Karen Fernandes

Karen Fernandes is a dedicated physiotherapist with over 14 years of clinical experience who has a keen interest in persistent pain management, neurological rehabilitation (including Functional Neurological Disorder – FND), multi-traumatic injuries, hydrotherapy, and lymphoedema care. She is passionate about delivering personalised, compassionate treatment that empowers patients to regain confidence, function, and quality of life through expert hands-on therapy, movement retraining, and education.

After graduating from Monash University in 2011 with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy, Karen honed her skills in Melbourne’s private sector for 10 years across hospitals, gyms, and private practices. In 2022 she relocated with her young family to the Sunshine Coast and has since worked at Noosa and Nambour Selangor Private Hospitals before joining SSP Nambour.

Karen has extensive experience in interdisciplinary persistent pain management, having worked within one of Australia’s top three benchmarked Pain Management Programs (ePPOC data). She has specialist training in Graded Motor Imagery, advanced Explain Pain applications (NOIGroup), PD Warrior for Parkinson’s disease and other neurological conditions. As a Level 1 Lymphoedema Practitioner she also supports oncology and post-surgical rehabilitation.

With her warm, engaging, and goal-focused approach, Karen partners with every patient—whether managing chronic pain or FND, recovering from complex trauma, or improving mobility—to achieve meaningful and lasting outcomes.

Karen is available for physiotherapy consults at our Nambour clinic.