My journey to
Physiotherapy & Pilates
I loved sport at school, being an active member in hockey, netball & rounders teams. During my school years, I broke a bone in my hand then at 6th form playing basketball I snapped a tendon in my finger. The treatment encounters I had with physiotherapists to assist me with my rehabilitation from these injuries certainly led me to pursue a career in physiotherapy
I was successful in gaining a university place at Manchester University where I studied from 1998-2001 and achieved a BSc Honours in Physiotherapy.
My first role after qualifying was at St Helens & Knowsley Hospital Trust, where I worked with an amazing group of professionals and met colleagues who would become life-long friends. I rotated through various areas in the hospital including Burns & Plastics, Respiratory, Elderly Rehabilitation, Stroke Rehabilitation, Orthoapedics and MSK outpatients, gaining a wide range of experience early on in my career.
I then spent the ensuing few years working for a large corporate manufacturing company in Occupational Health, taking up a role in private practice & spending a year working in a food manufacturing environment. On reflection it was the roles in Occupational Health which really led me down the path of seeking out Pilates training. Seeing the demands of different job roles on the body, considering how I could support employees after their physiotherapy journey to continue their rehabilitation and encourage movement as a change from their daily posture/movement patterns.
I completed the APPI Matwork Level 1 course then Matwork Level 2 (when I was 20 weeks pregnant), and following those up with Matwork Level 3 and my final certification exam. I have been teaching Pilates for nearly 4 years, continually evolving my teaching, searching out ways to deepen my knowledge and refine my ways of instructing.
Post-Graduate training
Formal Learning
BSc Hons in Physiotherapy
Acupuncture Training
Msc Module in Leadership for AHP’s
Pilates/movement training
APPI MW 1, 2, 3 and certification exam
H.I.P Pilates (high intensity power pilates)
APPI Reformer on the Mat
APPI Ante & Post Natal
APPI Therapeutic Yoga Level 1&2
HFE Reformer
APPI Pilates for Osteoporosis
Recent short courses
Simplyfing the hip with Mehmet Gem
Therapy Live Pelvic Health Seminar
TRX suspension trainer course
BASRAT Hand & wrist tendinopathies webinar
BASRAT The athletic shoulder webinar
UK Athletics Leadership in running fitness
Shifting from practitioner to leader webinar