I am an experienced and enthusiastic Physiotherapist, specialising in treatment of musculoskeletal, sports and spinal problems and am also trained in Clinical Pilates and Acupuncture. I qualified in 1993 from The Middlesex Hospital School of Physiotherapy in London, then spent 5 years in the NHS in Slough, then as a Senior in Frimley in Berkshire. It is this period which gave me a large base of ex
perience to then be able to move on in Physiotherapy and specialise. I then travelled to Australia. Working for two years in a clinic with close ties to a health club, I treated rugby and Aussie rules footballers, triathletes and also Paralympians in preparation for the 2000 Olympic Games. On my return to England I worked in Yorkshire helping to expand a local Private Physiotherapy clinic and also provided specialist Physiotherapy services to a Spinal Research establishment which performs pioneering laser surgery. Yorkshire was also a place where the outdoors was on my doorstep, I treated many outdoor sports people, and fell in love with the outdoors myself! In 2003 I qualified as a Pilates instructor, concentrating on the Modified Pilates approach which enables those recovering from injuries or pain to perform Pilates exercises safely and return to work, sport and normal life. I believe passionately that good posture and body control is a vital part of being a healthy human being in work and sport. I have also trained in the Sarah Key Method of treating back and neck problems, which brings together long-held knowledge about the breakdown of the spine and creates a patient-centred, manual and self- treatment program to effectively treat the commonest forms of spinal problems more efficiently and quickly than ever before. More recently I qualified in Acupuncture which has added a powerful extra dimension to my treatment, to enable more rapid pain relief in acute conditions and also finally to treat together, in a truly holistic fashion, all the factors contributing to a patient’s condition. I am also an Outdoor Pursuits Instructor and have a lovely son who keeps me on the go! I look forward to meeting (and treating) you!
