Our Practitioners

Bec Morarty

Bec has been a podiatrist since 1997 and has completed her honours research into “The effect of foot orthoses on ground reaction forces during running.” Soon after graduating, she started work at Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre in Melbourne. She has also been the podiatrist at the Collingwood Football Club since 1999, including the 2010 Premiership year.

Bec has previously competed in netball at a state level, and basketball at both a state and national level. She has extensive experience working with elite level basketball, netball, soccer and football clubs, as well as elite track and field athletes. Bec has been the consulting podiatrist for the Socceroos and Australian Track and Field team, as well as Geelong and St Kilda Football Clubs.

Clinical interests include:
Sporting injuries of the lower limb
Lower limb biomechanics, including footwear choices and orthotic therapy
Bec treats all facets of podiatry and no referral is necessary.

Grace Brynes

Grace graduated from Latrobe University in 2011 and since then has enjoyed working in multiple private practices in Melbourne, Geelong, the Surfcoast and the Bellarine.

Grace has experience in treating a variety of conditions from nail and wound care to biomechanical injuries and gait analysis. Grace has a particular interest in paediatric podiatry and musculoskeletal injuries and enjoys keeping people of all sporting abilities healthy and active daily.

Grace enjoys a hands-on approach and has done additional study to be able to offer dry needling, foot mobilization and manipulation, foot and ankle strength exercises and running technique as part of her podiatry treatments. Grace is an active member of the Australian Podiatry Association, Australasian Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine and Children’s Podiatry.

After representing Australia in open springboard and platform diving Grace now enjoys a variety of outdoor sports including, running, surfing, cycling and swimming.

Hamish Nelson

Hamish studied Podiatry at Latrobe University and has a keen interest in running technique and strength development. With a strong holistic approach when developing a treatment plan Hamish has a particular focus on footwear,  training loads and injury prevention through technique changes to your gait.  
 
Hamish competes at a National level for Geelong Guild Athletics club in the Decathlon and is the coach of the local Geelong Pole Vault Club. Hamish has used this long history in Athletics to develop the Learn 2 Run program used to teach patients proper motor patterning required to run through drills. This has been implemented through various schools in the Geelong Region and runs one on one or group sessions. Hamish has also been a keen hockey player, having played most of his life.

Naomi Di Stefano

Nat chose Podiatry because of the variety and work and lifestyle opportunities it has to offer. She loves helping managing adolescent and paediatric lower limb pain using her knowledge of biomechanics, and footwear prescription. Nat grew up playing netball and now enjoys lacing up the runners. She also has a love of travel, ask her where the next holiday is.