Professional Staff

All our physiotherapists are chartered.

Please either email us or give us a call on 0207 834 3700 if you would like to discuss your condition first or call our receptionist, to make an appointment.

A referral from a GP is not necessary.

Our Chartered Physiotherapy team


Clare Fone		   Clare Fone MCSP, SRP, Cert. Health Ed
Clare Fone qualified from Guy’s Hospital, London in 1984 with distinction. She is the founder of WPC. Clare specialises in pain management and all spinal and peripheral joint conditions. She has always had a specific interest in prevention and aims to resolve the cause of pain in all her patients. She lectures regularly to companies on manual handling and back care, has lectured on the annual Pain Symposium, London. Clare includes Pilates rehabilitation in her treatment plan with all patients.
     
Elizabeth Rose   Elizabeth Rose MMACP, MCSP,SRP
Elizabeth qualified from Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She has since done post graduate courses in Manipulative Physotherapy and Acupuncture, becoming a member of MMACP and AACP. Elizabeth has worked extensively in Canada and the USA, necessitating membership to their governing bodies. She enjoys the challenge of all neuro-musculo-skeletal conditions.
     
Ebony Frears   Eboni Frear
Eboni Joined our team in July 2006 and is a New Zealand Qualified
Physiotherapist with a keen interest in Pilates Rehabilitation (Mat work and
Equipment based). Eboni has worked in Private Practise within New Zealand
and the UK. Eboni has also enjoyed working with sports teams in the past,
namely top level Netball. Outside of work Eboni enjoys staying fit and is
currently training towards a half marathon.
     
Christian van der Merwe   Christian van der Merwe MCSP HPC
Christian qualified as a Physiotherapist from University of the West of England at Bristol in 2000. He currently works as a Senior Physiotherapist at Guy’s Hospital as well as at the WPPC. His main area of interest is Sports Rehabilitation, specifically Lower Limb Rehabilitation. However, he also has a special interest in the management of acute injuries, spinal pathologies and traumatic peripheral joint injuries. He is confident in treating all conditions and thoroughly enjoys the challenge that musculoskeletal injuries bring.
     
Claire Yuill   Claire Yuill MCSP SRP BSc(HONS) Physiotherapy
Claire graduated with a 4 year degree from Kings College London in 1998. She has worked in both the public and Private Sector, teaching students within the NHS, and more recently spending over 2 years at a specialist knee rehabilitation clinic in central London. Claire became a clinical Pilates Instructor in 2003 with the APPI, and integrates Pilates rehabilitation with manual and traditional Physiotherapy modalities. She also practices the use of acupuncture, and is a member of the AACP (Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists). Claire is currently studying to become a yoga teacher, and incorporates this with many of her patients.
     
  Sudhir Daya MCSP, HPC, chartered physiotherapist
Sudhir is a South African trained chartered physiotherapist (MCSP). He specialises in musculoskeletal conditions, dance injuries (south asian classical dance), stress management and occupational health and ergonomics (work station assessments and manual handling). He is a yoga teacher and incorporates this, and other skills like acupuncture, Pilates, Fendelkrais and the Alexander  technique into the holistic management of his clients.

He is a member/associated with many special interest groups such as the acupuncture association of chartered physiotherapists (AACP), the association of chartered physiotherapists in occupational health and ergonomics (ACPOHE), the association chartered physiotherapists in sports medicine (ACPSM), DanceUK, BackCare and the national back exchange (NBE).
     
  Nicky Ellis BSc (Hons) Osteo Med
Nicky has been a massage therapist for 9 years. Having trained as a professional dancer she has performed internationally for over 12 years with an array of choreographers whose work has involved abseiling, capoeira, tango and dancing in a lift!

She has always had a fascination with movement and aside from dancing she has experience in climbing, martial arts, gymnastics, flying trapeze and scuba diving. She is also a fully qualified osteopath.

Nicky main areas of focus include:
  • Assisting in rehabilitation of sports injuries.
  • Repetitive strain pain/ work related problems e.g. neck/ upper back.
  • Combined stretching & massage toimprove pre and post sporting
    performance.
  • Treating general everyday aches and pains.
  • Post–injury massage to enable faster healing and recovery from trauma

Nicky works Monday nights and Tuesday daytime. Call anytime to book in.
     
  Ruth Moss Sports Massage Diploma, MA & BA (Hons) in Dance
Ruth, a member of the Complimentary Therapists Association, began giving massage treatments in 2004.  Her initial career as a contemporary dancer began professionally in 1995 and she still frequently performs at the London opera houses as well as touring internationally.

It is through dancing and managing her own injuries that she first became interested in the role of massage to assist in maintaining a healthy body.

Ruth’s main areas of focus are:

  • Pre & post event work to help towards an optimum sporting performance.
  • Relief from stress-related muscular spasm, common in computer users.
  • Holistic massage to induce calm and a general sense of well-being.
  • Massage in pregnancy.
  • Post–injury massage to enable faster healing and recovery from trauma.

Ruth works Thursday evenings and Friday daytimes.  Call anytime to book in.

Other members of the multi-disciplinary team include:

MASSAGE THERAPISTS
Ruth Moss and Nicky Ellis ITEC

PILATES INSTRUCTOR

Annabelle Fordes   Annabelle Fordes
Annabelle has taught in a variety of London Pilates studios, established Pilates Foundation training centres and for The Pilates Foundation.
She has worked alongside both physiotherapists and osteopaths, gaining a full understanding of specific physical objectives and requirements.
Annnabelle is also a fully qualified Gyrotonic(R) instructor and ran her own successful Pilates and Gyrotonic(R) studio in London.

LIFE COACH
Susannah Wheeler

YOGA TRAINER
Sudhir Daya, MCSP ,HPC, chartered physiotherapist

NUTRITIONIST
Angela Trisolgio

9 Lower Grosvenor Place,
Victoria, London SW1W OEN
t - 0207 834 3700 f - 0207 821 6591
e - info@westminsterphysio.co.uk