BIOGRAPHY
Rohil is an Auckland-trained Physiotherapist with a special interest in the Diagnosis and Treatment of spinal-related pain, as well as hip and knee injuries. He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, a Sports Medicine Diploma (FIFA) and is a current PhD candidate at AUT University researching diagnostic approaches to the cervical spine.
Rohil provides a thorough assessment and diagnosis with a follow up treatment plan focussing on pain management, optimising function and a confident return to pre-injury performance. His treatment may include manual therapy, manipulation, exercise programming and lifestyle advice including workplace set up, posture, sleep and exercise methods.
He will be able to discuss any imaging reports or images that you have previously had with relevance to your current condition.
Clinical
Rohil is the Clinical Director of the physiotherapy-led orthopaedic-triage service at the Auckland Spine Surgery Centre. This service, established in 2022, offers a unique consultation model of care model, whereby spine-trained orthopaedic triage physiotherapists perform diagnostic triage and develop comprehensive treatment plans with local spine surgeons, for referred patients with spinal-related presentations. While he is not currently seeing patients or accepting referrals for traditional musculoskeletal private practice, he regularly preforms second opinions and case reviews for physiotherapy colleagues.
Teaching
Rohil holds faculty positions at The University of Auckland as a Clinical Academic/Lecturer and LUNEX University (Luxembourg) for their Masters of Physiotherapy programs and serves as a Guest Lecturer for the Advanced Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy paper at Auckland University of Technology. Here, Rohil teaches the use and evaluation of musculoskeletal diagnostic imaging for the various postgraduate programs. Further he is involved in teaching GPs and Physiotherapists at national conferences, symposia and webinars.
Research
Rohil is an invited member of three AO Spine x Myelopathy.org International Working Groups addressing research and knowledge gaps for the condition Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy (1. Peri-operative Rehabilitation incubator, 2. Diagnostic Criteria incubator and 3) Professional Education steering committee). Further, Rohil was awarded a Health Research Council of NZ Research Fellowship for his PhD thesis which focusses on improving the early diagnosis of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy in New Zealand. He has presented his research across the Asia Pacific region at medical, surgical and physiotherapy conferences and won several awards for his research.
Leadership
Rohil is a past Chairperson of the Auckland Branch of Physiotherapy NZ (2021-2022) and held a committee role for 6 years leading the provision of clinical education and professional development for physiotherapists (2018-2023).
DIAGNOSIS
Who, what, where, why, how?
"A correct diagnosis is three-fourths the remedy"
- Mahatma Gandhi
This statement resonates my approach as I aim to identify the SOURCE and CAUSE of pain and injury. Along with my colleagues who are Orthopedic Specialists and Specialist Physiotherapists, there is agreement that a thorough discussion of your injury history is 80% of the diagnostic process.
A clinical diagnosis is an evidence-informed hypothesis which answers the WHY. This can be made with a thorough discussion of your symptoms and specialised physical testing to confirm.
