Meet Riccardo Galeotti
Riccardo Galeotti - The Body Lab Canberra
The guy who watches how you walk… and somehow fixes your back.
If you’ve ever wondered why your pain keeps coming back despite doing all the right things (stretching, strengthening, swearing at foam rollers), chances are no one has actually looked at how you move.
That’s where Riccardo Galeotti comes in.
Riccardo is the founder of The Body Lab Canberra, a movement therapist, acupuncturist, educator, and professional pattern-spotter. He doesn’t just ask where it hurts. He asks why your body keeps loading itself like it’s forgotten the instruction manual.
Spoiler: the answer is usually your feet, your gait, or something upstream quietly throwing a tantrum.
From treating pain… to understanding movement
Riccardo’s clinical journey spans nearly two decades and multiple disciplines—classical acupuncture, cranial therapy, functional biomechanics, gait analysis, and strength conditioning. Over time, one thing became painfully obvious (pun intended):
Treating symptoms without changing movement is like fixing a leaky roof by repainting the ceiling.
Instead of chasing pain around the body, Riccardo began focusing on how people stand, walk, load, rotate, and adapt to gravity. Because pain isn’t random—it’s patterned.
And movement patterns don’t lie.
What makes Riccardo different (aka: why this isn’t “just another clinic”)
At The Body Lab, sessions don’t start on a treatment table. They start with observation.
Riccardo looks at:
How your feet load the ground
How your ankles rotate (or don’t)
How your knees bend and twist during walking
How your hips, pelvis, and spine coordinate
How your nervous system reacts under movement
It’s less “lie down and relax” and more “let’s see how your body actually behaves in the real world.”
Then—and only then—does treatment begin.
This might include:
Joint-specific mobilisation
Movement retraining
Gait-based drills
Acupuncture and cranial work (used strategically, not randomly)
Simple, targeted exercises that actually make sense
No generic rehab sheets. No guesswork. No “do these forever and hope.”
Education is kind of his thing
Riccardo doesn’t just work with clients—he trains other practitioners across Australia.
Through workshops like Functional Foot Mechanics, Advanced Foot & Limb Mechanics, and the Gait & Biomechanics Masterclass Series, Riccardo teaches therapists how to:
Assess movement in 3D (not just posture selfies)
Understand pronation, supination, and gait phases properly
Stop blaming muscles for joint problems
Build confidence in real-world movement assessment
His teaching style mirrors his clinical approach: evidence-based, practical, occasionally irreverent, and always grounded in what actually works.
The philosophy in plain English
Riccardo’s core belief is refreshingly simple:
Your body already knows how to move.
It just needs the right inputs to remember.
Instead of dependency-based care, his goal is to educate clients so they need him less over time, not more. Better movement equals less pain, more confidence, and long-term resilience.
It’s not about perfection. It’s about options.
Who Riccardo works best with
Riccardo is particularly known for helping people who:
Have persistent foot, knee, hip, or back pain
Have “tried everything” with little success
Want to understand why their body behaves the way it does
Care about long-term movement, not quick fixes
Are ready to be active participants in their own recovery
Translation: if you want magic, this isn’t it.
If you want understanding, clarity, and real change—welcome aboard.
Riccardo Galeotti isn’t interested in fixing you.
He’s interested in teaching your body how to fix itself—through better movement, smarter loading, and a deeper understanding of how everything connects from the ground up.
And yes… it all usually starts with how you walk.
