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Louise Sheppard ImageClinical Lecturer

MHealSci (Pain & Pain Management) (distinction), BPhty, BPhEd (Excercise Prescription), PGCertHealSci (Musculoskeletal Management), NZ Certificate in Tertiary Teaching

Louise Sheppard is a New Zealand-registered physiotherapist, who also holds a Master of Health Sciences in Pain and Pain Management from the University of Otago.

With 15 years' experience in clinical practice and education her roles have included:

  • Physiotherapy, including vocational rehabilitation and pain management
  • Exercise prescription and group exercise instruction
  • Programme and resource development
  • Clinical supervision, tutoring and lecturing
  • Research

Professional interests

  • Nociplastic pain
  • Exercise and physical activity in the management of pain
  • Pain in the perinatal period

Publications

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