Sports Therapy

Sports Therapy is an aspect of healthcare that is specifically concerned with the assessment, diagnosis, treatment & rehabilitation of pain or injury. Treatment modalities include, sports massage, joint mobilisation, electrotherapy or dry needling.


Sports Massage

Sports massage is a deep form of soft tissue mobilisation. it can be applied in a sporting snd non sporting context. Sports massage involves a wide range of techniques that helps relieve muscular tension, breaks down adhesions and mobilises soft tissue to reduce pain.


Dry Needling

Dry needling is the western form of acupuncture, used only in the treatment for pain and movement issues associated with myofascial trigger points. During a dry needling treatment, one or more thin, monofilament needles are inserted into a muscle or trigger point to reduce its irritable and dysfunctional effect on muscle tissue. This often emerges because of injury, overuse or poor movement... Read More

Dry needling is the western form of acupuncture, used only in the treatment for pain and movement issues associated with myofascial trigger points.

During a dry needling treatment, one or more thin, monofilament needles are inserted into a muscle or trigger point to reduce its irritable and dysfunctional effect on muscle tissue. This often emerges because of injury, overuse or poor movement patterns.

When dry needling is applied to an affected muscle or trigger point, it can decrease muscle tightness, increase blood flow and reduce pain


Osteopathy

Osteopathy is a system of diagnosis and treatment for a wide range of medical conditions. It works with the structure and function of the body and is based on the principle that the well-being of an individual depends on the skeleton, muscles, ligaments and connective tissues functioning smoothly together. Osteopaths use touch, physical manipulation, stretching and massage to increase the ... Read More

Osteopathy is a system of diagnosis and treatment for a wide range of medical conditions.
It works with the structure and function of the body and is based on the principle that the well-being of an individual depends on the skeleton, muscles, ligaments and connective tissues functioning smoothly together.

Osteopaths use touch, physical manipulation, stretching and massage to increase the mobility of joints, to relieve muscle tension, to enhance the blood and nerve supply to tissues, and to help your body’s own healing mechanisms.

Until the age of 20 I was a ballerina, so spent my childhood dancing. In the later years I was plagued with injuries to my feet. So, having had regular sports and physiotherapy, I decided to retire the dancing idea and retrain in the only other thing I had experience in… therapy.

While studying at The University of Chichester, I was fortunate enough in my first year, 2008, to be offered a job while on placement at Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club.

I continued working with BHAFC after graduating in 2011 and in 2013 bit the bullet left the football club and went into the world of private practice at The Heeler Centre, Hassocks and whilst building a private client base also split my time in the NHS.

I wasn’t quite ready to completely give up on working in team sports, so I joined Haywards Heath Rugby Club as clinical lead for 3 seasons.

In 2017 I was prepared to stop standing on the sidelines and leave the NHS and began treating at The Heeler Centre full time, then, in December 2019 began managing the clinic…as well as still treating 6 days a week!

I’m still treating 6 days a week, however now its within my own two practices at Sea Lanes & Shoreham Port because as of July 2024, I decided it was time to start expanding beachside into its own clinic and start creating my own clinical team of multidisciplinary practitioners!

When I’m not treating you’ll find me swimming or surfing with my Leonberger lifeguard Lola Bear, organising a, or going on holiday!

Until the age of 20 I was a ballerina, so spent my childhood dancing. In the later years I was pl... Read More

I graduated from Oxford Brookes University in 2013 with a BSC Hons degree in Osteopathy, before this however I started my career following my passion for sports obtaining a BSc Hons degree in Sport Rehabilitation Therapy in 2001 from St. Mary’s University, Strawberry Hill. I started my career working with semi-professional football clubs and throughout my career I also worked with boxing clubs and running clubs. I spent 12 years working in London, a few years within the NHS where I specialised in lower limb orthopaedics before moving into working in private health clinics, this is where my intrigue for osteopathy began, hence side stepping into becoming an osteopath!

Upon graduating as an osteo I was offered a job in a well established Osteopathic clinic in Singapore and thus my passion for travel began… I lived in Asia for over 7 years working as an osteopath in multidisciplinary clinics in the central business districts of Singapore and Hong Kong. I also worked in Sri Lanka at an Ayurvedic and Yoga Wellness retreat centre providing Osteopathy treatments and teaching Pilates. I moved to Ireland in 2021 allowing me to catch up with family and friends whilst working in an Osteopathy clinic for 2 years. Towards the end of 2022 I returned to the UK and I have been working at Osteopathic clinics in Hassocks (where I met Jade) and Worthing.

I am also a Pilates mat work instructor, I utilise Pilates exercises and principles as a tool within my rehabilitation programmes.

Additionally in 2021 I became a Holistic Health & Wellness Coach. I believe in promoting body awareness, providing rehabilitation tools to recover from current injuries and dysfunction and to use as long-term preventative measures. I utilise a holistic approach to diagnosis and treatment that caters to the needs of the individual patient and use a variety of osteopathic techniques, trigger point release, manipulation of joints, craniosacral as well as functional movement rehabilitation.

When I’m not working I love to travel, exploring different cultures and cuisines and when I’m not travelling, I spend my time exercising at spin class, strength training, boxing, hiking or on the yoga mat.

I graduated from Oxford Brookes University in 2013 with a BSC Hons degree in Osteopathy, before t... Read More

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