Our Team

Rebecca graduated from Sheffield Hallam University in 2018, with a First Class Honours degree in Physiotherapy. Once qualified, she worked initially at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in a rotational post. She then moved to the Leeds Community Healthcare Trust, specialising into the field of Paediatrics, in January 2020. This new role realised a long-term aspiration of Rebecca’s, as her passion for working with children, particularly those presenting with neurological difficulties, had been developing since she undertook a placement in that field, whilst at university.

Rebecca manages a complex caseload of children presenting with all manner of neurological conditions and has experience working with cerebral palsy, Down’s syndrome, Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy, developmental delay, and genetic disorders, amongst others. She works as part of the NHS multidisciplinary team in both clinic and domiciliary settings, including SILCs and mainstream schools. Her approach is holistic and client-centred, and she strives to ensure family engagement, working closely with parents/carers throughout the rehabilitation process.

From a young age, Rebecca has also worked as a gymnastics coach, and this experience has helped her become extremely effective at communicating with a large variety of children and young people, helping them to maintain motivation and to reach their goals. These skills also enable her to build exceptional levels of trust with both her clients and their families.

Rebecca’s post-graduate studies include training on sensory integration therapy, which means she is able to offer her services to our young clients presenting with SPD and sensory issues.

Rebecca joined the team at Yorkshire Children’s Physiotherapy in April 2021. She is based predominantly in clinic but can also offer community and domiciliary appointments.

When not working, Rebecca enjoys going on long walks in the country, exploring new places and painting, which is a new hobby that began during the first COVID lockdown in 2020.

Lauren qualified as a Physiotherapist in 2018, with a BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy from the University of Huddersfield. She was always driven towards a career in Paediatrics and went directly into this field, following graduation from university. She worked with the Leeds Community NHS Team for 18 months, before joining the Mid Yorkshire Trust as a Specialist Children’s Physiotherapist.
 
She works with children aged 0-19 years, and she has a sound knowledge of a variety of conditions, including cerebral palsy, Muscular Dystrophy, spina bifida, Down’s syndrome, developmental delay, and other genetic/chromosomal abnormalities. Lauren is keen to work with children and their families, to understand their goals and aspirations, so that her physiotherapy sessions and programmes can be tailored to meet these needs. She takes time to get to know the families, to ensure that treatment goals are realistic and measurable, but most importantly focused on the child’s personal interests, so that therapy is fun and exciting for them.

Lauren has experience working in a variety of different clinical settings, including mainstream schools, specialist schools, out-patient clinics at the hospital, and domiciliary. More recently, she has taken a role on the Neonatal Unit, and she works within specialist pre-5’s clinics, alongside the Paediatricians. Lauren works within a large multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to ensure that a holistic and effective approach is provided towards patient care. She has a wealth of experience working with a variety of specialist and non-specialist equipment, including walking frames, standing frames, positioning equipment, and sleep systems.

She also has experience in leading hydrotherapy sessions alongside intensive land-based blocks of treatment. She has a passion for swimming, not only as she is herself a competitive swimmer, but also from many years spent involved in swim coaching, where she has worked with a variety of children, coaching, teaching, and officiating swimming.

Lauren joined the team at Yorkshire Children’s Physiotherapy in November 2022. She is based predominantly in clinic at present but can also offer community and domiciliary appointments.
When not working, Lauren enjoys going on long walks, going to the gym, swimming, and spending quality time with her family.

Natalie is a passionate and dedicated clinician who graduated in 2011 with a First Class Honours degree in Physiotherapy from the University of York St John. She has more than 10 years of experience working in the field of Neurology with people across the whole life span. She has worked across multiple sectors (NHS, private, and charity), and across the whole pathway, acute neuro in-patients, neuro out-patients, neuro rehab settings, and neuro community.

Natalie is an active committee member of the Yorkshire Association of Chartered Physiotherapists Interested in Neurology (ACPIN) and the Yorkshire Acquired Brain Injury Forum (YABIF). Alongside her role at Yorkshire Neuro Physiotherapy, she also holds leadership roles within the NHS.

Additionally, Natalie is a qualified Sensory Integration Practitioner, following completion of a Post-Graduate Certificate (PGCert) in Sensory Integration, in 2017. Within this specialist role working as part of our Paediatric team, she assesses children of all ages, to determine and report on the impact that sensory processing has on their behaviour and praxis; their ability to think of, plan, carry out, and reflect upon movement.

Natalie has completed an array of post-graduate courses including AAPI Pilates Matwork Levels 1 and 2, Rebound Therapy (Trainer Level 2), kinesiotaping, vestibular rehabilitation, 1000 reps, and Bobath (parts A and B). She has also attended the DMO Orthotics Accredited Practitioner course and York Wheelchair Centre’s Accredited Assessor Course. Natalie ensures that she continues to keep up to date with the latest clinical guidelines and research for the conditions that she treats.

Natalie understands the social, physical, emotional, and cognitive impact that neurological illness/injury can have on a person. She adopts an empathetic and inquisitive approach, empowering her clients through advice, education, signposting, and referrals, alongside hands-on neurorehabilitation. Natalie will support you to work towards your dream goals, breaking them down into smaller achievable stages along the way.

Natalie joined the PEAK team in April 2022, and works within our specialist adult Neuro and Paediatric teams. She is predominantly domiciliary based, offering home/school appointments across the Yorkshire region.

Outside of work, Natalie loves dancing. She mainly does Latin, ballroom, salsa and commercial, but has also tried her hand at breakdancing. She enjoys trying new things and finding fun ways to keep fit, so has also tried sky diving, paragliding, hiking, ice-skating, and hula-hooping!

Sarah graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University in 1998 with a First Class Honours degree in Physiotherapy. After qualifying, she worked within the NHS at Leeds General Infirmary, specialising in musculoskeletal disorders with a particular interest in dance injuries.

Sarah has developed a renowned, Specialist Physiotherapy Service for dancers within the Yorkshire region. More than 40 years of practical dance experience (to RAD Solo Seal standard) has enabled her to combine her love of dance with her physiotherapy career. She specialises in all manner of dance-related conditions, working with all ages and levels from recreational dancers to dance Scholars and Company Dancers. She has provided a screening service for musculoskeletal disorders at dance auditions previously involving the Yorkshire Ballet Scholarship Centre in York, and Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds.

Previous clients have included the Phoenix Dance Theatre (Leeds), and full-time dance students from regional schools, such as Hammond (Chester), The Northern School of Contemporary Dance (Leeds), Elmhurst (Birmingham), Tring Park (Hertfordshire) and Northern Ballet School (Manchester). Sarah also works with young dancers on the Associate and Graduate programmes at Northern Ballet Theatre (Leeds) and regularly treats professional performers when touring to The Grand Theatre, including cast members from Ghost, Phantom of the Opera, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dance til Dawn, Barnum, Last Tango, Wedding Singer, Evita, Mamma Mia, Dreamboats and Petticoats, Cabaret, Tango Moderno and Calendar Girls. Sarah is also listed on the Dance UK Dance Practitioner Register.

Sarah became Clinical Director at PEAK Physiotherapy Limited, Yorkshire Neuro Physiotherapy and Yorkshire Children’s Physiotherapy in 2005 and combines her clinical caseload with business management and development. In her spare time, Sarah still enjoys all forms of dancing, and is an active member of local theatre company Brassneck. She also enjoys walking, travelling to far off lands and trips to the theatre.