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About us

Director & Principal Lecturer

Dr. Vaidas Stalioraitis

FACP – Fellow of the Australian College of Physiotherapists (as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists in 2016); MSc (Curtin University); Graduate Entry Master of Physiotherapy (Curtin University); Master of Clinical Manipulative Physiotherapy (Curtin University); Accredited Mulligan Concept teacher; Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist; Director, Manual Concepts, Western Australia.

Vaidas has extensive Australian and international experience as a clinician and educator at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has vast clinical experience and a special interest in managing people with complex spinal pain conditions. Vaidas commenced with Manual Concepts in 2007, providing teaching and practical supervision on the Certificate in Orthopaedic Manual Therapy, Certificate in Advanced Sports Rehabilitation, and Certificate in Spinal Manual Therapy programs. Vaidas is a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist and an internationally accredited Mulligan Concept teacher, both of which were gained through exhaustive examination processes. He continues to consult in private clinical practice and is Director and Principal Lecturer at Manual Concepts.


Dr. Kim Robinson, Founder

BSc, Grad Dip Manip Ther (Distinctions). Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, Fellow of the Australian College of Physiotherapists (as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists in 2009), Adjunct Senior Teaching Fellow (Curtin University), Accredited Mulligan Concept Teacher. Founder, Manual Concepts, Western Australia.

Kim Robinson has been a leading figure in manual therapy education for more than three decades. Formerly a lecturer and clinical teacher on the Postgraduate Diploma in Manipulative Therapy programme at Curtin University, Kim co-founded Manual Concepts to share his knowledge work-wide. Kim was an active member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association and the Musculoskeletal Physiotherapists Association of Australia and Accredited teacher of the Mulligan Concept. His research interests and publications include manual diagnosis, cervicogenic headache, neck pain and the application of the Mulligan Concept. See his publications and conference presentations.



Dr. Toby Hall, Founder

PhD, MSc, Post Grad Dip Manip Ther. Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, Fellow of the Australian College of Physiotherapists (as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists in 2007), Adjunct Associate Professor (Curtin University), Accredited Mulligan Concept Teacher. Founder, Manual Concepts, Western Australia.

After gaining his undergraduate qualification in physiotherapy in the UK in 1985, Toby travelled to Perth to complete the postgraduate Diploma in Manipulative Therapy at Curtin University in 1990. He went on to complete a Master of Science by thesis in 1996 and a PhD in 2010. He has lectured extensively within Australia and more than 35 countries, while been heavily involved in research at many centers around the world. Toby has presented at many conferences and is a published author of textbooks and book chapters, as well as 150+ articles related to research in the area of neural tissue dysfunction, cervicogenic headache and the Mulligan Concept. View his publications here. Toby is on the advisory board of the journal Musculoskeletal Science & Practice and Associate Editor for the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy.


Grant Mackay, Lecturer

Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy) Honours (The University of Sydney), Master of Clinical Physiotherapy (Manipulative Therapy) (Curtin University), Titled Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, Accredited Mulligan Concept Teacher, Lecturer Manual Concepts, Western Australia.

Grant has experience in teaching postgraduate manual therapy courses both in Australia and overseas. He is an experienced musculoskeletal clinician and continues to work in clinical practice.  He is passionate about best practice management of musculoskeletal pain disorders, particularly in the application of manual therapy in a modern biopsychosocial context.  Through an intensive examination process Grant became an accredited Mulligan Concept Teacher and has been teaching Mulligan Concept courses for Manual Concepts since 2019.  Grant has also conducted research into the Mulligan approach for managing patellofemoral pain which is published in the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. He is also an author of a systematic review of mobilisation with movement for shoulder disorders.