Dr Jay-Shian Tan
Senior Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist

Dr Jay-Shian Tan

Senior Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist

See Jay at our Murdoch clinic

Jay is an expert in helping people manage complex and chronic pain problems. He provides second opinion consultations for people referred from physiotherapists, GPs, orthopaedic surgeons and directly from insurers. Jay has a passion for research-backed, individualised person-centred management, helping them get back to what they value in life. He considers not only the injured or painful body part, but how all aspects of a person's life may influence their recovery. 

Over the past decade Jay has developed a reputation as an excellent health educator at Curtin University and Notre Dame University. Currently Jay works with a non-profit social enterprise - Evoolve Pain Care Academy - with Prof. Peter O'Sullivan and Dr JP Caneiro to upskill clinicians in Cognitive Functional Therapy. He continues to train physiotherapists as a consultant educator for Global Specialist Physiotherapy, providing evidence-based professional development and mentoring for physiotherapists around Perth, eastern states and overseas. In 2023 Jay completed his PhD at Curtin University and has published research in the fields of knee osteoarthritis, low back pain, and workers compensation.

Jay has worked at Flex Physiotherapy since 2012 and continues to consult at Flex Physio on a part-time basis. Patients may need to book ahead due to his limited available consulting time. 

Clinical Interests

  • Upper limb conditions (shoulder, elbow, wrist/hand)
  • Trauma (e.g. wrist fracture, sprained ankles)
  • Neuropathic pain (nerve pain, tingling, burning)
  • Spinal pain (neck and low back)
  • Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
  • Knee osteoarthritis
  • Neurodivergence 
  • Cognitive Functional Therapy
  • Workers compensation

Qualifications

  • PhD
  • MSc Clinical Physiotherapy - Musculoskeletal Major
  • BSc Physiotherapy (Hons)

Professional Memberships

  • Member of the Australian College of Physiotherapy
  • Australian Physiotherapy Association
  • Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Australia
  • International Association for the Study of Pain
  • Australian Pain Society

Historical Roles

  • Chair Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Australia WA
  • WA Delegate Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Australia
  • Clinical supervisor - Under/post-graduate musculoskeletal physiotherapy
  • Lecturer - Curtin University School of Allied Health
  • Tutor - Notre Dame University

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