Meet the team

CLINICAL DIRECTOR & PRINCIPLE PHYSIOTHERAPIST

Debbie qualified from the University of the West of England in 2012 with a first-class honours degree in Physiotherapy.

She has worked in a wide variety of clinical settings including elderly care, accident and emergency, musculoskeletal outpatients, orthopaedics, respiratory, intensive care, community rehabilitation and now specialises in private practice.

Debbie started her career in Gloucester Hospital before working in a number of hospitals to gain further experience including Wimborne, Poole, Plymouth and Torbay. Debbie specialised in older people care within an acute and a community setting before focussing on private practice.

Debbie is also qualified in Western-based medical acupuncture and completed her training with the Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (AACP).

Debbie is passionate about providing the highest quality of care to her clients to ensure the best results are achieved.

Debbie specialises in older people physiotherapy and rehabilitation, providing a holistic approach to understanding and addressing age related conditions. She aims to improve confidence, reduce falls, improve balance and mobility issues whilst also having fun!

When Debbie is not working she enjoys running, spending time with her family, and attending the local athletics club with her children.

Fun Fact- When Debbie went travelling, she completed a sky dive and bungy jump in New Zealand. She is also proud to have spent time in London with the Olympic Athletes in 2012.

Senior Physiotherapist and First Contact Practitioner (FCP)

T has a degree in Science and following this went on to study an MSc in Physiotherapy at Robert Gordon University. He has also studied at Bournemouth University and the Health Sciences University completing master's modules in advanced physiotherapy practice. 

He has worked in the NHS for 11 years working across areas including paediatrics, orthopaedics, elderly care, intensive care and musculoskeletal health. During this time he has also worked privately in community rehabilitation and across a diverse array of different sports disciplines including working with the junior British Sailing team and some of the Irish Olympic athletes prior to the Rio Olympics. 

T is passionate about helping people manage chronic conditions and problems that arise from deteriorating health. He has presented at national conferences about the benefits of exercise in the management of arthritic pain. He feels that with guidance people can be empowered to make positive changes to their health, reduce their pain and restore their confidence so they can get back to doing the things that matter to them. 

T also works as a shoulder specialist physiotherapist at Southampton Hospital and a First Contact Practitioner (FCP) in Dorset GP Surgeries.

When he is not working he enjoys spending time with family and going climbing and mountaineering. 

Louise Qualified from Bournemouth University in 2013 and proceeded to commence working life in an acute hospital. After working across a range of setting including A&E and admission avoidance wards, Intensive Care units, Trauma and Orthopaedic, Respiratory, Musculoskeletal, Stroke and Older Persons and Medical wards.

Louise’s passion for rehabilitation moved her to Southampton where she worked across both inpatient and community neurological rehabilitation settings. This led her into private rehabilitation services, and now working within private community-based rehabilitation. Louise’s desire for individuals to maximise their life opportunities and gain progress towards meaningful goals is best completed within the home environment.

Louise has completed training in Pilates based rehabilitation, including with a particular focus on adapting to neurologically impaired client groups. Additional courses include spasticity management and casting, as well as vestibular rehabilitation. Louise is able to to support clients to reduce risk of falls, managing their spasticity, advise on splinting, review and devise positioning plans to support comfort as well as complete exercise programs to progress towards collaborative goals.

Outside of work Louise enjoys spending time with family and her animals, which in turn led her to working towards her Veterinary Physiotherapy MSc.

Louise is a specialist neurological physiotherapist providing home visits in Southampton, Romsey and Salisbury for individuals with neurological conditions.

Abi qualified 19 years ago as a Physiotherapist and is also a level 3 qualified personal trainer and fitness instructor.

Abi has worked in many areas of physiotherapy with her main passions including learning disabilities, persistent pain conditions such as fibromyalgia and Hypermobile Spectrum Disorder, and neurological conditions including Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis, Stroke, Cerebral Palsy as well as many less known conditions. Abi is also Bobath trained in Cerebral Palsy as well as hydrotherapy and rebound therapy.

She has also worked in Wheelchair Services in specialist seating for complex conditions and is able to support individuals and their carers with 24 hour postural care and sleep seating systems.

Abi likes to get to know her clients well and what values and passions they have. This helps to enable a personalised therapy approach and maximises rehabilitation potential. Abi can see you at home, in the gym or in the pool and wants to meet you where you will thrive the best.

Abi is a Wife, a Mother, a Grandmother and a dog Mum to a beautiful rescue collie from Romania. She love walks, the beach, holidays, the gym and is the captain of a netball team for over 40’s. She prides herself in being a bit “Neurospicy” with a diagnosis herself of ADHD. She feels this helps her to think outside the box and be a little more imaginative in her physiotherapy approach.

 She understands life’s ups and downs and the impact it has on health and wellbeing.