Chartered Physiotherapist.
Neurological and dizziness
rehab.
Rehabilitation of movement and balance.
Falls assessments and rehab.
Treatments and advice for pain and fatigue.
Background and Ethos
At Mind Body Rehab we don't just look at the body part or condition in question, we look at the whole body, the whole system. We look at the persons life as a whole and the context of the symptom onset.
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I am passionate about rehabilitation of movement and balance and building confidence in my patients. I have lengthy experience working with neurological conditions and I have worked for many years in Neurological/Elderly/Falls rehabilitation and injury management. I also have a special interest in Vestibular rehab working to rehabilitate from dizziness and imbalance. You will see the areas I can offer help with stated in the sections below.
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I enjoy working with people with persistent pain, when we are dealing with persistent pain many more factors other than tissue damage come into play, in fact it is rarely due to this. Multiple factors play into pain; we can help you to identify and work with these. Evidence states the more we know about our pain the better we are skilled in dealing with this and moving through it.
I qualified as a Chartered Physiotherapist in 2003 and I have a real passion for learning, expanding my skill set and my own self development. This feeds my love of helping my patients to grow and develop, in some conditions this is often to gain new insights into what is fundamentally causing or contributing to their symptoms. I love to build confidence in movement and build personalised rehab programmes for my patients.
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I am a holistic practitioner. My approach has many facets, using a wide variety of approaches to work with the conditions I treat.
On assessment you will benefit from the non-specific effects of the treatment. You will be given the space and time to tell your story and you will receive the benefits of empathy and understanding. In partnership we will make a plan of the actions needed to move you into a healthy direction, the ultimate aim being a route away from your symptoms.
My Specialisms
Neurological Conditions / Rehab from injury / Advice for ME/CFS/Fibromyagia.
I have worked as a Senior Physiotherapist for many years in the field of treatment of long term conditions, such as Parkinsons disease, Stroke, and MS.
I have lots of experience coaching patients through rehab from injury.
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I also offer advice and rehab strategies for CFS/ME (see my personal experience of this in my recovery story section).
Treatment of balance issues and dizziness
Treatment of balance problems comes up almost daily in my clinical practice, treatments I offer involve strength and balance exercises but also work to strengthen the Vestibular system to reduce dizziness.
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I am well practiced in the treatment of positional vertigo with the Epleys Manoeuvre. This is a fantastic evidence based technique that can cure this particular type of dizziness.
Treatment of musculo-skeletal conditions
Treatment of common muscle and joint problems. Including lower back pain, sciatica, muscular injuries, whiplash, arthritic pain or post surgery rehab. This may include rehab after total knee or total hip replacements.