Lidia Belles is a highly experienced physiotherapist with over two decades of clinical and elite sports experience, specialising in musculoskeletal and sports injury management. Based in Christchurch, New Zealand, Lidia serves as an Advanced Practitioner at Physiosouth where she leads clinical development, staff performance, and patient care initiatives with a strong commitment to evidence-based practice.

Lidia has worked extensively with national and international athletes, including serving as team physiotherapist for the New Zealand Tall Ferns (women’s national basketball team), the Canterbury Rams, Pouakai and various other elite teams in basketball, cricket, and other sports. Her expertise spans advanced biomechanical assessments, manual therapy, dry needling, acute injury management, and end-stage rehabilitation, with a deep understanding of athlete health during travel and competition.

Holding a Master of Science in Health Practice (Musculoskeletal) from Auckland University of Technology and a BSc (Hons) in Rehabilitation Therapy from Manchester University, Lidia brings academic rigor to her practice. She is also ASCA Level 1 certified and CPR trained.

Known for her meticulous attention to detail, leadership in multidisciplinary environments, and passion for continual learning, Lidia is deeply committed to athlete health, clinical excellence, and the advancement of physiotherapy in high-performance sport.

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Gaining the best possible outcome from your physiotherapy treatment requires a little more than just doing your exercises. This brief guide for patients outlines some concepts that can really make a difference beyond your physiotherapist’s treatment.
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Nobody comes to Physiosouth to learn mindfulness. Patients come because of a physical injury, e.g. a back problem, a knee problem etc. Our belief systems tell most of us that a physical injury of a certain degree or size causes a related amount of pain. Like injury X = X amount of pain, and injury Y = Y amount of pain. This is incorrect.