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"As a result of these family ideals, clients for many years have genuinely been made to feel special and not to be just another number. Many clients who have returned for various conditions always feel very comfortable at our Practices because they are warmly greeted, and many staff members know their names and families. First time clients also feel this personal service by our reception and physiotherapy staff."
At Salisbury, CCDH & NECH. Mark is the owner and Managing Director of Ducker Physio. He qualified in 1988 from the University of South Australia. He also worked in the public sector to consolidate his skills at the Repatriation General Hospital at Daw Park, South Australia. He then entered the private sector working for various private physiotherapy firms for 4 years before commencing the business that we know today. He has a keen interest in sport following careers in both football and cricket. He played league football for the Norwood Football Club from 1986-1994 as well as district cricket for the Prospect Cricket Club in A and B grade level. As a result, he has a keen interest in treating sporting injuries as well as spinal, orthopaedic and musculo-skeletal problems.
Rajdeep Kaur completed her Bachelor of Physiotherapy in 2018, worked in Private Practice in India. By mid-2019, Rajdeep came to Australia and worked initially with soccer and football clubs. Rajdeep enjoys meeting and developing a rapport with clients from all walks of life. She has special interests with treating all musculoskeletal injuries and all sports-related injuries. Rajdeep is passionate about achieving great outcomes for her clients using a wide range of treatment techniques including manual therapy, exercise-based rehabilitation, and taping. In her spare time, Rajdeep loves travelling and catching up with friends and family. She is fluent in English, Hindi, and Punjabi.
Chris graduated from the University of SA in 2003. He initially spent three years in London working in Outpatient Departments in NHS hospitals. He commenced with Ducker Physio in March 2008. His areas of interest include treatment of musculoskeletal problems as well as neck, back and sporting injuries. He is also known for his expert skills in Dry Needling. Personally, he enjoys most sports including Australian Rules football, cricket, skiing and running.
Anuja completed her Bachelor of Physiotherapy in India 2012 and her Master of Physiotherapy in Rehabilitation in 2016, and spent some years working in their various private hospital and outpatient settings. Anuja has worked the last 12 months in another South Australian Private Practice. She has special interests in musculoskeletal injuries and orthopaedic post surgical rehabilitation along with geriatric rehabilitation and Women’s Health. She enjoys and finds it very rewarding to see her patients recover from their pain or injuries and resume their normal daily functioning. She believes in using evidence-based techniques such as manual therapy and dry needling in combination with exercise prescription to develop rehabilitation programs. Working with her patients to develop plans to achieve day to day individual goals and guiding her clients towards full recovery. Anuja is fluent with English, Hindi & Gujarati. Outside of work she loves to cook different cuisine, being physically active and has special interest in meditation and yoga.
Penny completed her Bachelor of Physiotherapy in 2011 in India, and spent three years working in their various private hospital and outpatient settings. She then obtained another Bachelor of Physiotherapy at the Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand in 2019. She spent another two years in New Zealand working in Private Practice treating a wide variety of conditions using a wide spectrum of physiotherapy skills including hands-on manual techniques, massage, dry needling, cupping management, occupational health, workcover/vehicle accidents, sporting injuries as well as chronic pain management. Penny has worked with all ages from paediatrics to school children to the adult population and elderly care. She uses Mulligan Techniques, movement assessment and hands on treatment for injury prevention, education and rehabilitation. Her interests are with injury prevention, biomechanics, occupational health, breathing performance and rehabilitation. She has now decided to live in Australia with her young family to continue her physiotherapy career of 11 years. Penny is fluent in English and Hindi.
Ann completed her Bachelor of Physiotherapy at the University of South Australia in 2005. She has worked across several areas including Private Practice and Aged Care but gained most of her experience working in the public sector at the Modbury Hospital. In her 10 years there, she obtained a high level of experience and exceptional skills in both the inpatient and the outpatient setting by professionally associating/exchanging knowledge and skills with all levels of the medical and the allied health professions. She has recently joined the team at Ducker Physio in 2017 working at Calvary Central Districts Hospital as well as the Private Practice rooms at Salisbury. Her professional interests lie in the areas of orthopaedics, musculoskeletal and spinal conditions. She endeavours to be always patient focussed and to always provide high-quality hands-on treatment, education and exercise-based therapy to empower the patient to regain control of their condition.
"The physiotherapists at Ducker Physio are willing and enthusiastic to help you achieve your desired outcomes. Ducker Physio was initially a family owned company first established in 1992. It has steadily grown over the years beyond being solely family owned. Currently, ownership is with one of the original founders in Mark Ducker who is our Managing Director as well as Mark Covino who became a Director in January 2018. However, the original family owned objectives have not changed to always provide high quality hands-on treatment as well as focussing on great customer service."