Meet the team at SANO Physio.

Our team based in Paddington, Brisbane is central to providing the best allied healthcare approach to meet your needs.

Marissa Dahms

Senior Physiotherapist

Manual & Rehabilitation Physiotherapist
Special Interests: gymnastics, dance, child/adolescent rehabilitation, hip & knee surgery, VALD Force Decks, chronic pain

With more than 10 years of experience in musculoskeletal and sports physiotherapy, Marissa worked across private practice, sporting environments, hospital settings, occupational health and community health in both South Africa and Australia.

Marissa’s approach combines hands-on treatment with evidence-based exercise rehabilitation and patient education, with a strong emphasis on optimising recovery, function, and return to performance.

Marissa has worked with athletes across rugby union, hockey, water polo, athletics, gymnastics, triathlon, cycling and endurance sports, providing field-side coverage, injury management, and return-to-performance rehabilitation in both recreational and competitive settings.

As a former South African national gymnast, Marissa brings first-hand insight into the demands of high-performance sport, including discipline, resilience and the physical and psychological load of training and competition.

Marissa enjoys working with people across all activity levels from elite athletes to recreational sports participants and those simply aiming to move better and stay pain-free. She aims to deliver practical, evidence-based care that supports recovery, restores function and enables confident return to sport and activity, no matter what age and ability of the patient.

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James Thompson

Clinic Owner | Sports & Exercise Physiotherapist

APA Titled Sports & Exercise Physiotherapist
Special Interests: running injuries, foot/ankle injuries, tendinopathy, masters athletes, lower back pain/pelvic injuries
Bachelor of Physiotherapy
Diploma Sports Medicine

James is a sports physiotherapist with 20 years of experience working across various backgrounds including elite sport, private practice, military, industrial and government.

James has a grounding in manual therapy and has always being an active rehabilitation advocate no matter what level of outcome you need.

A particular passion has always been running mechanics and performance, ever since the need to win the local under 10s sprint race prompted a visit to the library to find a book on how to run faster. This has lead to a lifelong search for how to help his running athletes optimise their rehabilitation and performance.

From working in high-performance sport as a physiotherapist with some of Australia’s best track and field athletes for 8 years, James knows what goes into high-performance systems wants you to benefit from that experience. James continues to work with running athletes including nationally and internationally ranked running, cross country, triathlon and track and field athletes - as well as the many other sports that involve running.

The ‘why’ behind creating the three stages at SANO (Restore, Function, Perform) is to provide a framework that helps all patients and athletes by meeting them at the level of need they currently require. This allows a choice for the level of support and outcome needed to deliver the desired physical rehabilitation and performance outcome.

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