Mel Bowden

Clinic Director and Lead Clinician

BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy

PGDip Vet Phys

MCSP – Chartered Physiotherapist

HPCP – Health Professions Council

AACP – Acupuncture

Mel is a Director of Head2Toe Physio Clinic Crawley. After qualifying in 1999, she gained a thorough grounding in all aspects of Physiotherapy working in both the NHS and private hospital settings.

She specialised in musculoskeletal Physiotherapy in 2001, working in various NHS organisations, privately at St Anthony’s hospital before moving into a specialist sports injuries clinic headed by former paralympic team doctor, Dr John Reynolds.

She trained in acupuncture in 2001 whilst also completing her Postgraduate Diploma in Veterinary Physiotherapy 2002 at The Royal Veterinary College.

Mel balanced her Human and Veterinary Physiotherapy for many years but since moving to our new Physiotherapy location in Crawley, she found that rapidly increasing patient numbers and management responsibilities meant that Veterinary Physiotherapy needed to take a back seat.

Mel has worked in Crawley for over fifteen years and has a good reputation with local doctors and surgeons. Her weekly caseload varies from back and neck pain, complex trauma patients, as well as high level sports people.

She takes great care to create the right rehabilitation strategies for individual patients, whether they are a pregnant lady, tree surgeon with a bad back, international athlete or weekend warrior!

Her personal interests include riding her horse, running, boot camp, gym and keeping fit. She also runs around after her sporty children, and can often be found shivering on a football pitch side line.

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Ollie Cook

Physiotherapist and Sports Massage Therapist

BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy

MCSP – Chartered Physiotherapist

MHCPC – Health Professionals Council

Ollie is a Chartered Physiotherapist and Sports Massage Therapist.

Ollie is a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist and a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) and Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Ollie graduated from The University of Winchester and Works with us here at Head 2 Toe Physiotherapy alongside playing Semi-Professional Football.

Ollie has an interest in anything sport and gym related. He is a keen sportsman having previously had a career as a professional football at Southampton FC having climbed the ranks in the academy. It was this sporting background that sparked his interest in pursuing a career in physiotherapy. He calls on his own experience of injuries whilst in the academy and professional environment to design and implement bespoke physiotherapy interventions.

Ollie’s interest in all things health and fitness and access to gym rehabilitation facilities leave him well placed to cater for all levels and stages of patient rehabilitation.

Ollie enjoys helping patients reach their full rehab potential through manual therapy, personalised exercise programmes and educating patients on their condition to improve their quality of life.

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Pippa Graham

Specialist Neurological Physio

BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy

ACPIN – Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Neurology

MCSP – Chartered Physiotherapist

MHPC – Health Professions Council

Physio First – Private Physiotherapy Association

Pippa graduated from the University of East London with a BSc (Hons) degree in Physiotherapy in 2002 and spent the next 5 years working in the NHS.

Pippa specialised in Neurology in 2004 and over 16 years has gained a wealth of knowledge and experience, working in a variety of settings and with a wide range of conditions.

She has a passion for rehabilitation and regaining functional movement and carries out an in-depth and extensive assessment before deciding on the best approach to treatment.

In all cases Pippa adopts a holistic approach which is vital in the treatment of Neurological impairments and in partnership with her patient, will set realistic and achievable goals.

Neurological Physiotherapy is provided in your own home as we believe this is the most appropriate way to assess function, to tailor the rehabilitation programmes to your environment and make it more specific and meaningful to everyday life.

Professionally Pippa is an active member of the clinical interest group, ACPIN and regularly attends courses and lectures in order to keep up to date with the ever changing and developing world of Neurology and Neurological Rehabilitation.

Personally Pippa enjoys playing various sports and is a keen tennis player, whilst maintaining her levels of physical fitness with regular Pilates.

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Marcin Laska

Senior Physiotherapist

MSc Physiotherapy

MCSP – Chartered Physiotherapist

MHCPC – Health Professions Council

Marcin qualified as a Massage Therapist and later a Physiotherapist in his native Poland before coming to the UK and carrying out the necessary conversion courses to work in this country.

He has worked in the UK since 2011 and gained a thorough grounding in all aspects of Physiotherapy working in both hospital and private clinic settings. In addition to his day job, Marcin has also worked for many years as a Football Physio in West Sussex.

He has carried out countless post graduate training courses in manual therapy, taping, exercise prescription and Sports Therapy.

When Marcin isn’t working as a Physio, he has a young family which keeps him extremely busy!

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Rasheela Fareed

Senior Physiotherapist

BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy

MHCPC Member of health and Care Professionals Council

MCSP Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

MSc Advanced Manipulative Physiotherapy and MACP (Musculoskeletal Association of Chartered Physiotherapist)

Rasheela is a Senior Physiotherapist who is about to complete her postgraduate education and specialising in MSK physiotherapy. She graduated in 2012 and has worked as an orthopaedic Physiotherapist in Ramsay Ashtead Hospital, Spire Gatwick Park Hospital and Spire Tunbridge Wells Hospital.

She incorporates her advanced clinical reasoning skills, hands on treatment techniques such as Maitland mobilisation, Mobilisation with movement and joint manipulation along with therapeutic exercises and patient education to achieve patient outcome and satisfaction.

She loves her job as a physiotherapist and helping people overcome their pain and improve their quality of life.

She believes that a physiotherapist should aim at preventing any recurrence of symptoms in the future while treating the presenting problem.

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Laura Moore

Senior Physiotherapist

BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy

AACP – Acupuncture Association

MCSP – Chartered Physiotherapist

MHPC – Health Professions Council

Laura qualified from the University of Brighton in 2008. Initially working for the NHS in all core areas before deciding to move to the Spire Healthcare Group and specialising in MSK conditions. Whilst at Spire she developed a keen interest with breast cancer patients and pre and post operative rehabilitation.

In 2010 she trained in Acupuncture which for some conditions is a popular adjunct to her physiotherapy treatment.

More recently Laura has decided to settle closer to home to work and concentrate on her work/life balance. Laura has a vested interest in her patients, providing quality treatment and education to improve and manage conditions.

Laura has a keen interest in running and is linked with a local run club for her own wellbeing and fitness goals.

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Alex Pembridge

Physiotherapist and Sports Massage Therapist

BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy Level 3 Diploma in Sports Massage

MCSP – Chartered Physiotherapist

MHCPC – Health and Care Professions Council

Alex is a Chartered Physiotherapist and Sports Massage Therapist.

Alex is a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist and a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) and Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Alex graduated from Sheffield Hallam University and currently works in both the NHS and with us at Head2Toe Physiotherapy.

Alex has an interest in everything gym related. He has been a keen sportsman and played at various levels of football and rugby. It was his sporting background which sparked his interest in pursuing a career in Physiotherapy. He calls on his own personal experience of injuries whilst playing football at academy level, to help him design and implement tailored physiotherapy interventions.

His interest in all things gym based and his access to gym rehab facilities, leave him well placed to cater for all levels and stages of patient rehabilitation.

Alex enjoys helping patients to reach their full rehab potential through manual therapy, personalised exercise programmes and educating patients on their condition to improve their quality of life.

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Jackie Smith

Massage Therapist

Jing Massage Qualified

Seed Massage Qualified

Jackie qualified in massage at The Wilbury School in Brighton in 1999, staying on to train in clinical aromatherapy. Jackie has continued to add therapies to her toolbox and qualified in advanced massage techniques with The SEED Institute and Jing Advanced Massage training schools. Treatments offered include deep tissue massage, aromatherapy massage including in pregnancy, hot stone massage, Indian head massage, reflexology including facial reflexology, Facial acupuncture including ear acupuncture, reiki, manual lymphatic drainage and abdominal massage.

Jackie enjoys using various of these techniques, sometimes in one treatment, to most benefit the client, and leave them feeling a little lighter in mind and body.

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