Eric Wahlander
Director and Senior Physiotherapist
Eric is a Swedish-trained physiotherapist with over 13 years of clinical experience. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Human Services from Hawaii Pacific University and his physiotherapy degree from Luleå University of Technology (Luleå tekniska universitet) in Sweden, along with postgraduate training, and has treated everyone from elite athletes to people who simply want to move well again.
His particular interests are musculoskeletal injuries and movement imbalances, post-operative rehabilitation, neuropsychiatric physiotherapy, and sport-specific return to performance. A former professional basketball player, Eric has been through multiple surgeries himself, spinal fusions among them, which gives him a working understanding of what a long rehabilitation asks of someone.
He practises from a biopsychosocial model: the injury matters, and so does everything around it. Whether he is treating Olympic-level athletes, weekend warriors, newborns or centenarians, the aim is practical, evidence-based strategies that restore function and build resilience.
Outside the clinic, Eric is usually at the gym, outdoors with his two young sons, or dirt bike riding, fishing, camping and out on his motorcycle.
Registration and credentials. Eric Wahlander is a registered physiotherapist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra), registration number PHY0002305253, registered since November 2019. He has practised in the Gladstone region since 2019 and has 13 years of clinical experience in total. He holds degrees from Hawaii Pacific University together with postgraduate training, and is a member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association. Swedish and English are both spoken in consultations.
Eric consults at Nordic Physio, Shop 11, Palms Shopping Fair, 172 Goondoon Street, Gladstone Central, Monday to Friday from 7:00am. Appointments can be booked online or by calling (07) 4962 1255. No referral is required for private physiotherapy appointments, and Chronic Condition Management appointments referred by your GP are bulk billed.
Conditions and services. At Nordic Physio Eric treats lower back pain, sciatica, neck pain, shoulder pain, knee pain, plantar fasciitis and heel pain, sports injuries and rehabilitation after surgery, using manual therapy, exercise, dry needling, shockwave therapy and ultrasound. He sees NDIS, DVA, WorkCover Queensland and Medicare CDM patients, and offers home visits across the Gladstone region.