About — Adelaide

Jake Rowe, Physiotherapist

B.Physio, M.Physio (Sports), APAM

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Jake Rowe is a musculoskeletal and sports physiotherapist with over 22 years experience. He has spent the last 17 years of his practice focusing on shoulder related injuries such as impingement symptoms, glenohumeral instability and rotator cuff injuries. His clinical experience in this area has extended to teaching other Physiotherapists, strength and conditioning coaches and Pilates instructors about best practice in the area of shoulder assessment and management.

At the University of Bath, Jake worked as both a physiotherapist with swimming and tennis teams as well as a Teaching Fellow, directing the shoulder component of the Sports Physiotherapy Masters program for the four years.

Jake has worked with a people with a wide range of shoulder injuries and requirements, from office workers to manual workers, social athletes to full-time elite athletes. He has a good understanding of the unique challenges that the shoulder can present, whether it be getting person with a deconditioned shoulder back to weekend tennis or a professional athlete back to optimal performance.

After 10 years running The Shoulder Joint Physiotherapy clinic in Sydney, Jake has returned to Adelaide to continue his shoulder practice here. He will also continue to consult at the Sydney clinic each month.

Academic Qualifications

Master of Physiotherapy (Sports)
University of Melbourne
2006 – 2007

Bachelor of Physiotherapy
University of South Australia
1998 – 2001

Sports Experience 

Jake has worked with the following sports teams:

  • Australian Paralympic Alpine team

  • Australian Open Tennis

  • Australian Mountain Bike team

  • British Bobsleigh team

  • Team Bath Tennis program (Bath, UK)

  • Team Bath Swim program (Bath, UK)

Shoulder Lectures / Workshops 

Jake has conducted lots of lectures and workshops on the shoulder. This has included tutoring work with Lyn Watson's Level 1 Shoulder courses, La Trobe University Sports Masters program and the Australasian Sports and Exercise Medicine course. He enjoys sharing his knowledge and is always happy to visit work places, sporting clubs or gyms to talk about shoulder injury prevention and management.