Australian Titled Sports & Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
Dr. Namita Mehta (PT) is an Australian titled sports and musculoskeletal physiotherapist with more than 17 years of extensive experience across defence, high-performance sport, public health, and advanced clinical practice. She has delivered advanced assessment and management of complex and acute musculoskeletal, spinal, and sports injuries in multidisciplinary teams, collaborating closely with orthopaedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, emergency physicians, and elite sports specialists.
Her high-performance and para-sport experience includes serving as a travelling physiotherapist for multiple national and state teams across blind cricket, women's cricket, hockey, gymnastics, wheelchair basketball, blind soccer, and athletics. She has supported athletes across international competition and Paralympic pathways.
Namita currently works with the Australian Defence Force, focusing on injury prevention, rehabilitation, and return-to-performance planning, and serves as a senior advanced practice consultant physiotherapist in Ortho-Spine within the public health system.
Comprehensive expertise in holistic, evidence-based care
Extensive experience across defence, high-performance sport, and public health
Focusing on injury prevention, rehabilitation, and return-to-performance planning for defence personnel.
Senior Advanced Practice Consultant Physiotherapist delivering advanced assessment and management of complex spinal and musculoskeletal presentations.
Namita has worked within several major Australian public health services, including:
In these roles, she has managed complex and acute musculoskeletal, spinal, and sports injuries within multidisciplinary teams.
Extensive experience as a travelling physiotherapist for national and state teams across multiple sports:
She has supported athletes in international competition and Paralympic pathways, and leads physiotherapy support within the national pathway program for Blind Soccer Australia.
Advanced practice in sports and musculoskeletal physiotherapy
Namita's professional interests include advanced differential diagnosis, spinal and complex musculoskeletal rehabilitation, high-performance and return-to-sport programming, and injury prevention modelling. She has a strong focus on the female athlete and Women in Sport, and is passionate about evidence-based clinical reasoning education that empowers clinicians to manage complex presentations with confidence.
A committed educator, Namita has contributed as a tutor and clinical educator for the Australian Physiotherapy Association and the University of South Australia, providing teaching, mentoring, and case-based learning to developing clinicians.
"Empowering clinicians through evidence-based practice and advanced clinical reasoning"— Dr. Namita Mehta
Contributions to physiotherapy education and professional development
A committed educator, Namita has contributed as a tutor and clinical educator for the Australian Physiotherapy Association and the University of South Australia, providing teaching, mentoring, and case-based learning to developing clinicians.
Her teaching focuses on advanced assessment, complex musculoskeletal and spinal rehabilitation, and performance-focused return-to-sport planning grounded in strong clinical reasoning.