What Makes Us Different?

Amazing facts about the Kendal Physiotherapy team...

• Alison Bloxham provides physiotherapy and sports massage skills to the British team for the Transplant Games which supports organ transplant recipients (www.transplantsport.org.uk). This year they will be off to The Gold Coast, Australia for the 2009 World Transplant Games.
• The practice has a policy of being actively involved in the career development of newly qualified Physiotherapy practitioners by offering supervised 'internships'.
• Dagmar Johnson and Pauline Speak are committed members of the local Mountain Rescue Team who help hundreds of tourists and visitors to the Lake District every year.
• Mike Pole-Baker and Alison Bloxham continue to provide their expertise to both Kendal and Carlisle NHS services.
• Erica Donnison is involved with several horse rescue charities teaching the staff and volunteers ways to help the horses feel more comfortable and happy, using the Tellington Touch Equine Awareness Method. She also runs training days to raise money for the charities concerned.
• Barbara Cushnie provides her TCM Acupuncture skills to the Furness Dance Leaders contemporary dance performance group.
• Four of our team are furthering their knowledge and academic qualifications through Masters degrees.
• Several of our team are involved in teaching other practitioners in; Physiotherapy, Osteopathy, Alexander Technique and Sports Massage.
• Darren Harris is one of just a dozen people in the UK to be fully qualified in Structural Integration (or Rolfing as it sometimes known). He studied at the world's best centre for Rolfing in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
• Our team boasts 2 violinists and one cellist.
• All of our practitioners are qualified to the highest possible level within their respective specialist fields.