We have a team of internationally-qualified Physiotherapists and Pilates Instructors in Niseko who speak multiple languages. All the staff are educated in comprehensive Polestar Rehabilitation and/or Clinical Pilates training programmes and has extensive experience in dealing with various strains from winter sports.
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Daniel Dittmar
Owner and Head Instructor of Focus Physio
Polestar Comprehensive Studio Certified
Matwork and Reformer Senior Educator
Pilates Method Alliance (PMA) Certified
Daniel first came across the integration of Pilates with physiotherapy in 1998 when he was living in Australia. He immediately realised the huge potential and great benefits this method could have on fitness enthusiasts, people undergoing rehabilitation and even elite sportsmen and women. Since then, he has been teaching Pilates and personal training throughout Asia and Australia, including the world’s top destination spa, Chiva-Som in Thailand.
This experience, combined with his Bachelor’s in Applied Science (Human Movement Studies), has given him broad exposure to the health and fitness industry. His wide ranging exposure to various fitness training methods convinced him of the impact Pilates can have on a person’s life. Thus, Daniel decided to concentrate on teaching and developing Pilates for fitness and rehabilitation. The last few years he has been traveling Asia teaching the Polestar Pilates instructor training courses as well as presented several times at tthe Polestar Pilates Asia conferences.
Daniel shares “I strongly believe that our bodies have an inherent ability to heal itself and perform at peak levels without injuries, given the right environment, care and commitment.”
Daniel Dittmar
Owner / Head Instructor
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Keiko Takise
Bachelor of Physio Therapist
Certified APPI Mat/Equipment Pilates instructor
Certified Silk suspension instructor
Course certified of Stanford Introduction to Food and Health
Keiko Takise is from Karuizawa, Japan and she has experience working as a Physio therapist in rehabilitation hospital, house visiting clinic and outpatient clinic.
Through her experience as a Physio therapist, she has learnt the importance of prevention exercises and has first lead to her interest in Pilates.
Keiko was then determined to get her APPI Pilates certification in Melbourne and now with her experience in both Physio and Pilates, she is motivated to help her patients improve in health and athlete performance.
Keiko Takise
Physiotherapist
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Quentin Babs
BSc Sports Science and Rehabilitation
MSc Physiotherapy
Diploma in Sports Massage
AFBP Strength and Conditioning
Pitch side first aid
Diploma in Sports Taping
Diploma in Personal Training
Being in love with sports from a young age, Quentin decided to study BSc in Sports Science and Rehabilitation in 2011 where he immersed himself in the world of rehabilitation and strength and conditioning. Intrigued with the role of rehabilitation in the medical world, he then undertook MSc in Physiotherapy.
Since then he has been working and learning from vastly experienced colleagues in both the private sporting (London GAA, Brentford FC, West Brom FC, London Marathon) and hospital setting (Wellington Private Hospital, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Guys and Thomas Hospital).
This has help him developed a wide knowledge of the role that a therapist plays on both a physical and psychological level after an injury.
Quentin Babs
Physiotherapist
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Jonathan Iskander
Bachelor of Physiotherapy
Australian Physiotherapy Association Sports Physio Level 1
HPS Clinical Pilates
Growing up as the son of a physician, Jonathan has always been fascinated by the human body. After undergoing physio and rehabilitation for a back injury as a teenager he decided physio was his true calling.
Jonathan is an Australian trained physio and has spent the last few years working in a busy Sydney clinic honing his clinical skills. On weekends he dedicates his time to sports coverage; working with a wide variety of athletes and sports ranging from high school basketball; to women’s representative rugby; to working with the cast of The Book of Mormon.
Jonathan has experience and expertise in musculoskeletal physiotherapy with a particular focus on the assessment and management of sports injuries. His passion is to assist everyone in achieving their personal goals with the mantra that ‘no two people are the same’. He tends to take a more functional approach towards getting the patient back to pain-free and their full potential. To achieve this, he uses a combination of hands-on therapy and active therapy to attain the best possible outcomes.
Jonathan Iskander
Physiotherapist