Meet the team

Lily Goodacre

Physiotherapist

Hi! I’m Lily, a local girl from Coffs Harbour. I completed my Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours) at Charles Sturt University in Port Macquarie. I spent my final year doing a research project and my clinical placements out West in Dubbo. I absolutely adore the Coffs coast and couldn’t imagine living anywhere else.

Then:

1. What do you love most about your job/industry?

I love working with people to identify their meaningful goals and being a part of their journey towards achieving them. I enjoy problem-solving together and being able to celebrate successes. Most of all, I love meeting new people and hearing their stories. There is so much you can learn in a conversation, and so much fun to be had!

2. Areas of interest?

I love working with people with neurological conditions. This includes post stroke or traumatic brain injury, but also includes conditions including Parkinson’s Alzheimer’s, FND, MND and Huntington’s. I find working in this area to be incredibly rewarding and endlessly fascinating. There is so much to be achieved through exercise in this sphere. I completed my first-class honours project delving into early detection of age-related neurodegenerative diseases in regional areas.

I am also becoming passionate about musculoskeletal physiotherapy; I love problem solving with clients and being a helping hand in achieving their goals with movement.

3. Your top tip

Your body and brain are amazingly adaptable, you just need to know how to harness this power.

4. People would be surprised if they knew…

I have a collection of rubber ducks.

Or

I have seen Nickelback live twice.