Meet your Physio's
Elizabeth Palmer MCSP
Owner of Park Physiotherapy - Qualified from Guys Hospital in 1979. She has worked in hospitals in Norwich and Cape Town returning to England to work in the community before starting in private practice in 1990. From 1992 Elizabeth has worked privately from Hingham GP surgery also starting Park Physiotherapy at Weston Park in 1998.
Over the years the practice has grown from strength to strength and only employs the most experienced physiotherapists, with a strong emphasis on quality of treatment.
Elizabeth is currently studying on the "Advanced Muscloskelatal Research and Practice" Masters programme at the University of East Anglia which
Based in both Weston and Hingham.
Judith Semmons MSc MCSP
Judith qualified as a Chartered Physiotherapist from Leeds in 1984. Early in her career she developed an interest in Womens Health issues and completed a post graduate course in 1987. On moving to Leicester Royal Infirmary she managed the physiotherapy hand unit, also working with plastic surgery and burns. This lead to her becoming widely recognised in this field across the Trent region and teaching in hand therapy and plastic surgery departments. During this time she became interested in the management of "complex regional pain syndrome" (CPRS) affecting the upper limb. She completed a Masters degree in Pain management at Leicester University in 2001 with the management of CPRS as her dissertation topic. Judith regularly lectures on this MSc course looking at the challenge of pain management in children.
In 2002 Judith moved with her family to Norfolk, initially working at Dereham Hospital in Women's Health and Hand rehabilitation as well as general outpatients. She has worked at Park Physiotherapy since December 2002.
Judith is also actively involved with the Charity "Action on Pain" founded in 1998 by her husband a chronic pain sufferer since an accident in 1990. She gives regular advice on the Charity's painline; assists in compiling advice booklets on different aspects of pain management for both patients and carers; gives input into the charity's website and provides advice from the perspective of a physiotherapist and also one living with a partner with chronic pain.
Areas of special interest:
womens health and continence advice, including musculo-pelvic dysfunction
burns and plastic surgery, scar management
hand and wrist pain & injuries
rheumatology
chronic pain management
headaches
pain in children including hypermobility in adolescents progressing to adulthod
Based in both Weston and Hingham.
Louisa Turner BSc (Hons) MCSP
Louisa Qualified in 1994 from the University of Westminster and St Mary’s Hospital, London with a First Class Honours Degree in Physiotherapy. Louisa originally specialised in neurological rehabilitation, working at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London. She completed the Adult Bobath course in 2001.
In 2003 she set up a private practice in Stockholm, Sweden, working with both musculoskeletal problems and neurological patients. She qualified in Swedish massage, adding this to prior skills of deep tissue manipulation and myofascial release.
Louisa is trained in gentle osteopathic techniques particularly useful for treating back, neck and whiplash problems. She is qualified to use Acupuncture within the scope of physiotherapy.
With her background in neurology and experience in treating musculoskeletal problems, she is able to identify abnormal movement patterns and apply corrective manual techniques. She utilises skills learnt on muscle balance/kinetic control courses to prescribe tailored exercise in order rehabilitate the individual to their full potential.
She has been working at Park Physiotherapy for the last 4 years.
She is also a Rosen Method Bodywork Practitioner having completed 6 years of training including a 2.5 year internship. The Rosen Method is established in 13 schools worldwide including the USA and Sweden, where Louisa first encountered the work. Rosen Method is hands-on touch therapy that addresses deeply held muscle tension: Unexplained aches, pains and tiredness can be the body’s attempt to manage underlying difficult or unacknowledged emotions. This work helps bring us into deeper awareness of these tensions and with a gentle, supportive touch and dialogue from the Rosen Practitioner, allows us to open up more fully into our potential and release long standing habitual tension.
Areas of special interest are:
Louisa is Based at Weston Park Clininc