,  and menstrual issues such as irregular, painful cycles.

Phillips Ong

Chiropractor

Chiropractic came into Dr. Phillips life after injuring himself during a football game. He sought treatment for his back pain from a local Chiropractor, and his pain was relieved. He was then inspired to join the Chiropractic profession to help those that had similar problems. He continues to be inspired to help the Albany community to live a better, healthier, and a more productive life.

Having a special interest in Chiropractic Neurology, Posture, Ergonomics and Rehabilitation, he is currently learning with the American Posture Institute to understand more about postural neurology and how posture can affect daily life with solutions to improve them for better health and function. Moreover, he also takes additional courses in chiropractic neurology to further understand how Chiropractic optimizes brain function.

Dr Phillips Ong joins our team from Malaysia. Coming from a diverse culture, he is able to converse in English, Mandarin and Bahasa Malay. He completed his studies in South East Asian’s first and only Chiropractic school, the International Medical University (IMU).

As an EVT certified practitioner in New Zealand, he is able to manage extremities (arm & leg) conditions as well as spinal conditions. Common conditions such as rotator cuff injury (shoulder pain), carpel tunnel syndrome (wrist pain with numbness/tingling in the hand), patella femoral tracking (knee cap pain) and plantar fasciitis (foot arch / heel pain) are a few to name that he has helped. Besides providing Chiropractic adjustment, with his interest in rehabilitation, he is able to personalize rehabilitation exercise to add on to your care plan.

With better health and function in mind for patients, Dr. Phillips believes the way forward is by empowering patients to take care of themselves better with Chiropractic care and proper rehabilitation.

My Qualifications:
 

Registered with the New Zealand
Chiropractic Board
Registered with ACC
EVT certified practitioner
Special interest in Posture, Ergonomics and Rehabilitation
Certified to perform dry needling by David G. Simons AcademyTM (Switzerland)
Fluent in English, Mandarin and Bahasa Malay

Janine Wiese

Practice Manager

Janine joined our team in April 2018 and brings with her nine years experience in administration and office management.  Her abilities and experience in organizing, prioritizing and customer service makes her a valuable team member and an impeccable practice manager.

Clients will be greeted by her friendly smile when visiting our clinic and she will make sure all the needed paperwork gets dealt with fast and efficiently.

Originally from South Africa, Janine moved here with her family in 2017 and has fallen in love with her new home.  Her two boys keep her very busy when she is not at work with basketball, rugby and flipper ball.  She loves spending quality time with her family whether its having ice cream on the beach or hiking one of the many beautiful trails that NZ has to offer.

Janine is a passionate individual with a bubbly outgoing personality and a positive outlook on life.  She believes in giving her all, all of the time.

Saskia Cole

Receptionist

Saskia joined the Motion Health team as our admin support in 2019. She will happily greet you and take care of all your administration needs.

After being badly injured herself last year, Saskia knows how it feels to have an injury take over every aspect of your life.

Being thrown out of her active lifestyle and circus training (trapeze with her fiance, silks and lyra) took a big toll on her at the time. After attending physiotherapy every few days for a year, she decided she wanted to work in an environment that helps people the same way her physio helped her - both physically and mentally.

Now she's back to full health focusing on her strength training and stamina so she can return to the world of circus.

She understands how much a smile and friendly manner can brighten someone's day - you will never see her without one!

Pauline Trigger

Receptionist

Since returning back to work 6 years ago I have enjoyed working at reception, meeting and greeting clients and hearing about their recovery process.

Originally from North Wales, I met my husband while here on holiday. I have been living here for the 25 years and really love it.  We have two girls and they keep us really busy, we particularly enjoy walking, reading, camping and weekends away with friends.

I’m looking forward to meeting new clients and getting to know everyone at Motion Health.