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Sports and Spinal Specialists

Howard Turner BSc BAppSc MCSP Member of HPC

• Practice Principal and Clinical Lead, Wilmslow Physio
• Physiotherapy Consultant, English Institute of Sport, UK Athletics, British Cycling & British Swimming
• External Lecturer, Kings College London
• External Lecturer, University of East London
• External Lecturer, University of Birmingham
• Postgraduate Lecturer in Manual Therapy

Howard Turner has almost 20 years experience as a Physiotherapist working in musculoskeletal health. He is well known within the physiotherapy profession through postgraduate training and lecturing. He teaches a spinal module on the University College London and University of Birmingham Masters in Physiotherapy, and a Hip and Groin Injuries module on the University of East London Masters in Sports Medicine. In addition to these formal teaching roles he runs training programmes for Physiotherapists, Chiropractors and Osteopaths on the treatment of low-back and pelvic pain and has taught knee and shoulder courses.

He has lectured at national and international conferences for the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine (ACPSM), the Manipulation Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (MACP), the Irish Manipulative Physiotherapists Association and various other organisations and is published on the Shoulder and the Sacroiliac Joint. He has consulted for national sporting bodies and well known sporting teams of many disciplines. He attended the 1996 Paralympic games in Atlanta as Physiotherapist to the GB squad.

His current work at the English Institute of Sports brings him into contact with the Northwest’s elite, lottery-funded sports people from all disciplines, but particularly Cycling, Swimming, Waterpolo, Wrestling and Squash. He works as a clinical troubleshooter and helps coordinate continuing professional development and research efforts within the department.

Howard trained in Melbourne, Australia. After completing a physics degree at Melbourne University, he studied physiotherapy at Latrobe University. Graduating in 1988, he worked for seven years in public health, in Melbourne, Montreal and London, concentrating on inpatient orthopaedic care and outpatient services. This included provision of care at a number of GP surgeries. Moving into private practice in 1995, Howard worked at a number of prominent London practices and for two years provided occupational health services to the London Fire Brigade.

Joanne Worthington BSc (HONS) MCSP Member of HPC

Jo is co-founder of Wilmslow Physio. She studied physiotherapy at the Royal London Hospital, graduating with honours in 1988. She then worked in the London NHS for 7 years, specializing in musculoskeletal physiotherapy, her final position a senior post in outpatients, orthopaedics and hydrotherapy at a major London district teaching hospital.

Before moving back to the Manchester of her birth Jo worked in the private sector at various practices in and around London. This included 2 years as the occupational health consultant for the Civil Service in London and British Telecom for London and the southeast counties. She has pursued her interest in musculoskeletal medicine through intensive post-graduate education in the UK and Australia. Since 1995 she has also been involved as physiotherapist to Disabled Swimming England and at various Paralympic swimming events throughout the UK.

Alex O'Gorman BSc(HONS) MCSP Member of HPC

Alex graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University and has since worked in the musculoskeletal area in private practice. Alex consolidated his experience whilst working in the NHS, initially as a junior Whythenshawe hospital and later specialising in orthopaedic rehabilitation at Tameside hospital. Alex is registered with the Health Professions Council, a member  of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine.
 
Alex is our running and athletics specialist. He has a keen interest in back and lower limb injuries, and this is aided by his experience competing with elite athletes, having run for the North of England on several occasions. Alex has worked with several internationl distance runnners in the local area return from injury and has worked with some of the worlds best athletes whilst working as a physiotherapist for The Great Run events.

Samantha Durnian BSc(HONS) MCSP Member of HPC

Sam is a local, but studied the University of Teeside and graduated in 1994. Subsequently she has worked in the NHS at Macclesfield General and moved into private practice in 1996. She has worked in private clinics in the north-west of England and Australia and in private hospitals, specialising in the treatment musculoskeletal problems. As well as working at Wilmslow Physio she runs a clinic at home in Chorley, Lancs.

Her interest in sports injuries developed through her own participation in a variety of sports ranging from county netball, national level dressage, club level squash and more recently golf. It is through golf that she has had the good fortune to travel around the UK and Europe practising Physiotherapy on the European Seniors Tour.

Sam has worked in the local area for years, both in private practice and in an occupational health capacity. She has worked at Wilmslow Physio on and off since 2004 and we are very happy to see her back.

Ruth Battersby BSc(HONS) MCSP Member of HPC

Ruth has just this week joined us as a manual therapist and Pilates instructor. Pretty soon we'll be able to offer fully-fledged Pilates and rehabilitation service - stay tuned for details. Ruth is an experienced manual therapist, an acupuncturist and has trained in Pilates under one of the the longest standing and highly thought-of world-wide Physio Pilates training organisation - Dance Medicine Australia. More details on Ruth on it's way soon.....