| The Committee
Below
are the current members of the ACPET Executive Committee. The members of the Executive Committee have been working tirelessly
and entirely voluntarily to develop and promote ACPET for the wider
benefit of the entire Physiotherapy profession in the United Kingdom.
Chair
Glenn Withers, BPhysio, MAPA,
MCSP, MOCPPP, Cert. Pilates, MAPPI.
Chartered Sports
Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist.
Residing Clinical Director
and Founder.
London Sports Medicine
Centre. London. UK.
Residing Clinical Director
and Founder.
Pilates Art Physiotherapy and
Pilates Centre. London. UK.
Founding Director and
Educational Chair.
Australian Physiotherapy and
Pilates Institute (APPI).
E-mail:
info@ausphysio.com
Glenn joined ACPET at its
inception in 2006 following on from his large base of experience in both
professional and amateur sport, public health, and private practice work.
Glenn followed his Bachelor
of Physiotherapy with a post-graduate clinical year under the tutelage of
Mary Toomey in Melbourne, Australia. Following this, Glenn was awarded a
post-graduate research scholarship to investigate the clinical relevance
of Pilates based exercises. Qualifying in traditional method Pilates in
both Matwork and equipment from beginner to advanced, Glenn then developed
the renowned Modified Pilates Rehabilitation programme to bring Pilates in
line with current pain and movement dysfunction research. Following this,
Glenn co-founded the Australian Physiotherapy and Pilates Institute in
2000. Glenn has presented over 300 courses on the topic to NHS hospitals,
private practices, and conferences throughout the UK, Australia, Malta,
Spain, Portugal and many other countries. The APPI currently presents its
courses to over 2000 physiotherapists a year. Glenn has consulted to
Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Charlton Athletic Football clubs
on groin based rehabilitation.
Glenn co-founded the Pilates
Art treatment centre in 2002 to deliver best practice guidelines of
exercise based rehabilitation and incorporate ultrasound imaging into
exercise prescription. More recently Glenn founded London Sports Medicine
Centre to deliver best practice sports medicine provision to all level of
athletes.
Glenn’s special interest in
exercise therapy is in clinical reasoning, variation of the selection of
exercise, Pilates based rehabilitation and specifically working towards
increasing the recognition of the physiotherapy degree in the exercise
world.
Secretary
Janet Walsh, MSc, MCSP
Chartered Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapist.
Advanced Exercise Instructor.
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Team Leader.
Derby Royal Infirmary.
Derby. UK.
E-mail:
janinindia2001@yahoo.co.uk
Having graduated from
Nottingham School of Physiotherapy in 1986, Jan completed her Junior and
Senior rotations in North Nottinghamshire prior to spending several years
abroad. In
India she gained
clinical, organisational and cross-cultural experience in various
government and private healthcare settings and became Head of
Physiotherapy Services in a large international hospital. She returned to
UK in 2003 to take up a respiratory role in general surgery, ITU, and
pulmonary rehabilitation. In 2006 she gained an MSc in Physical Activity
and Health from Loughborough University.
Recognising that
Physiotherapists were not fully exploiting opportunities for exercise
interventions within NHS settings, she recently undertook the Level II Gym
Instructor and Level III Advanced Exercise Instructor training to gain an
appreciation of differences in knowledge and skills between
Physiotherapists and Exercise Professionals. She now hopes to use that
knowledge to equip Physiotherapists to look beyond their traditional roles
and to advocate for the Physiotherapy profession. As a preliminary step,
Jan is keen to see Physiotherapists gain fitness industry qualifications
alongside their clinical training both at undergraduate and postgraduate
levels. She currently works in Derby as team leader for Pulmonary
Rehabilitation.
Treasurer
Carol Clark, Grad Dip Phys,
MSc, MCSP, MMACP
Chartered
Neuromusculoskeletal Physiotherapist.
Senior Lecturer – BSc
Physiotherapy.
School of Health and Social
Care. Bournemouth University. Bournemouth. UK.
E-mail:
cclark@bournemouth.ac.uk
Carol joined ACPET as the
treasurer in 2006. She has gained her experience in a variety of clinical
settings in the UK and overseas. In the UK she has worked at the Charing
Cross, Stoke Mandeville, Royal Berkshire and Poole Hospitals. While
abroad she has worked for the Bahrain Sports Medicine Institute, GP
Clinics in Qatar and Oman, and the National Trauma Hospital in Muscat,
Oman. Carol has worked with children with Polio in Nigeria organising
joint sporting events with other primary aged children. Carol has been
involved in coaching hockey and was involved in the 1986 Paralympics held
at Stoke Mandeville.
Her specific clinical
interests are the effects of de-conditioning and exercise in adults with
joint hypermobility syndrome and developmental co-ordination disorder.
Carol has presented original
research on joint hypermobility syndrome and the treatment of children
with acute traumatic brain injury.
Research Officer
Lee Herrington, PhD, MCSP,
CSCS
Chartered
Neuromusculoskeletal and Sports Physiotherapist.
Certified Strength &
Conditioning Specialist.
Senior Lecturer – BSc Sports
Rehabilitation.
School of Health Care
Professions. University of Salford. Salford. UK.
Associate Lecturer – MSc
Sports Physiotherapy.
Manchester Metropolitan
University. Manchester. UK.
E-mail:
L.C.Herrington@salford.ac.uk
Lee is a Chartered Neuromusculoskeletal and Sports
Physiotherapist and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, a
Senior Lecturer in Sports Rehabilitation at the University of Salford, an
Associate Lecturer in Sports Physiotherapy at Manchester Metropolitan
University and the Prince Faisal Sports Medicine Hospital in Riyhad, Saudi
Arabia. Lee has worked with elite sportspersons for the last 15 years
including time with Great Britain Rugby League and Wigan Warriors Rugby
League Club. Also, Consultation work for a number of professional football
clubs and individual elite level sportspersons from a multitude of sports
including archery, athletics, swimming, triathlon, sailing, boxing and
martial arts.
Lee has over 40 peer reviewed articles published in the
field of exercise rehabilitation and a similar number of international
conference presentations. He is a Member of the International Advisory
Board to the journal Physical Therapy in Sport, and former Chair of the
Training and Education Committee of the British Association of Sorts
Rehabilitators and Trainers (BASRaT) from 1999 to 2005.
Education Officer
Public Relations Officer and Membership
Secretary
Jane
Simmonds, BPE, BAppSc, PG Cert, PG Dip, MA, MCSP, MMACP
Chartered
Neuromusculoskeletal Physiotherapist.
Senior
Lecturer – BSc Physiotherapy & MSc Neuromusculoskeletal Physiotherapy.
School of
Health and Emergency Professions. University of Hertfordshire.
Hertfordshire. UK.
Senior
Physiotherapist.
Hospital
of St John and St Elizabeth. London. UK.
Email:
j.1.simmonds@herts.ac.uk
After
completing a first degree Physical Education at the University of Western
Australia, Jane undertook a degree in Physiotherapy followed by
Post-Graduate training in Neuromusculoskeletal Physiotherapy at Curtin
University. Jane has worked in a wide range of clinical and educational
settings in both Australia and the UK. Her main clinical work has included
working with elite and recreational athletes, occupational health groups,
outpatients and private practice. Current clinical work is focused on
promoting physical activity, functional rehabilitation, and the management
of osteoporosis and hypermobility syndrome. Key educational work has
included: co-organizing the MSc Sports Physiotherapy at University College
London, leading modules in Clinical Education and Sports Injury
Management; teaching and leading modules in Sport and Exercise Science and
the BSc Sport Rehabilitation and Injury Prevention degree at Middlesex
University; Visiting Lecturer to dance and exercise students at a variety
of institutions on the subject of bone health and hypermobility syndrome.
Jane is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire
where she leads modules and teaches on the undergraduate and post-graduate
programmes.
In the
field of exercise, Jane’s interests are the impact of systemic
interrelationships on human performance and rehabilitation, motor learning
and re-acquisition of skill, prevention and management of ill health
through physical activity, and motivational psychology.
Jane has published and
presented original research and clinical papers in the
fields of physical activity, bone health,
and hypermobility syndrome. She is currently undertaking a professional
doctorate entitled ‘Advancing Practice in Osteoporosis and
Hypermobility Syndrome’.
North East
Regional Representative
Karen Storey, Grad Dip Phys,
MCSP
Chartered
Neuromusculoskeletal Physiotherapist.
UK Athletics (Sprints)
Coach.
Physiotherapy Team Manager –
Musculoskeletal Outpatients.
Newcastle Primary Care
Trust. Newcastle. UK.
E-mail:
storey811@btinternet.com
Karen qualified as a
physiotherapist from Teeside University in 1990. She gained valuable
rotational experience at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle where she
developed an interest in health promotion and exercise therapy. Since 1995
she has specialised in Musculoskeletal Outpatients working for Newcastle
Primary Care Trust. Within her role as Team Manager she manages a private
physiotherapy and sports injury clinic, supervises physiotherapists
delivering exercise and inputs to the strategic direction of community
cardiac care and weight management services.
Karen has been a competitive
member of Gateshead Athletics Club since 1985, her main event being the
400m. Her personal experiences as an athlete and her clinical expertise as
a physiotherapist are invaluable to her role as a sprints coach.
In exercise therapy, Karen’s
special interests range from management of the elite athlete to management
of long term conditions including cardiac rehabilitation and weight
management.
Karen provides post-graduate
training for physiotherapists specialising in musculoskeletal which
incorporates the concepts of exercise therapy and she has lectured other
health professionals on the role of exercise in cardiac rehabilitation.
She recently received a national award for evidence of good practice for
her work in developing home exercise programmes in cardiac care.
CPD officer
Paul
Stern, BSc (Hons), MSc, MCSP
Chartered Physiotherapist
Consultant Exercise
Physiologist
University Hospital of North
Staffordshire NHS Trust
Company Director
New Leaf Trainers
Paul
trained, initially, as a
Fitness Instructor and Personal Training in London in 2000. In 2005 he
completed a Physiotherapy Degree at Keele University. After qualifying, he
immediately became involved in Exercise Therapy, working in the Cardiac
Rehabilitation Department at the University Hospital of North
Staffordshire and setting up Exercise on Prescription and Phase IV Cardiac
Rehabilitation programmes at Keele University. He also worked as a
part-time Physiotherapist with the Stoke City Football Club Academy. In
2006, He moved to Chester to study for a Masters Degree in Exercise and
Nutrition Science.
Paul has since remained in
Chester where he has become Director of New Leaf Trainers, a health
promotion company. This has involved working with Western Cheshire PCT and
delivering exercise classes for various clinical groups.
Paul has also recently
returned to the Cardiac Rehabilitation Department at the University
Hospital of North Staffordshire as Consultant Exercise Physiologist.
Paul's main professional interests lie in the development of training
courses for Physiotherapists in Exercise Prescription.
Diversity Officer
Sarah Jenkins,
BSc (Hons), MCSP
Chartered
Physiotherapist.
Lecturer
Practitioner working at Poole Hospital Foundation Trust and Bournemouth
University School of Physiotherapy.
E-mail:
sjjenkins@bournemouth.ac.uk
Sarah has
worked at Bournemouth University as a Lecturer Practitioner since the
BSc(hons) Physiotherapy course started in 2005, where she is involved in
the teaching and assessment of Musculoskeletal; Life development; Child
Health; Preparing for Professional Practise; Cardiovascular and
Respiratory Units, and is unit leader for the Lower quadrant
musculoskeletal part of the course.
Previously
Sarah has worked at Southampton University as a visiting lecturer on the
Human Movement and Therapeutic Exercise Module, and clinically specialises
in amputees and rehabilitation of the lower limb in the orthopaedic out
patient gym at Poole Hospital. She also does a contractual
musculoskeletal assessment clinic at a local GP practice.
Sarah has
completed and passed McKenzie and Cyriax courses and attended Kinetic
control and Practical Podiatric Biomechanics courses amongst others.
Socially,
Sarah is a keen volleyball and badminton player and enjoys going to the
gym, skiing and doing Body Balance and Pilates classes.
At the
present time she has just got the go ahead to start a Professional
Doctorate looking at objective assessment markers for the lower quadrant
as an indication of functional exercise progression for ACL deficient
patients.
Outcome Measures Officer
Colleen Balston BSc (Hons), MSc, MCSP, MMACP
Email:
c.c.balston@herts.ac.uk
Colleen gained a degree in Physiotherapy in
South Africa
followed by MSc in Neuromusculoskeletal Physiotherapy at the University
College London in 2000. Colleen has worked in a wide range of clinical and
educational settings in both
South Africa
and in the UK.
Her main
clinical work has included working with recreational athletes,
occupational health groups, outpatients and private practice. Having
always enjoyed rehabilitation, Colleen undertook the Polestar Pilates
Rehabilitation Programme and has found it invaluable in motivating
patients in helping them achieve their goals and independence.
Colleen is
currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire where she
leads the undergraduate Advancing Neuromusculoskeletal Module and teaches
on the undergraduate and post-graduate programmes.
Colleen
would like to see exercise prescription and rehabilitation fully establish
itself at the forefront of all physiotherapy disciplines.
In the field
of exercise, Colleen’s interests are prevention and management of ill
health through physical activity, motivational exercise prescription and
rehabilitation and clinical reasoning in exercise programme design and
progression.
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