Emma McDougal

Physio Cadet

Emma Joined the Through Life Physiotherapy team in 2024 as a Physio Cadet. She has recently started studying a Bachelor of Physiotherapy at Federation University Churchill. Studying Physiotherapy is expanding Emma’s knowledge every week, which she can apply as she assists our Physiotherapists. Emma loves learning and is constantly searching for new ways to ease the challenges in people’s lives.

Emma’s interests include understanding the human body and how it functions. This arose throughout her many years of dance training where she studied multiple genres, particularly enjoying Classical Ballet. Her achievements include competing in New Zealand as a part of the Alana Haines Awards, being selected as a junior and senior Cecchetti scholar for numerous years and trained as a part of The Australian Ballet School.

Her dancing journey also included teaching dance, where she loved to inspire younger students to master the details of dance technique. Although no longer dancing, her understanding of the vigorous requirements of dance technique remains and she looks forward to working with young dancers at Through Life Physio as they train for pointe assessments.

In Emma’s little amount of spare time, she enjoys staying active as she values physical activities its benefits to the entire body and mind.

Emma also enjoys socializing with her friends and family, particularly taking her grandparents out for Sunday drives.