Joyaa Antares

Area(s) of Interest:

Pregnancy, Seniors, Generalist, Medicare Chronic Disease Management (CDM), Children, Cranial, Paediatrics

People of all ages and with a wide-ranging spectrum of complaints come to Joyaa's clinic. Adults and children present with an array of back and neck problems, torticollis ('wry-neck'), headache, dizziness, and problems in the limbs and joints. Joyaa offers over 30 years of clinical experience and places a strong emphasis on your safety and comfort. As an osteopath, his focus is the musculo-skeletal aspect of the complaints that you come with, and this means the musculo-skeletal component of headaches, dizziness and so on.

The care of babies and children, treatment through the stages of pregnancy, and the management of headaches are amongst his key interests. He has completed extensive post-graduate studies in cranial osteopathic care, paediatric care, care during pregnancy and research methodology. Joyaa brings a depth of knowledge and experience to every aspect of his clinical work.

Joyaa was a Government-appointed member of the Osteopaths Panel of Assessors from 2005 to 2017. This Panel assists the Osteopathy Board of Australia and the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal on regulatory matters.

From 2014 to 2020 he was a Clinical Supervisor to 4th and 5th year students at Southern Cross University. In 2017 he completed a Masters Degree with the University of Queensland (MSc Epidemiology), with a thesis on using conservative therapies for congenital muscular torticollis ('wry neck') in infants and children. He has also completed a post-graduate certificate in Neonatal and Infant Paediatric Manual Therapy, and is the lead author of a systematic review currently investigating torticollis in babies and young children.

In 2020 Joyaa was awarded recognition as an Advanced Paediatric Osteopath by Osteopathy Australia’s multidisciplinary review panel of health practitioners. This award recognises completion of further university qualifications in paediatrics or child health; demonstrated competence in paediatric clinical assessment and diagnosis; and demonstrated competence in clinical management for child movement, physical function and musculoskeletal health.