More Gain Less Pain

About Me

Why Choose Me

I'm a Senior Physiotherapist who qualified over 10 years ago. I have worked in acute and community hospital settings as well as Outpatients, mainly in Bath and North East Somerset. I have spent 8 years working for the NHS in community teams visiting people in their homes or care homes, mostly in North East Somerset. I have an excellent rehabilitation track record and wide ranging knowledge and skills base.

I am a Chartered Physiotherapist, HCPC registered and fully insured.

I have had both my COVID vaccinations and always follow government and NHS regulations regarding the use of PPE.

How I Can Help You

I have started this new service because the COVID pandemic has changed many things including the NHS community teams' ability to see people with non-urgent rehabilitation needs, but these are the people I most want to help.

Whether you need a bit of a boost to stay in you own home, are recovering from illness, surgery or a broken bone, or you have a long term condition that's getting more debilitating, I can help to get you back to optimum health and fitness.

My Promise to You

If I can't make a difference - I'll tell you.

If I feel there is someone more appropriate to help you, I'll signpost you to them.

My Services

Reconditioning rehabilitation

Many people are finding that they are much weaker following long periods of lockdown and shielding, This puts them at risk of falls and broken bones. I can assess falls risks and offer prevention advice, do walking aid assessments (aids not included), create individual exercise and balance programmes.

Pain free treatment for backs and necks

Well almost - there may be some pain in locating the areas giving the problem. However the soft touch technique I use to relieve any discomfort is totally pain free and so ideal to treat older and frail patients.

Call me to discuss whether this would be right for you

Post surgery, fracture and injury rehabilitation

I have huge experience in rehabilitating people after they have had surgery or an operation, broken bones or suffered an injury. It can be very tiring to recover from any of these things and preferable to rehab at home.

Amputee rehabilitation

There is no true community or clinic service for rehabilitating people after a limb amputation in BANES. Everything is set up through Bristol Enablement Centre and whatever support can be offered is short term and so often very inadequate.

I have worked with lots of amputees over the years. Every person's challenges are different whether they are a wheelchair or prosthetic user. I am happy to work with you from the day you arrive home, and am used to liaising with the various other services that need to be involved.

Rehabilitation and coping strategies

Sadly, there are lots of people living with long term conditions in our communities who have been told that basically that they just have to "live with" whatever condition they have got. Or it may be that their GP has little of no knowledge of the condition and needs help and education.

This may be true to some extent but often there are things that can be done to help things become easier and more bearable. Some of the conditions where this is the case are: Parkinson's Disease, Multiple System Atrophy, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, ME, dementia, cerebral ataxia, back pain, neck pain