Kara Cassells

Kara is the owner of Balance Health - Phillip Island's leading Allied Healthcare group. Balance Health opened in 2020 and is the evolution of Island Physiotherapy and Clinical Pilates, founded in 2009. Kara is passionate about creating a supportive workplace for her hardworking staff and is honoured to serve the Phillip Island community.

Kara graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2005 with Bachelor of Physiotherapy with Honours. She was born on Phillip Island and had ambition to become a physiotherapist from a young age. Dancing most of her life, Kara has a keen interest in dance and other sporting injuries, which further developed into a passion for rehabilitation using Clinical Pilates. 
 
Kara's combination of exercise, education and manual therapy, proves to be very effective in the management of many conditions. Her postgraduate education includes the McKenzie Method to manage spinal conditions, chronic pain, vertigo, Clinical Pilates, and women's and men's pelvic health.
  
Kara is currently on maternity leave.