Megan Bartholomew

Megan qualified as a physiotherapist from Kings College London in 2002. After two years doing her core rotations at Kings College Hospital, Megan specialised in paediatric physiotherapy and since then has been working with babies and children. Megan has worked in both hospital and community settings within the NHS, as well as in a voluntary capacity abroad in Romania and with local UK charities such as Riding for the Disabled. Megan most recently worked at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital where she developed a role in early intervention of babies and children.

Megan has attended many specialist courses including bobath early assessment and intervention, the bobath foundation course, gait analysis and orthotic management and developmental coordination and related motor difficulties.

Megan lives in Berkhamsted with her husband and three children.

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Marianne Pike

Marianne Marianne graduated from Oxford Brookes University with a BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy in 2002. Marianne specialised in paediatrics in 2004, since then accumulating many years experience working exclusively with babies and children 0-16 years. Over the years Marianne has worked in a variety of London NHS and private hospitals working with inpatients, outpatients and in the community. She has experience treating a diverse range of paediatric conditions, developmental, neurological and musculoskeletal.

Most recently Marianne has been working at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital specialising in normal development, working with children 0-8 years requiring specialist investigation into developmental, orthopaedic or neurological concerns.

Marianne has attended many specialist training courses including Bobath short courses, developmental co-ordination disorder management, children's bone disease, paediatric rheumatology, paediatric orthopaedics, therapeutic taping in paediatrics and adolescent sporting injuries.

Marianne lives in Billericay, Essex with her husband and two children.

Marianne offers a free telephone consultation to discuss your concerns and whether or not physiotherapy is indicated.

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Mel Lopez

Mel qualified as a physiotherapist from Oxford Brookes University in 2002 and specialised in paediatric physiotherapy in 2004. Since then she has gained a broad range of experience in both acute hospital and community settings working with babies, children and teenagers. This has included specialist work in oncology and neuromuscular conditions. Mel currently works for Buckinghamshire NHS Trust within the child development service.

Mel has attended many specialist courses including Bobath Principles in Hemiplegia, Management of Neuromuscular Conditions, Gait analysis and Orthotic Management and Constraint Induced Movement Therapy. Mel is also currently working towards a MSc in Paediatrics and Child Health.

Mel lives in Bicester with her husband and two boys.

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Jessie Frost

Jessie graduated from Nottingham university with a BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy in 2007. She completed her core rotations in Hackney, before specialising in paediatrics in 2009.

Jessie has worked in both acute and community paediatrics in the NHS, private and independent sectors. She has also acted in a voluntary capacity in several overseas projects, most recently in India and Pakistan, and has a special interest in complex paediatric neurodisability and global child health.

Jessie was awarded her PGDip in Advanced Paediatric Physiotherapy with Distinction at University College London in 2019, and has also attended a variety of post graduate training courses including Bobath short courses, Aquatherapy for the neurological client, complex postural management in neurology and Elaine Owen's gait and orthotic management.

Jessie is the Clinical Team Lead Physiotherapist in the Evelina community team at Guys & St Thomas’s Trust in London and lives with her husband and daughter in Sevenoaks, Kent.

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Laura Gates

Laura graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy from the University of Brighton, in 2003. She then went on to complete core rotations within adult and paediatric care at Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust. Here she fell in love with the world of Paediatric medicine and rehabilitation. In 2005 she took a more senior role within a Child Development Centre covering the Slough, Maidenhead and Windsor area. Following a move to London in 2006, Laura transferred to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital where she worked as a Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist for 12 years. Since then she has built up an independent caseload, working privately with clients in their home or educational setting.

Laura has significant experience working in both inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation but most recently amongst the neuro-developmental and neuro-disability population. She is Bobath trained and currently specialises in gait analysis and orthotics as well as complex neuro-rehabilitation.

Laura lives near Thame with her husband and two children.

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Jo Cripps

Jo graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy from the University of Southampton in 2007. She went on to complete her core rotations at both Junior and Senior level at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. It was during these rotations that she first worked within the speciality of paediatrics and immediately fell in love with it. In 2012, Jo gained a full time Rotational Paediatric Physiotherapy job at Chelsea and Westminster where she remained until 2016. Following this, Jo travelled to South East Asia where she worked as a volunteer physiotherapist for a children’s charity in Hoi An, Vietnam. On her return, Jo worked as a Locum Paediatric Physiotherapist around the South East of England before returning to NHS practice in her current roles. At present, Jo works between 2 roles within the NHS. She spends 3 days per week working as a Clinical Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist within the Kent Community Healthcare team in Maidstone and 2 days per week working within the Paediatric Orthopaedic Team at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.

Jo has a wealth of experience working with children 0-18 with a variety of conditions including developmental delay, neurological conditions (including cerebral palsy), co-ordination disorders and joint hypermobility. She strives to maintain the highest standards of practice through regular attendance to training including completion of the Early Intervention Bobath training this November.

Jo lives in Tunbridge Wells and is available for appointments in the evenings and weekends.

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Karen Ziegler

Karen is a neurodevelopmental Physiotherapist with extensive experience, working with children who have movement difficulties associated with neurological conditions.

Karen graduated with a BSc in Physiotherapy from Queen Margaret College Edinburgh in 1989 and gained a MSc from Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow in 2013. Karen has also completed Bobath training in London. Since completing her MSc, Karen has developed a special interest in Constraint-induced movement Therapy (CIMT), and now teaches a one-day course to other therapists throughout the UK. Karen has recently had a book published by Harrisons training, which offers a practical guide to CIMT.

Karen’s love of working in the area of Paediatric Physiotherapy was ignited whilst working in Oxford during her first job at the John Radcliffe. She went on to work in Australia, Glasgow, and also London where she worked for the majority of her career at Queen Mary Hospital for Children as a Clinical Specialist Paediatric Therapist. She currently works at Chelsea and Westminster hospital on a part time basis, which she enjoys hugely.

Karen lives in Wimbledon with her family.

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