Georgie Brookes
Sports Therapist
Pilates Specialist
Georgie graduated from St Mary’s University with a degree in Sports Rehabilitation in 2008. With over a decade of experience Georgie has worked in a variety of settings including gyms, multidisciplinary clinics, and with professional sports teams. This involves helping people suffering from pain and injury with the musculoskeletal system through exercise rehabilitation, movement education, and manual therapy.
Georgie immersed herself in the Pilates matwork training for a year with Pilates Foundation in 2009, and another year in the Apparatus in 2012. Then specialising in Pre and Postnatal Pilates too. With a large number of patients needing more than hands on treatment she finds using Pilates exercises a great way of helping individuals return to their sport or goal. Georgie was the Pilates instructor for Harlequins for two seasons where she worked alongside the medical team to help players return to rugby after injury.
Georgie has a particular love of all things active and is a keen runner, sea swimmer, and netball player. She is passionate about getting you back to your sport or hobby whatever it may be. She has undergone an additional diploma in the John Gibbons Bodymaster Method which has deepened her understanding of the body. And regularly uses the methods taught such as Kinesiology taping, Muscle Energy Techniques, Advance Soft Tissue Techniques, and Dry Needling.
Since having three children her drive has grown to help women in the postnatal period. To educate women on their pelvic floor, diastasis separation (if it has occurred) and the importance of building core strength back up again to cope with the demands children throw at you! With a number of friends having c sections, and the questions that came with it Georgie’s interest grew in how to help c section scars. She started with Emma Holly’s Introduction to ScarWork and the results were so fantastic that Georgie went on to become part of the first group of therapists to be trained as C-Section Scar Specialists with Restore Scar Therapy.
Further Qualifications
Tanya Botting
APPI Pilates
Having previously taught fitness classes to adults and children, in 2020 when lockdown hit Tanya turned to Pilates to keep fit at home and loved it! Taking advice from her physio colleagues she decided to train to teach with APPI (the Australian Physiotherapy & Pilates Institute) as this method would provide a clinical form of Pilates which would be beneficial for many patients.
Paramount in her decision to train was the proven results that Tanya saw for herself. Having sustained a prolapsed cervical disc which left her with muscle weakness and spasms if she overtrained, practising Pilates made a huge difference and demonstrated what excellent results can be achieved.
The APPI Method has taken the original 34 Joseph Pilates exercises and adapted them so they are suitable for patients working at a wide variety of levels, from people who are new to exercise to those who are accomplished athletes. Pilates builds strength, stability, flexibility and a strong core that will help prevent back pain. Everyday tasks become easier and it is an exercise form that can be practised at any age. Tanya has also completed Pilates for Healthy Bones training as she has a special interest in Osteoporosis, how Pilates can help prevent it and how patients with lower bone density can still exercise safely.
Tanya offers 1:1 Pilates sessions and small group classes.
Jodie Pargeter
APPI Pilates
Whilst studying for her Masters in Australia Jodie was able to work alongside some of Australia’s top Olympic Physiotherapists covering a number of disciplines. It was here she first saw the benefits of integrating Pilates with Physiotherapy. She made the decision to study with the Australian Physiotherapy & Pilates Institute (APPI). Jodie regularly incorporates Pilates into her Physiotherapy treatment plans particularly when working with someone from a Women’s Health perspective. Currently, Jodie isn’t offering Pilates as a stand-alone treatment, although she does offer the diagnostic ultrasound core scanning, which we refer to below.
As a clinic, we only offer 1:1 Pilates which allows us to tailor a program to you. We also offer a Core Scanning Service using our Diagnostic Ultrasound Scanner which produces a live image of your core activation. From this assessment, you will understand more about your core and realise what activating it should feel like, giving you the confidence that you are doing it correctly.
Areas Pilates can really help with include –
- Lower Back Pain
- Women’s Health
- Posture
- Flexibility and Mobility
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