Tessa Boardman is a recent Bachelor of Physiotherapy graduate who leads hydrotherapy services at Clem Jones Centre Physio + Rehab and is on a planned development pathway into paediatric physiotherapy. Tessa worked at Clem Jones Centre Physio + Rehab as a receptionist for four years across her physiotherapy degree before commencing clinical practice — bringing rare familiarity with the clinic’s people, systems and patients into her clinical work from day one.

Clinical Expertise

• Hydrotherapy — using direct in-building access to the Clem Jones Centre’s heated 50-metre outdoor and heated 25-metre indoor pools
• Musculoskeletal physiotherapy
• Medicare Chronic Disease Management (EPC) caseload
• WorkCover Queensland caseload
• Adolescent and junior musculoskeletal physiotherapy (developing under senior mentor supervision)
• Paediatric physiotherapy (planned development through the UQ Master of Paediatric Physiotherapy)
• Physiotherapist – Carina Leagues Tigers Netball Team – Sapphires, Ruby and emerald.

Service Leadership

• Hydrotherapy Lead — leveraging the Clem Jones Centre’s four-pool aquatic facility for clinical hydrotherapy
• Paediatric Physiotherapy development pathway — supported by Andrew McGough, Mike Hetherington and the senior physiotherapy team

Who Tessa works with

• Patients accessing hydrotherapy as part of their rehabilitation
• Adults under Medicare Chronic Disease Management plans
• WorkCover Queensland-funded patients
• Older adults pursuing aquatic-based rehabilitation
• Pre- and post-surgical patients utilising hydrotherapy
• Adolescent and developing athletes (under senior physiotherapy mentor supervision)
• Children and families seeking paediatric physiotherapy (Tessa is developing this clinical pathway through ongoing professional education and supervised practice)