Our Team

Pinakin Godse is the director and principal physiotherapist at Starting Blocks Physiotherapy. He holds APA Titled status as a Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist and as a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, completed his Masters in Musculoskeletal and Sports Physiotherapy at the University of South Australia in 2014, and is a Certified Mulligan Practitioner with over 15 years of clinical experience.

His sports physiotherapy work includes on-field roles at more than 15+ international and 10+ national badminton tournaments, including World Championships with the Australian Para Badminton Team in 2022 and 2024. He is a BWF National Level 1 Para Badminton Classifier for the Oceania confederation. Alongside clinical work, Pinakin supervises APC physiotherapists and clinical placement students from the University of Melbourne and Swinburne University, and is a member of the APA Business Group VIC. He was Sports Medicine Australia's Victorian council member and chair from 2019- 2026.