Panda Li
Meet Panda Li, an Australian Chinese Physiotherapist and the founder of PhysioMotion.
Panda's extensive career includes being a former Hong Kong Olympic Team Physiotherapist focusing in sports and spinal injuries. She is a skilled diagnostician who identifies where musculoskeletal issues from injuries related to elite athletic performance to chronic pain arise from. She treats patients ranging from sports injuries, women's & men's health to elite athletic performance.
Panda is an Australian Chinese Physiotherapist who came back to Hong Kong in 1998. Her accomplished career includes being a former Hong Kong Olympic Team Physiotherapist that began with her own passion for sport, whilst also initially specialising in sports and spinal injuries. Her innate curiosity and demand for excellence lead her to develop her skills as a strong diagnostician for any musculoskeletal issues from injuries related to elite athletic performance to chronic pain. Panda is also a qualified women’s & men’s pelvic health physiotherapist treating issues ranging from incontinence, pre/ post-natal care to sexual dysfunction.
Panda is also a qualified Women's & Men's Pelvic Health Physiotherapist and Lactation (breastfeeding) Pain Physiotherapist. She is an Integrated Systems Model©™ and Connect Therapy©™ Certified Practitioner. In addition, she is a Clinical Pilates Practitioner, Certified Menopause Health Physiotherapist and qualified in the area of Ergonomics & Injury Prevention.
Areas of Expertise
Diagnostics of the causes related to musculoskeletal dysfunction
Biomechanical analysis of movement: identifying non-optimal movement related to pain & superior athletic technique for enhanced performance
Spinal dysfunction: neck, thorax & rib cage, lower back & pelvic pain
Joint pain & injury: Shoulders, hips, knees, ankle & feet
Women’s pelvic health: incontinence, pregnancy & postnatal care, bladder dysfunction, dyspareunia, rectus diastasis, menopausal issues & musculoskeletal
Men’s pelvic health: prostate issues, pelvic girdle pain, sexual dysfunction, constipation, urological conditions & pelvic floor weakness
Lactation & Breast Pain Physiotherapist: treatment of mastitis, mastalgia and breast pain
Certified Menopausal Health Physiotherapist: Advice and treatment for women experiencing musculoskeletal symptoms of menopause. Specialised exercise and training specific to the prevention of physical issues related to menopause including osteopenia / osteoporosis, joint pain, muscle loss and weight gain.
Languages
Chinese (Cantonese), English
Qualifications
Bachelor of Physiotherapy (La Trobe University), Australia
Graduate Diploma Ergonomics & Injury Prevention (University of Queensland), Australia
Integrated Systems Model©™ and Connect Therapy©™ Certified Practitioner
Certified Clinical Pilates Practitioner (Dance Medicine Australia)
Lactation Breast Pain Physiotherapist – Australia
Women’s & Men’s Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Level 1 & 2 – Canada
Certified Menopausal Health Physiotherapist - USA
Over the years, Panda has developed a special interest in the complexity of how different regions in the body are connected and how they interact to reach a diagnosis. She uses highly developed analytical skills to assess biomechanics of movement and how they relate to the causes of dysfunction.
Whether these problems arise in the spine, pelvis or joints of the body, the role of these inter-connections in relation to other conditions such as knee, hip and lower back pain; recurrent muscular strains; men’s & women's health (pregnancy, postpartum care, rectus diastasis, incontinence) is key to effective management of musculoskeletal dysfunction.
She uses real time ultrasound imaging (RTUI) for effective assessment and training of abdominal, pelvic floor, hip and lower back muscles. In particular, the assessment of the extent and severity of a rectus abdominus diastasis (for postpartum women, but also men who suffer this condition).
