Meet Ash Samarakoon – Your Frankston Physiotherapist
Hi, I’m Ash—the principal physiotherapist and owner of My Therapist Group.
I have been practising physiotherapy for 12 years, and I personally assess and treat every patient who visits the clinic. You won’t be passed between different practitioners or receive a generic treatment plan. You will see me at every appointment, with care shaped around your symptoms, goals and the activities that matter to you.
Sri Lankan-Born, Proudly Australian and Frankston Local
I was born in Sri Lanka and moved to Australia in 2000. I speak Sinhalese and, although Sri Lanka will always be part of my story, Australia is home.
I grew up in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs before planting my roots in Frankston in 2014. My wife and I have since built our home, family and business here, and I’m proud to call myself a Frankston local.
This is not simply where I work. Frankston is where I live, raise my family and look after members of my local community.
How My Therapist Group Began
Before establishing My Therapist Group, I spent several years working at Back In Motion.
My Therapist Group began as a genuine side hustle in the master bedroom of our Frankston home. I started by treating patients outside my regular working hours, gradually building the clinic one appointment and one recommendation at a time.
As word spread, the small home clinic became increasingly busy. Eventually, it grew to the point where I could commit to it completely—and I have never looked back.
What began in one room of our home has developed into an established Frankston physiotherapy clinic, while retaining the personal service and welcoming atmosphere it started with.
A Small, Local Family Business
My Therapist Group is a small family business in every sense.
I’m married and have two young children, aged five and one. Although you may not always see my wife in the clinic, she plays an important role behind the scenes and is often the friendly voice answering the phone.
You may even occasionally catch a glimpse of one of our children popping in to see Dad. That is part of the character of running a clinic from our family home—and something that makes My Therapist Group different from a large or corporate practice.
When you support My Therapist Group, you are supporting a local Frankston family.
My Approach to Physiotherapy
My approach is deliberately personal and hands-on.
Twelve years of clinical experience has helped me develop strong pattern-recognition skills. This can help me identify likely contributing factors efficiently, ask more targeted questions and make sense of how different parts of a problem fit together. However, experience never replaces listening carefully and assessing every person individually.
Hands-on physiotherapy is a central part of how I work. Depending on your needs, treatment may include manual therapy, movement assessment, education, targeted exercise and practical strategies for managing your condition.
I also use dry needling regularly when it is clinically appropriate and only with your consent. Exercise may then be used to reinforce treatment, address contributing factors and help you work towards longer-term improvement.
The aim is not to hand you a generic list of exercises. It is to understand what is limiting you, explain the findings clearly and develop a practical treatment plan around your goals.
Those goals are different for everyone. You might want to return to running, cycling, swimming, the gym or your regular Pilates class. Your goal may simply be to get through a day at an office job more comfortably, care for your children as a stay-at-home parent, complete household tasks or enjoy everyday life without pain getting in the way.
Whatever matters to you becomes the focus of the treatment plan.
Experience Supported by Ongoing Learning
Physiotherapy continues to evolve, so professional development has remained an important part of my career.
I have completed further education with highly respected physiotherapists, including Trish Wisbey-Roth in the management of lower-back, pelvic and hip presentations; Dr Lyn Watson in shoulder assessment and rehabilitation; and Zach Nelson in sports physiotherapy and rehabilitation. Zach is now a physiotherapist with the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL and was previously Head Physiotherapist at Melbourne City FC.
This learning has helped shape how I assess and manage the conditions I regularly see in the clinic, including neck and lower-back pain, pelvic and TMJ/jaw concerns, shoulder problems, sports injuries and running, cycling and swimming-related issues.
What You Can Expect
One-to-one appointments with the same physiotherapist every time
A careful assessment and straightforward explanation
A strongly hands-on treatment approach
Dry needling when appropriate and consented to
Targeted exercise and movement advice where it will be useful
Treatment focused on your individual goals
Helping You Return to What Matters
Every person’s goal is different. For some, success means returning to the gym, Pilates, running or sport. For others, it means getting through a day at an office job without pain, keeping up with the children as a stay-at-home parent, sleeping comfortably or simply moving through everyday life without constantly thinking about their body.
I will take the time to understand what matters to each person and build treatment around those goals.
Whether you are recovering from an injury, managing ongoing pain or feeling frustrated by a problem that keeps returning, my goal is to help you understand what is happening, regain confidence in your body and return to the activities that make life feel normal again.
If you’re looking for experienced, one-to-one physiotherapy from a Frankston local, you can book an appointment with me online.
Ready to get back to doing what you love? Book an appointment with Ash at My Therapist Group.
My Therapist Group
Ph: 0401 825 644
35 Partridge Crescent, Frankston 3199