Jessie Haddad qualified as a physiotherapist at WITS in 1994. She spent some years working in a hospital setting both in the government and private sector. She has spent most of her career working in private practice in the Clovelly and then Fish Hoek areas. Whatever the nature of the problem – whether sports injuries, back and neck pain, headaches, arthritic problems, muscle pain, joint stiffness, chronic pain…. Jessie likes to approach treatment from a holistic perspective and with a strong focus on prevention of further occurrences in the future, through rehabilitation and working to educate and empower patients to self-manage their health and wellbeing.

In 2014 Jessie completed the National Pain Course through the South African Society of Physiotherapy and this has helped to develop her work significantly in the field of chronic pain. Jessie has done many and various courses over the years that have helped to enrich her approach including Craniosacral work, the Feldenkrais approach to movement, treatment of the Tempero-Mandibular joint (jaw), Sensory Integration for adults, REBT (rational emotive behaviour therapy – a type of CBT), Acceptance and Behaviour Therapy, and Fascial Manipulation. She has also personally attended training in TRE (Trauma Release Exercise), Cardiac Coherence and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. Extensive reading has also equipped Jessie with many other tools.

Jessie sees patients privately and also runs a movement class twice a week based on the Feldenkrais Method.