Esmari graduated at the Stellenbosch University in 2007. She did her community service at Klerksdorp/Tsepong Complex. She started her career in private practice working in an out-patient and hospital practice, seeing a wide variety of conditions and gaining a lot of experience and growth.

Her focus was to get exposure in different settings. She gained valuable knowledge at a practice specialising in TMJ (jaw) surgery. She also worked at a Sklaar, Laidler and associates, known for their excellent rehabilitation programs especially for patients struggling with shoulder conditions. She realised her passion for Orthopedics and Sport and completed her Orthopedic Manual Therapy (OMT) course to better her clinical skills and reasoning.

She is also a qualified Basi Pilates Mat instructor. Esmari always had a dream to work with sports teams and this dream came true....She worked as the physiotherapist for Durbell Rugby Club, is part of the Sunshine Golf tournament team and worked at the Cape Epic for a couple of years. She was a part of the Durbanville Wellness team for 7 years after which she relocated to George where she continued to work in an Orthopedic and Sports practice.

She then started a new chapter at a step-down facility, focusing on rehabilitation of neurological conditions and palliative care. The time spend here deepened her compassion and love for people and changed the way she views her purpose as a physiotherapist. Esmari was a clinical supervisor for the University of Cape Town's fourth year physiotherapy students. We welcomed Esmari back to our Durbanville Wellness Team in 2002 and she has since proven herself as a leading physio in the Durbanville area and is currently one of the managing physios of our practice. Her mottos are " Never stop learning", Don't be Wintie, be humble". She enjoys trail running especially. Her three boys gave her a new perspective on life and she loves being their mom and being a loving wife.

Qualifications: 

• B.Sc. Physiotherapy (Stellenbosch)
• OMT (Post-grad in Orthopaedic Manipulative Therapy)
• BASI Pilates Post graduated

Courses completed:

• Basi Pilates teacher Mat course
• Assessment & Management of MSK Headaches and the TM-joint, Presented by Ina Diener
• Going Global – The Ultimate Upper Quarter Course 2024, Tanya Bell
• Going Global – The Ultimate Lower Quarter Course 2023, Tanya Bell
• Overhead Shoulder Course - Tanya Bell
• Elbow Assessment Tips and Tricks by Tanya Bell
• Elbow Assessment & Treatment by Tanya Bell
• Teaching, Learning and Assessment Module 1 & 2 - Department of Health Science UCT
• Teaching, Learning and Assessment – Module 1 & 2, Department of Health Science and Education, UCT
• Foot Workshop, Helene Simpson
• OMT course, 2014
• Therapeutic Neuroscience education, Adriaan Louw
• Athletes’ sprains, strains pain and sport performance, Adriaan Louw 
• Lyno Method Unit 1 
• Communicational skills, Lorraine Jacobs 
• Shoulder workshops, Joanne Sklaar
• Supplementation in Sport
• Baby skills for action 
• Kinetic Control: Diagnosis, Mobilisation and Motor control retraining of the thoracic spine and ribs, Sarah Mottram 
• Orthopaedic clinics every month, 2009 - 2010 •

Kinetic Control:

• Evaluation and treatment of SIJ, Sarah Mottram
• Dry needling courses, Modules 1, 2 and 3 
• The clinical approach to the shoulder complex, Joanne Sklaar 
• Pilates exercises with small apparatus, Theo van der Riet 
• Introduction to the assessment and treatment for children with Cerebral Palsy 
• Basic Life Support courses Events at which Esmari worked 
• Various Sunshine Tour Golf tournaments 
• Cape Epic 2007, 2014-2017 
• Various Durbanville and Stellenberg High School sport events
• Curro Hockey tournament
• Argus Cycle tour 
• Durbell Rugby Club 
• Quadriplegic Rugby Training Camp
• Ride the Rhino Cycle tour 
• Red Sox Trail Run