About Jarrod

Your experienced Rehabilitative Osteopath, Strength and Conditioning Coach and Personal Trainer in Melbourne.

Jarrod Testa is an Advanced Rehabilitative Osteopath who has also completed a degree in.

Jarrod has completed the following formal qualifications

  • 2022 – Accredited by Osteopathy Australia as an Advanced Rehabilitative Osteopath
  • 2019 – Level 1 Strength and Conditioning – Australian Strength and Conditioning Association
  • 2018 – Bachelor of Clinical science, Masters of health science (Osteopathy) – Victoria University
  • 2013 – Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science – Australian Catholic University
  • 2012 – Certificate 3 and 4 in Fitness – Fitness Australia

Jarrod has been working as a personal trainer since 2012, and has countless hours of industry experience coaching movement.

Personally, Jarrod has been strength training for 10+ years, and in his spare time he enjoys training for powerlifting, and is a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

Jarrod has also lectured along side some world renowned coaches as part of the the JPS education mentorship for personal trainers, which you can find more about here, as well as having created in person and online short course aimed at improving exercise delivery in the allied health space, which you can find more about here.

Jarrod enjoys treating a wide range of people ranging from the office worker or trades person, to the recreational or elite athlete. Jarrod believes that everyone should have the right to access their bodies full potential.

With a passion for up skilling, Jarrod has completed the following short courses including the following;

Year

Course Title

Educator

2013

Nutrition for Bodybuilders and Powerlifters

Dr. Layne Norton

2015

Introduction To Bodyweight strength

Daniel Vadnal

2016

Don’t fear the disc bulge

Andrew Lock

2017

Working with the back pained client

Joel Proskewitz – The McGill Method

2017

High Performance Training Methods

Joel Proskewitz and Dr. Stuart McGill – The McGill Method

2018

Exercise for chronic pain

Nick Efthimiou

2018

Office Ergonomic Risk Assessment

Heath Williams and Wayde Brennan – Corporate Work Health Australia

2019

Strength and Conditioning for the spine, upper and lower body

Martyn Girvan, Daniel Di Pasqua and Heath Williams

2019

Reconciling biomechanics with pain science

Greg Lehman

2019

Dry Kneedling and myofascial Cupping

Jon Marshall – Manual medicine Australia

2019

Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy

Cliff Eaton – DJO Chattanooga

2019

The sporting shoulder

Lyn Watson and Simon Balster

2019

Tendinopathies – A sports doctors approach

Dr. Karen Holzer

2019

Exercise and cancer

Absolute health and performance

2019

Online mentorship for Personal Trainers

JPS education

2019

The 5-step kinetic chain screen

Grant Burrows

2020

Converging on a precise diagnosis

Stuart McGill – Backfit Pro

2020

PEAK – Treating knee osteoarthritis

Melbourne University

2020

Powerlifting fundamentals

JPS education

2020

An introduction to pain science

Jared Maynard – Clinical athlete

2020

Science based tendinopathy treatment

Jason Eure – Clinical Athlete

2020

Knee valgus in the squat

Sam Spinelli – Clinical athlete

2020

Mastering lower limb injuries

The sports MAP

2020

Private Practice ready

ImoveU

2020

Running Biomechanics

Tom O Halloran – Mechanics of Movement

2020

Stop hurting women with exercise

Antony Lo – The Physio Detective

2020

Bulletproof your body – Pelvic floor and core part 1

Antony lo – The Physio detective

2020

Bulletproof your body – Pelvic floor and core part 2

Antony lo – The Physio detective

2021

Functional Therapeutic movement

Ben Cormack – Cor-Kinetic

2021

The rotator cuff part 1

Jared Powell – The shoulder physio

2021

The rotator cuff part 2

Jared Powell – The shoulder physio

2022

The stiff and unstable shoulder

Jared Powell – The shoulder physio

2022

Rethinking the big patterns

Dr. Pat Davidson

2022

Non musculoskeletal contributors and causes of headaches and migraines

Beth Yule

2023

Running resiliency

Greg Lehman

2024

Social Media Marketing

Jack Prow – fully Booked group

2024

Organic content and e commerce marketing

Angus Bradley

2025

General Physical Preparation level 1

Angus Bradley

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