Rate My Professor Matthew Dick

In his clinical practice, Dick leads a team committed to high-quality physiotherapy care for the community and student training support. His special interests lie in functional analysis and shoulder injuries, exploring connections between functional movements and patient pain or injury experiences. He collaborates with the Faculty of Dentistry to assist individuals with temporomandibular joint disorders and jaw pain. Additionally, Dick provides physiotherapy services to the University of Otago rowing club, local high school squads, regional teams, and High Performance Sport New Zealand rowing athletes, applying movement pattern analysis tailored to the sport's demands. He teaches PHTY543 Orthopaedic Manipulative Therapy. Dick participates in research initiatives, including studies on chronic overlapping pain conditions, the role of cervical spine in mild to moderate traumatic brain injury, and interdisciplinary care pathways for temporomandibular disorders. His contributions include co-authorship on conference presentations and proceedings: Galea et al. (2024) on neck rehabilitation post-concussion (IFOMPT poster); Galea et al. (2023) same topic (NZMPA proceedings); Falling & Dick (2022) on temporomandibular disorders pathway (New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy).