Mouat West Physiotherapy

About

My name is Kieran Bell. I am a physiotherapist in Fremantle with over 20 years’ experience in my trade. I graduated in 1995 from Curtin University, Western Australia, worked abroad in the UK health department and a US physical therapy company for 2 years before returning to Qld, SA and finally hometown Perth, WA. I then went into business and developed Biosymm Pty Ltd, a corporate health company that grew over the following 14 years alongside the mineral boom we have just seen here in WA.

Mouat West Physiotherapy is a new venture for me, working close to home as a Physio in Fremantle. I have just wrapped up my time with Biosymm in December 2015.

Biosymm was a good chapter and took me in an occupational health direction, working with big companies developing a like-minded team and then scale. I really enjoyed the learning curve but now am happy to leave that sphere and focus more on a service for individuals and get back to honing the art of helping people. It’s the relationships that develop when working with people that I find most enjoyable. Aside from that, I feel a sense of duty to help others where I can and after 20 years of working in this profession, I find I can help with most musculoskeletal conditions.

Mouat West Physiotherapy is a space where I can put this concept to work. I am back to working on my own in Fremantle, directly with my patients and am really enjoying it.

Services

If you are suffering from a condition such as:

• Neck or back pain


• Headaches


• Achy joints, tendons or muscles


• Sports injury or recurring pain when competing

If you are unsure whether or not to book just yet and would like to discuss your condition with me first, then please call me on 0400 798 071. Leave a message if I don’t pick up and I will contact you.

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My Methods

I like to use joint mobilisations, which are a gentle way of keeping synovial fluid (the good oil) moving and rinse out noxious fluids that may be causing stiffness and pain. These accumulate after an injury or aggravation of an injury site.

For muscles, I like to use myofascial release and dry needling to stimulate the fluid exchange at a cellular level and reduce unwanted tightness. These two therapeutic methods will feature largely in most treatment plans I work on with my patients.

Those that subscribe to the therapist doing all the work end up dependent and poor. See me and you will get homework. Homework will be a simple, specific and low drag, that is, quick and easy to do. Done daily it will serve you well.

I like to work closely with competent professionals that complement my skill set in helping people manage their physical condition. Dr Gary Couanis and Dr Simon Jenkins at Sports Exercise Movement in Cottesloe are two of my favourite Sports Physicians to bounce things off and refer cases to should it be required.

Some of my Beliefs

The flawed vision of man sits comfortably with me. What am I talking about? :

1. We are not perfect. This is OK. The notion of perfection assumes we are the same and there is an ideal we should all strive for (utopic vision of man).


2. We are all different/unique. Know yourself, that is, strengths and weaknesses and utilise/manage them respectively.

Living is aging. One unreasonable notion that the utopic vision of man would have us believe is that you can slow this condition and attempt to stay forever young. To that, I say…be bold, get old.

Aging well requires some work. Past your prime (25-30 years of age for most) you lose muscle condition and connective tissue elasticity. That’s right, you get weaker and less stretchy. How then would one do this well? Strength exercise and stretching. Seems too obvious, doesn’t it?

I like to keep it simple.

My focus is on your health and helping you get the most from life.