Karen Burns is a compassionate and highly skilled physiotherapist who has been helping patients since graduating with Distinction from Sydney University in 1991. Her early career at Concord Repatriation General Hospital saw her leading rehabilitation services and supporting a broad range of patients across sports medicine, neurology, aged care, and more.

With a special passion for continence and pelvic floor therapy, Karen has pursued extensive training and now supports both men and women with pelvic pain, bladder and bowel issues, and prostate cancer recovery.

She is committed to improving quality of life for her clients, including children. Karen is known for her warm approach and dedication, and outside of work, enjoys time with her family, pets, and scuba diving adventures.

More recently she has also incorporated her interest in chronic pain and how this impacts those with chronic pelvic pain but also other conditions such as painful bladder, and even mechanisms involved in urinary urgency.

Karen treats clients with incontinence, pelvic floor disorders, pelvic pain conditions as well as male pelvic floor clients and children.

Areas of Special Interest

  • Continence
  • Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation
  • Bladder and Bowel Conditions
  • Prostate Cancer Rehabilitation
  • Pelvic and Sexual Pain
  • Women’s Health/Men’s Health
  • Musculoskeletal/Sports Injuries
  • Chronic Pain

Qualifications & Affiliations

  • Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy) – University of Sydney 1991
  • Graduate Diploma in Safety Science – University of New South Wales 2000
  • Registered Physiotherapist – Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
  • Member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA), Continence and Women’s Health Special Interest Group, APA Pain Network
  • Member of the Continence Foundation of Australia
  • Member of International Urogynecological Association (IUGA)
  • Registered Health Services Provider with WorkCover, CTP, Medicare, CHSP/HCP (home and aged care packages), DVA, NDIS, 3rd Party Insurers & all major Health Funds