about us
Our philosophy at Moving Well is to treat the whole person rather than just the symptoms or condition. We are dedicated to providing a treatment that is second to none, with a skilled “hands on” approach, integrating individualized exercises, posture and breathing awareness into each session. Discover how you can feel empowered, energized and pain free in your body. Our goal is to have you moving well and feeling great!
Susan Lugton
Susan has 20 years of experience as a musculoskeletal physiotherapist working in Canada, England and New Zealand. Susan has always been interested in treating with an integrative approach, understanding that our experiences and thoughts and emotions can be connected with our physical symptoms, affecting how we feel in our body. She set up her own boutique clinic in 2000 in Remuera, integrating skilled soft tissue massage and joint mobilization with breathing awareness and individualized exercises with wonderful results.
Her training since graduating includes a postgraduate diploma in Manipulative Physiotherapy from Otago in 1998, postgraduate papers in Breathing Performance and Rehabilitation in 2009 and postgraduate papers in Mindbody Healthcare. Susan specializes in treating headaches, neck, back and pelvic pain, with a passionate interest in helping people with chronic pain and breathing disorders, anxiety and stress-related conditions such as irritable bowel, and abdominal symptoms, endometriosis and chronic fatigue.
Susan teaches on the ENCORE breast cancer programmes, speaks at hospice groups around Auckland on the beauty of breathing with cancer and chronic illness. Discover how you can feel empowered, energized and pain-free in your body today.
Kerry Trevella Hall
Kerry graduated from the Otago School of Physiotherapy in 1979 and since then has gone on to complete a Masters in Health Science specializing in Manipulative Therapy and Western Acupuncture.
After initially focusing in the hospital system on geriatric medical and neurological conditions she combined this with her love of music and movement. Many Aucklanders benefitted from her Geriatric Jazzersize and Arthritisize classes and with a music therapist she recorded and released “Fun to do and Good for you” for the NZ Counterstroke association.
Kerry also worked for three years in Christchurch specializing in Burns, Plastic surgery, Multitrauma and Hand therapy.
Kerry joined “Moving Well” in 2004. Her treatment philosophy includes a thorough assessment of her clients and her experienced physiotherapy skills enable her to work together with them successfully to alleviate problematic symptoms. This facilitates the return to function, activity or sport desired. She places a strong emphasis on teaching self management and provides ongoing regular ‘tuneups’ if needed to maintain the painfree balance, strength and mobility achieved.
Her love of sport and travel has seen her skiing over most of the world and has given her an understanding of the desires of an athlete to participate in their chosen sport. This combined with her thorough knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the human body means she knows how best to reunite the two when injury or imbalance occurs.
Some of her Tips for Healthy Living...
When learning a new sport or returning to an old one go at a pace that allows your body to adapt.
Stretching at the end of your run or activity is as important as warming up at the beginning.
Let a smile be your style!
Brooke
Brooke has 10 years experience as a private practice physiotherapist working in both Auckland and Australia. She has training in Musculo-skeletal physiotherapy, Clinical Pilates, Western Acupuncture, Vestibular physiotherapy and has a special interest in Breathing Dysfunction and how it affects the body and its systems. She is currently working on her Master of Rehabilitation at AUT.
Brooke started her physiotherapy career as an athlete and so has a deep understanding of the requirements of sport and activity. Since then, she has expanded her interest to the general population, and has become aware of the need for a whole-person approach to treatment. She loves to work with a person unraveling their problem and usually incorporating breathing retraining and hands on therapy, combined with specific exercises to aid in their recovery. Encouraging a person’s self awareness and self- management is an integral part of her treatment.
