Experience & approach.
Miriam Annich
DHA-licensed Physiotherapist · DISC Dubai, Dubai Healthcare City
6 years of experience · Musculoskeletal and sports rehabilitation · Neurological rehabilitation · Dizziness and balance
Miriam Annich is an Australian-trained, DHA-licensed physiotherapist at DISC Healthcare City with experience in musculoskeletal, sports and neurological rehabilitation. She treats acute and persistent conditions, from neck, back, shoulder and knee pain to sports injuries, post-operative rehabilitation, nerve-related pain, concussion, dizziness and balance problems. Her approach combines detailed assessment and clinical reasoning with evidence-based exercise rehabilitation, patient education and hands-on treatment where it helps.
She holds a Bachelor of Physiotherapy from the University of South Australia, Adelaide (2019) and is trained in the following; GEMt Dry Needling– Presenter Robert De Nardis 2020, Introduction to Vestibular/ Vertigo Rehabilitation – Presenter Vanessa Simpson 2021, Positional Vertigo: A Comprehensive Guide – Presenter Associate Professor James McLoughlin 2022, Bobath: Sit to stand and locomotion – Presenter Kim Jennings (IBITA Instructor) 2023, Comprehensive Management of Concussion – Presenter Elizabeth Jemson-Ledger and Associate Professor James McLoughlin 2022, DMA Clinical Pilates Part A, B & C – Presenter Dr Craig Phillips B.App.Sc (Phty) MPhysio (Sports) MAPA MACP 2024, SFMA Level 1 – Presenter Functional Movement Systems 2024.
Miriam began as a sports trainer with St Ignatius Football Club during her studies, handling sideline care and return to sport. After graduating she worked as a musculoskeletal physiotherapist at Core Physiotherapy and Pilates Studio in Adelaide (2020 to 2022), then as a neurological physiotherapist at Advanced Neuro Rehab (2022 to 2024), managing complex rehabilitation within multidisciplinary teams. Since moving to Dubai in 2024 she has worked in sports and musculoskeletal clinics with patients from recreational exercisers to athletes, joining DISC in August 2026.
Sees patients for: neck pain · back pain and sciatica · shoulder pain · knee pain · sports injuries · post-operative rehabilitation · concussion · dizziness, vertigo and balance problems · nerve-related pain and weakness · persistent pain
Specialties and techniques: Musculoskeletal and sports rehabilitation · Neurological rehabilitation · Vestibular and concussion rehabilitation · Pre- and post-operative rehabilitation · Strength and conditioning for rehabilitation · Return-to-sport rehabilitation and injury prevention screening · Movement and motor-control retraining · Clinical Pilates · Manual therapy and joint mobilisation · Dry needling · Shockwave therapy · Kinesiotaping · Sports massage and trigger-point techniques
Languages: English · Arabic
Location: DISC Dubai, Building 27, Block B, Unit 304, Dubai Healthcare City · no fixed days, check availability when booking
- Dry Needling
- Kinesiotaping
- Musculoskeletal Conditions
- Neurological Conditions
- Strength and Conditioning
- Posture Assessment / Correction
- Therapeutic Shockwave
- Sports injury rehabilitation
- Back pain management
- Clinical Pilates
- Mobilization
- Assessment and management of musculoskeletal, sports and neurological conditions
- Pre/post-operative management and rehabilitation
- SFMA L1 and 2
- Joint mobilizations
- Mulligan mobilization techniques
- Return to Play in sport
- Injury and Pain Management
- Specific Exercise Prescription
- Movement assessment
- Sports massage (deep tissue / trigger point release)
- Assessment and correction of Muscle imbalances
- Screening tests for injury prevention
- Functional & postural re-education
- Spinal and Peripheral Nerve Rehabilitation
- Cervical and Lumbar Radiculopathy
- Chronnic Pain Rehabilitation
- Balance, Coordination and Gait Rehabilitation
- Functional Movement Rehabilitation
- Motor Control and Movement Retraining
- Concussion and Rehabilitation
- Vestibular Rehabilitation
- Headache and Cervicogenic Dizziness Management
- ACL, Meniscus and Lower-Limb Rehabilitation
- Shoulder and Upper-Limb Rehabilitation Specific to Tendon Pathologies and Chronic Pain
- Chronic and Acute Neck and Back Pain Management
- Strength and Conditioning for Rehabilitation
- Evidence-Based Exercise Prescription
- Clinical Pilates
- Chronic and Acute Pain and Movement Assessment and Rehabilitation
- Personalised Rehabilitation Planning
- Strength, Mobility, and Functional Recovery
- Assistive Technology i.e. Shockwave Therapy
- Musculoskeletal Assessment and Rehabilitation
