Our Team of Physiotherapists
Jodie Pargeter
Physiotherapist,
Acupuncture Physiotherapist,
Women’s Health Specialist,
APPI Pilates trained
Jodie, a founder of The Health Hub, is a qualified, chartered physiotherapist who has a passion for treating people regardless of their injury. Having started work within the NHS, Jodie has worked across the country in both the public and private sectors. Now she has set up The Health Hub where she can focus her attention on all aspects of physiotherapy.
Jodie has always had a keen interest in sports and rehabilitation and she studied for her Masters in Australia where she was able to work alongside some of Australia’s top Olympic Physiotherapists covering a number of disciplines. In addition to this, Jodie is passionate about the management and treatment of women’s health with a particular focus on antenatal and postnatal physiotherapy.
Jodie is constantly learning new techniques to best support the care of her patients and is able to offer dry needling and acupuncture which she can combine with her physiotherapy and pilates training to offer a complete treatment package.
Insurers Jodie works with
Elise Rawson
Physiotherapist,
Neuro Physiotherapist,
Vestibular Physiotherapist
Elise qualified from the University of Brighton in 2011 with an MSc in Rehabilitation Science. Previous to this degree she completed a Bachelors degree in Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Chichester. Since qualifying Elise has worked in both the NHS and private settings and has specialised in neurological rehabilitation in both adults and children as well as vestibular pathologies. Neurologically this includes things like stroke rehabilitation, working with MS patients to maintain as much strength and function as possible, Parkinson’s, Motor Neurone Disease and so the list goes on. Vestibular pathologies include BPPV, Labyrinthitis, Meniere’s Disease, and Vestibular Migraines and many more.
Alongside this she also treats all the usual issues you would expect to see a Physio for, with her in depth experience using posture and movement analysis, sports massage, therapeutic handling and functional strength training. Elise is also qualified separately in sports massage which she is also offering at the clinic and is currently completing her yoga teaching qualification, so watch this space!
Insurers Elise works with
Kirk Proto
Physiotherapist,
Acupuncture Physiotherapist
Kirk qualified as a Physiotherapist at the University of Brighton following a career change, having previously worked in the finance industry for a number of years. His decision to pursue a career in Physiotherapy was borne out of a passion to help others restore function and improve their quality of life. He has a strong interest in sports injury and rehabilitation being a keen sportsman himself!
Further Qualifications
Insurers Kirk works with
Physiotherapy Patients have reported relief from –
- Neck and Back Pain
- Shoulder Pain including frozen shoulder
- Elbow Pain including tennis and golfers elbow
- Knee Pain
- Ankle Sprains
- Knee Ligament Injuries
- Muscular Strains
- Hip pain
- Wrist pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica
- Tendinopathy/Tendonitis – including achilles tendonitis and patellar tendonitis
- Arthritic Knee pain in particular we find the use of Acupuncture to be very successful here as recommended by NICE
Neuro Physiotherapy Patients have reported relief from –
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- Parkinson’s
- Motor Neurone Disease
- Ataxia
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Head Injuries
- Road Traffic Accidents
- Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Vestibular Physiotherapy Patients have reported relief from –
- BPPV
- Labyrinthitis
- Vertigo
- Acoustic Neuromas
- Vestibular Neuritis
- Migraines
The History of Physiotherapy
The earliest documented origins of actual physiotherapy as a professional group date back to Per Henrik Ling ‘Father of Swedish Gymnastics’ who founded the Royal Central Institute of Gymnastics (RCIG) in 1813 for massage, manipulation, and exercise. Treatment through the 1940s primarily consisted of exercise, massage, and traction. Physiotherapists can also manipulate like a Chiropractor or an Osteopath however this wouldn’t be covered within their initial qualification. It is also important to state that there are many arms of Physiotherapy beyond what we all think of, such as Respiratory Physio, or Neuro Physio.
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