Languages: English
Mark possesses a special interest in the development of clinically relevant models of movement analysis, retraining, and the understanding of pain’s influence on movement, muscle function, and performance. His mastery of movement retraining, combining a lightning rapidity of thought with a vast multi-disciplinary clinical reasoning knowledge base, is a strong clinical strength. Central to Kinetic Control® is the clinical reasoning process, giving clinicians a framework to integrate movement and manual therapy into practice. More recently, his ongoing work with long-time collaborator Sarah Mottram and other movement specialists around the world has led to the development of The Performance Matrix movement analysis and retraining system, so central to both TPM Pro and TPM Elite.
He describes his thirty-plus years of experience as “diverse.” Working with all levels of pain, impairment, and disability, from those with a long history of chronic, recurrent musculoskeletal pain to elite level sporting competitors and teams, he has spanned the full movement impairment spectrum. As a principal partner in Performance Rehab (Brisbane, Australia), he keeps his “hands and head active,” working clinically with the multi-dimensional approach to the management of musculoskeletal pain, dysfunction and elite-level performance his career has championed. At this elite end, his performance and rehab consultancy has included the Chicago Bulls (NBA), Washington Wizards (NBA), West Side Dance & Physical Therapy (New York City Ballet), Vermeil Sport & Fitness (USA) and Athletes’ Performance (USA).
His exceptional ability to systemise the complexities of movement and its interactions with both pain and performance is world-renowned and continues to be globally sought. Such a reputation draws great attention to his convention appearances and journal article output, focusing on the control of movement and movement retraining. His early publications continue to prove seminal to much contemporary literature.
Alongside ongoing consultancy and training commitments, he continues to provide teaching and support for both undergraduate and postgraduate university education in the UK and Australia, and is currently on the board of Sports Medicine Australia (Queensland).
Originally educated in his homeland of Australia back in the early 1980s, Mark is quick to offer generous acknowledgment to the guidance and mentorship of exceptional individuals such as Shirley Sahrmann, Gwen Jull, Paul Hodges, and Lorimer Moseley. This generosity extends to his development of others, always hugely enthusiastic to share the skills and knowledge of clinical insight, clinical reasoning, and therapeutic application he has continued to evolve from the work of these inspirations.