I qualified as a physiotherapist in 1988, and have worked as a children’s physiotherapist, a physiotherapy lecturer and a Professional Advisor at the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.

This combination of roles, and successful completion of an MSc Interprofessional Health & Welfare Studies and a PhD in Social Sciences have fed my interest in/understanding of the politics that shape (& are shaped by) physiotherapy’s professional identities & practices; and a commitment to challenge the discourses/structures that compromise equality and diversity within physiotherapy.

I have an abiding interest in the dynamic relationship between politics - profession – practice. This interest has been fed & developed through my experiences of being a CSP Steward, a professional adviser, a physiotherapy educator & through my PhD research. 

My PhD in Social Sciences created a space for thinking sociologically about physiotherapy as a practice profession. This process of making the familiar strange has uncovered tensions between knowing & doing running through physiotherapy’s history.

My thesis ‘Becoming a practice profession: a genealogy of physiotherapy’s moving/touching practices’ offers an historic perspective for understanding physiotherapy’s current position & for thinking critically about its future.

Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy's Equity, Diversity & Belonging committee

External Examiner: BSc(Hons)Physiotherapy [part-time], University of South Wales

BSc(Hons)Physiotherapy

• PTY504 Evaluation & Research
• PTY602 Personalised professional development [module lead]

MSc Physiotherapy (pre-registration)

• PTY702 Evaluation & Research
• PTY703 Human Behaviour & Rehabilitation
• PTY712 Personalised professional development [module lead]

Other teaching responsibilities:

• Careers lead
• Research project supervision (BSc(Hons)Physiotherapy Year 3/MSc Physiotherapy (pre-registration) Year 2)
• Personal tutor & Placement link tutor