Meet the Team - Qld Orthotics

We are a team with a commitment to go above and beyond providing an environment where we have limitless opportunity to change people’s lives via improving their foot and lower limb function. We work with your wider health community and believe in delivering local, premium podiatric care.

Backed by the very latest technology including objective (evidence based) diagnosis and treatment protocols and continuous professional development, we are confident in our claim to “fix your feet” and offer our unique satisfaction guarantee and Charter of Patient Care. We operate from Waterworks Rd, Ashgrove, for easy online jump onto our booking link.

We are the official podiatry providers for the Firebirds and all Netball Queensland athletes.

QLD Orthotics and Podiatry are members of the following

Australian Podiatry Association
Sports Medicine Australia
Sports Exercise Podiatry Australia

All of our podiatrist are registered with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

Meet the team…

Ben Sweeting
B Hlth Sc (Podiatry)(Hons), BSc, MAPodA

Ben is an experienced podiatrist who has been practising in Brisbane since graduating from QUT with 1st class honours in 2004. Ben has specialised interests in challenging biomechanical foot and lower limb disorders as well as sports injuries and rehabilitation. He has a passion for the profession and is active within the sports medicine community, holding memberships with the Australian Podiatry Association, Australasian Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine (AAPSM) and Sports Medicine Australia (SMA).

As the former owner of and clinical consultant for one of Australia’s largest foot orthoses laboratories, Ben brings to QOP a wealth of knowledge on foot orthotic therapy. He also has qualifications in dry needling and prolotherapy.
Ben has presented at several conferences and seminars to fellow podiatrists nationally and has been involved with the QUT podiatry student program.

A recent career highlight for Ben was volunteering at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Ben was 1 of 8 Podiatrists selected across the country to provided podiatric care for elite athletes in the polyclinic located within the athlete’s village. Ben remains active by running and training at the gym as well as chasing his 2 children around the netball court and soccer field on weekends. Outside work, Ben has a passion for landscape photography.

Cameron Joyes
BHlth Sc (Pod)

Cameron graduated from the Queensland University of Technology in 2017 with a Bachelor of Podiatry. He has a keen interest in all aspect of podiatry particularly Diabetes assessments, incorporating the management and prevention of secondary foot complaints. While Cameron was at university he worked as a lab technician making orthotics. This sparked an interest in the orthotic design and manufacture process.

Cameron has worked alongside multiple physiotherapists and orthopedic surgeons in the past. Cameron regularly attends professional development events to stay up to-date with clinical knowledge. In his spare time, Cameron enjoys swimming, going to the gym and running, participating in local Parkruns on Saturday mornings. Cameron’s favourite weekend activity however is trying out new restaurants, going to food and wine festivals and camping with his family.

Gaby Lynch
BHlth Sc (Pod)

Gaby graduated in 2021 with a Bachelor of Podiatry from the Queensland University of Technology. At a younger age when Gaby was playing sport, she was under the care of a Podiatrist and discovered the importance of holistic care when treating lower limb conditions. Gaby enjoys biomechanical assessments, injury management, paediatrics and nail surgery. She enjoys working with people of all ages to improve their health outcomes.

Whilst studying at QUT she was awarded the highest proficiency in lower limb biomechanical assessments in 2020. During her university life she worked casually in Podiatry clinics fitting and selling footwear.

Gaby enjoys playing Hockey, attending Pilates and living an active lifestyle. She loves spending time with family, friends and her Kelpie, Archie.

Emily White
BHlth Sc (Pod)

Emily graduated from with a Bachelor of Podiatry (Distinction) in 2021. She is passionate about helping people, problem solving and working towards a healthier future for patients and enjoys all aspects of podiatry.

When she’s not working or undergoing professional development, she enjoys any kind of physical activity and catching up with family and friends. Her passions include rock climbing and hiking and she has a particular interest in treating issues associated with these activities to help people get the most out of their lives. Throughout university, Emily worked with footwear and brings this knowledge to her treatments. She also has further qualifications in dry needling.

Sam Groat Podiatrist Ashgrove and The Gap

Sam Groat
BPodMed (Podiatry)

Sam graduated from Charles Sturt University in 2020 with a Bachelor of Podiatric Medicine. Since then he has worked in private practice settings in the Riverina and Southern Highlands regions of New South Wales as well as Cairns in Far North Queensland. He has an interest in all areas of podiatry, with a particular focus on providing high quality general treatment and promoting the role of the podiatrist in a person’s wider healthcare team.

Sam has recently relocated to Brisbane and is enjoying settling into a new city. Outside of work, he enjoys spending his time reading or cooking new things as well as following teams in a number of different sports.

Andrew Barlow
B Hlth Sc(Podiatry), B Hlth.Sc(occ. Health), MA PodA

Andrew is one of the founding members of QLD Orthotics and Podiatry and has been practising podiatry in Brisbane for over a decade and continues to work extensively in bringing the latest in podiatric technology and treatment modalities to Australia from overseas. He, along with his business partner also bring the latest in podiatric technology to the profession with Paromed Australia and NZ which was founded in 2010. He is a member of the Australian Podiatry Association QLD, Sports Medicine Australia, a mentor for QUT students and regularly presents at state and national conferences. He has participated in the ISPO (International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics) conference in Leipzig in 2014 providing his expertise in demonstrating the benefits pressure measurement, CAD/CAM orthotics and lower limb treatment technologies to an international audience. He also has a degree in Occupational Health from QUT. He regularly provides his expertise for ABC radio as its podiatry consultant.

Andrew attends to members of the QLD and Indian Cricket Teams, Elite runners and High Risk Feet including Diabetic Amputations and Ulcers. He is also heavily involved in community work, along with the charity Walking Tall which provides shoes for the homeless (collected from the clinics) and provides free podiatric care at a homeless shelter.

*Also member of APERF fundraising team, media liaison for Australian Podiatry Association and part of the Podiatry Advisory Group for the national council.

Tom Brough
B Hlth Sc (Podiatry), MAPodA

Tom is one of the founding Directors at QLD Orthotics and Podiatry. He has a special interest in musculoskeletal Podiatry and sports medicine which stems from his background playing Hockey. He has been the consultant Podiatrist to Netball Qld and the Qld Firebirds since 2016 overseeing all underage, elite development and professional athletes. During this time, he has implemented a number of key initiatives which have reduced injury rates and off-court time.

Over the past decade he has travelled both domestically and internationally to attend conferences and learn from colleagues. He has a keen interest in continual improvement and has an ongoing role teaching other Podiatrists across Australia and New Zealand on how they can improve their clinical skills to achieve more successful treatment outcomes.

*Tom currently holds positions as Qld State Director of Sports & Exercise Podiatry Australia (SEPA) along with sitting on the Australian Podiatry Association – Qld Regional council. He is also a member of Sports Medicine Australia.

Thomas Feddema
B Hlth Sc (Podiatry)

Thomas graduated from QUT with a Bachelor of Health Science (Podiatry) in 2013. Following a 3 year stint working for a podiatry practice in his hometown of Toowoomba, Thomas decided to take up a role at QOP. At QOP Thomas took a special interest in orthotic therapy and it’s application to musculoskeletal patients.

Since then Thomas has taken a role with our medical engineering sister company Paromed where he works across a number of large and small practices focusing on integrating Podiatric technology to achieve excellent clinical outcomes. Thomas now focuses on his lead role providing support to the Paromed community through the training of our complex design software, case presentations, patient discussions and quality control.

In his spare time, Thomas provides free podiatric care via QOP charity Walking Tall to people at a homeless shelter in Brisbane.

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