Team

OUR TEAM

Director/ Senior Physiotherapist
Jacinta Horan
Jacinta Horan
Director/ Senior Physiotherapist
- jacinta@mountsidephysio.co.nz
Jacinta is a co-owner of both Mountside Physio + Wellness and Bureta Physio + Wellness. Her career is split between clinical work and supporting elite sporting environments. She has spent many years working at the top level of sport, including nine years with NZ Rugby across the Black Ferns and Black Ferns Sevens programmes, along with roles supporting HPSNZ athletes at events such as the Youth Olympic Games and World University Games. She has also worked with NZ Athletics, NZ Water Polo, and Surfing NZ. Jacinta remains actively involved internationally, regularly travelling for major campaigns including the Olympics and Commonwealth Games, while also providing expert consultancy to sporting organisations. In 2019, Jacinta became the first physiotherapist in New Zealand to achieve registration as a Physiotherapy Specialist in Sports. With this specialist scope, she holds a unique ACC contract that enables her to deliver comprehensive, fully funded ACC assessments and treatment for eligible injuries. These appointments are typically by referral from external clinicians, most commonly other physiotherapists seeking a second opinion, as well as Sports Physicians and Orthopaedic Surgeons. Her key clinical interests include athletic hip and groin conditions, persistent tendon injuries, sports-related shoulder problems, and female athlete health. Away from practice, Jacinta is a busy mum to three great kids. She loves to stay active - you'll often find her out running, in the gym, or making the most of any opportunity to ski, travel, and enjoy time with family and friends.
Director / Senior Physiotherapist
Eleanor Tait
Eleanor Tait
Director / Senior Physiotherapist
- ele@mountsidephysio.co.nz
Eleanor is a co-owner of Mountside Physio + Wellness and an experienced physiotherapist with over 14 years in healthcare across physiotherapy, exercise physiology, and sport. A former New Zealand representative athlete, she has worked with high-performance teams including the NZ Olympic Committee, NSW State Gymnastics Team and a variety of other sports - experience that has shaped her deep understanding of what the body needs to perform at its best. At the heart of Ele's clinical philosophy is our core value of Reliable Excellence. She believes every person - from elite athletes to those simply wanting to move better - deserve consistently exceptional, personalised, evidence-based care. She is committed to upholding the highest clinical standards, and getting the best results for her patients. Alongside her role in clinic, Eleanor contributes to the advancement of the profession as Chairperson of Sports Medicine NZ and is a Director of Bay of Plenty Rugby Union. When she's not with patients, she's chasing after her two energetic boys and embracing an active family life.
Receptionist
Abby Strong
Abby Strong
Receptionist
- reception@mountsidephysio.co.nz
Abby joins the Mountside team having worked at its partner clinic, Bureta Physio since mid 2022. Prior to, and alongside her work in the administration and patient experience space, Abby spent her career dedicated to the dance and fitness industries since 2009. Professionally trained in New Zealand, she then went on to dance internationally onboard cruise ships for 5 years and also in Bollywood films while based in India. She has worked as an educator for the Royal New Zealand Ballet company and adjudicated ballet and jazz competitions nationwide. After qualifying as a personal trainer in 2015, she then combined her passion for fitness with her dance background and founded Studio Glow in Hamilton - a boutique studio delivering group dance and fitness. Despite her move to Tauranga in 2020, Glow still operates 10 years later, now focussed predominantly on teaching dance-specific strength and conditioning and wedding dance choreography. Having had her wee boy in early 2025, Abby adores being a mum and is aiming now to take a slower approach to life, creating adventures and memories with her little family and getting out enjoying nature, boating and traveling as often as possible!
Senior Physiotherapist
Megan Blair
Megan Blair
Senior Physiotherapist
- megan@buretaphysio.co.nz
Megan graduated from Otago University in 2018 and is currently completing post-graduate study in strength and conditioning through AUT. Megan is currently the Physiotherapist and Strength and Conditioning Coach for both the Wheel Blacks and Wheel Kiwis - New Zealand's Wheelchair Rugby and Wheelchair Rugby League teams. Megan also works at Mountsides partner clinic Bureta Physio + Wellness. Outside of work Megan enjoys being out in nature and keeping fit through CrossFit and running.
Senior Physiotherapist
Rachel Lindop
Rachel Lindop
Senior Physiotherapist
- rachel@buretaphysio.co.nz
Rachel graduated from Coventry University in 2018 and began her career in the NHS, spending four years at a specialist orthopaedic hospital. In 2022, she moved to Cairns, Australia, where she continued her work as a physiotherapist while embracing the outdoor lifestyle of Far North Queensland. After travelling along Australia's East Coast, Rachel returned to the UK to rejoin the NHS and establish her own private Physiotherapy practice, treating clients from her local gym. Rachel is passionate about helping people recover from post-operative procedures, sports injuries, and those looking to enhance their overall fitness and wellbeing. She has a particular interest in Pilates-based Physiotherapy. Now embarking on her next adventure, Rachel has relocated to New Zealand to experience the mount lifestyle. She enjoys hiking, especially at sunrise or sunset, as well as snowboarding and Pilates. She is always eager to try something new, she's also learning to surf-so any tips are welcome!

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Team

OUR TEAM

Jacinta Horan

Eleanor Tait

Abby Strong

Megan Blair

Rachel Lindop

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