Joanne Vanderhaar

Joanne is the Founder and Practitioner of Muscular Renewal Therapies. She loves working in a hands on capacity and assisting people to live pain free and functional lives, thinking outside the square to attain realistic and achievable results.

Joanne decided on a complete career change and began her studies at MIMT completing her Cert IV in Therapeutic Massage in 2018 and Remedial Massage in June 2020.

Joanne graduated in 2021 from MIMT as a Myotherapist.

Joanne is currently Consulting 2 days a week at the Specialist Orthopaedic Surgical Clinic (SOS clinic) in Gipps Street East Melbourne with Assoc Prof of Physiotherapy Amir Takla and Professor Phong Tran Orthopaedic Surgeon.

Working from a private practice in Ringwood and has also been employed at the AFL Hawthorn Football Club as a Myotherapist since 2020.

Joanne was also the personal Myotherapist for Tennis Professional: Polona Hercog at the Australian Open in 2025

Joanne has also been apart the soft tissue team at the AFLW Western Bulldogs in 2020/2021, part of the recovery programme at the NRL club Melbourne Storm 2020-2022 working with Roz Sports, and also with a variety of AFL clubs providing recovery massage services. She has also worked with the All Blacks Rugby League Team 2023 during their Australian tour.

She has worked at the Melbourne Marathon, Tennis Australia, and as a at the Box Hill Hawks VFL club from 2018-2020. Joanne is also trained as a Sports Medicine Australia Level 1 Sports Trainer and also undertaken further studies in Functional Movement under the guidance of Joanne Elphinston from JEMS movement.

Joanne and her husband Damien were Manningham locals their entire life. Having 4 children, they loved being active in their kids sporting and general interests. Now they spend time renovating their home,trying to squeeze in some tennis and bike riding, which they both do very badly, watching the Western Bulldogs, The Hawks, Local footy, walking their kids dogs at the Yarra and dinners with friends and family.