Brigitte Tampin obtained her Physiotherapy undergraduate training in Germany and her postgraduate training (Grad.Dip.Manip.Ther, MSc, PhD) at Curtin University in Western Australia (WA). She has an extensive background in clinical musculoskeletal physiotherapy and has held clinical positions in private practice and public hospitals in WA for over 20 years. Currently she works as an Advanced Scope Physiotherapist at the Neurosurgery Spinal Clinic, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth.

Brigitte has an established clinical and research background in the assessment and treatment of neuro-musculoskeletal pain disorders and neuropathic pain. She received an NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship, a PRF seeding grant and a Grant-in-Aid from Arthritis Australia to support her PhD, titled ‘Clinical and somatosensory characteristics of patients with nerve-related neck-arm pain.’ Her work was acknowledged with publication of five manuscripts in highly-ranked medical journals.