Meet Your Physio in Mornington
Yannick Chani is a Doctor of Physiotherapy and clinic director, with over a decade of strength and conditioning behind him.
Peak Motion Physiotherapy is led by physiotherapist and clinic director Yannick Chani. He takes the time to understand your body, your goals and what it will take to get you there, then builds the strength to keep you there.
Physiotherapist & Clinic Director
Yannick Chani
Yannick graduated with a Doctor of Physiotherapy from Bond University, where his research on motor imagery and balance in older adults was published in the Journal of Physiotherapy. Before physio, he spent over a decade as a personal trainer, an experience that still shapes how he practises today.
Where most physiotherapists focus on the injury in front of them, Yannick looks at the whole body: how it moves, how it loads and what strength work is needed to make recovery last. It’s an approach built from years of seeing how bodies perform in the real world, not just the clinic.
He treats sports injuries, running injuries, lower back pain, neck and shoulder pain, and runs our GLA:D program for hip and knee osteoarthritis. His strength and conditioning background runs through all of it.
- Doctor of Physiotherapy
- Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science
- Dance Medicine Australia Accredited Physiotherapist
- GLA:D Certified
- Published research, Journal of Physiotherapy (2019)
Experience & Accreditations
Sporting Experience
Outside the clinic, Yannick has worked with the strength and conditioning teams at Richmond Football Club (VFL), Uni Blues Football Club (VAFA), Sandringham Zebras (VFL) and St Kilda Southern Saints (VFLW). That club experience shapes how he brings athletes back through sports physiotherapy.
GLA:D Certified
Yannick is a certified GLA:D provider, an evidence-based education and exercise program for hip and knee osteoarthritis. Learn about our GLA:D classes.
Dance Medicine Australia Accredited
Yannick is a Dance Medicine Australia accredited physiotherapist.
