Mauricio Bara — Physiotherapist & Exercise Physiologist, Tarragindi Brisbane

Principal physiotherapist & Exercise physiologist.
Director and founder of Articulate.

Mauricio Bara.

Bachelor of Applied Science (Hons) Exercise Physiology, University of Queensland, 2008
Masters of Physiotherapy, Griffith University, 2011

Mauricio is a senior Physiotherapist and Exercise Physiologist with over 19 years of clinical experience in both public and private settings. After starting his career working with complex brain injuries in pediatric populations, he quickly developed a love of complex musculoskeletal physiotherapy. He also holds a passion for performance enhancement at all levels and has experience working with elite athletes including The Queensland Ballet, The Western Australian Ballet, The Firebirds (netball), Commonwealth Games and Olympic track and field athletes an ultra-marathon runners.

Mauricio in recent years has developed a strong interest in tendon injuries, as well as supporting back to running programs (particularly in the post-partum population). Women's health in an elite athlete population has been a particular joy for him to treat.

As a dual-degree holder in both exercise physiology and physiotherapy, Mauricio is a holistic in his treatment approach and is able to combine skilled hands-on therapy with simple and effective exercise prescription. He is a thoughtful and attentive physiotherapist who is passionate about continuing to study to ensure his treatments are evidence based and best practice. He has previously lectured at QUT and enjoys mentoring early career physiotherapists and exercise physiologists. He wrote and taught anatomy and biomechanics in the Stretch Yoga teacher training program from 2018 - 2023 and has a strong understanding of physiotherapy for yoga injuries and practitioners.

In 2019 Mauricio opened Articulate Physiotherapy with his wife PJ, and alongside his practitioner duties is also our current clinical Director. Opening his own practice has enabled him to continue to enhance and refine his knowledge and skillset, and he truly enjoys the diversity he experiences through the clinic. In mentoring more junior physiotherapists and exercise physiologists he has established a strong culture of learning at Articulate with weekly in-service sessions on a variety of topics as well as 1:1 mentoring.

Outside of work he and his wife have two young children and live with nearby in Tarragindi. In his spare time he enjoys long distance running (he recently completed the Sydney Marathon in 2025) strength training, spending time at the beach and playing with his fast growing up children. Although raised in Australia, his parents are from El Salvador (where he was born) and Mauricio is bilingual speaking both English and Spanish in treatments.

His special interest areas include:

• Complex musculoskeletal cases
• Performance enhancement
• Lower limb injuries
• Tendinopathy
• Women’s health at a performance level (return to run | return to sport)
• Neck pain
• TMJ and jaw pain and dysfunction
• Yoga injuries​
• Runners (including trail runners + ultra marathon runners)
• ​Hypermobility disorders​​

Training and Professional Development

• Sports Level 1, APA (2011)
• Sports Level 2, APA (2012)
• Core Align Training, Balance Body (2013)
• Core Align Advanced Training, Balance Body (2013)
• Gyrotinics Level 1 (2013)
• Australian Pain Society Conference (2013 - 2015)
• Introduction to Concussion Management, APA (2014)
• On-Field Management of Athletic Injury, APA (2014)
• Bike Fit, APA (2014)
• PIA Conference (Including Facilitating Presentation on Runners) (2015)
• The Sporting Shoulder, Joe Gibson (2015)
• Mastering Lower Limb Tendinopathy, APA (2017)
• Trauma Informed Care, Australian Pain Society (2017)
• Ultrasound Principles for Physiotherapists, APA (2022)
• Mastering Muscle Injury Management, The Sports MAP Network (2024)
• Solving Soft Tissue Injuries, The Sports MAP (2025)

Call 07 3706 3407 to book in with Mauricio over the phone.

BOOK IN WITH MAuricio ONLINE NOW