Dr. Anita Bir

Anita is a Specialist Women’s, Men’s and Pelvic Health Physiotherapist (as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists 2022) FACP. She graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2009 as a Physiotherapist and also completed a Master of Physiotherapy with Majors in Women’s Health & Musculoskeletal Health at the University of Melbourne in 2014. Anita has also completed all four levels of DMA Clinical Pilates training, Dry Needling certification and holds qualifications in Sports Physiotherapy. She endeavours to provide holistic management for her patients combining manual and exercise therapies to help them achieve their health goals.

Anita has a keen interest in treating complex pelvic floor conditions affecting women, men and the LGBTQIA+ community which include incontinence, pelvic pain and prolapse. She also works with children and their families to work on paediatric continence and constipation issues.

Outside the clinic, Anita enjoys teaching and mentoring physiotherapists and students. She also teaches post graduate physiotherapists and doctors at the University of Melbourne, where she also helped develop the Masters of Sports Medicine program. Anita is Chair of the Victorian Women’s, Men’s and Pelvic Health Committee of the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) and has been an integral part of National Scientific Committees for the APA.

On a personal note, Anita loves to dance and is an accomplished classical Indian dancer. She is also fluent in Hindi and Punjabi.