Dr Stephen Hodgson, PhD, MSCP
Steve is a Director of Hallamshire Physiotherapy and has worked as a clinician and lecturer for over 20 year and is a Senior Lecturer at Leeds Metropolitan University. He completed his PhD in the rehabilitation of shoulder fractures and has published extensively on this area. He lectures at both national and international conferences. His main area of interest is in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders with an emphasis on movement dysfunction and has a keen interest in the treatment of chronic pain and has strong links with Dr Paul Murray at the Chronic Pain Unit in Sheffield. As part of his interest is nerve pain, he has been invited to be a member of the advisory panel of the Neuropathy Trust.


Karen Hodgson, MSc, MCSP
Karen is a Director of Hallamshire Physiotherapy as well as a Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy at Leeds Metropolitan University where she teaches on the undergraduate and post graduate courses. She qualified as a physiotherapist in 1987. Her main area of interest is the treatment of neurological conditions including Stroke, Multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury and Parkinsons disease. Additionally she co-ordinates the physiotherapy service at the Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre based at Catcliffe, Rotherham.

Karen has recently introduced an exercise class for people with Parkinsons disease, in conjunction with the local branch of Parkinsons UK, to the clinic.

Karen provides additional continuing professional development training to local clinicians and also has a role as external examiner for the MSc Physiotherapy programme at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen.

Dr Jackie Hammerton, PhD, MCSP
Jackie is currently working as a private practitioner at Hallamshire Physiotherapy Ltd. and also as a Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy at Sheffield Hallam University where she teaches on the undergraduate and post graduate courses. She has been qualified as a physiotherapist since 1984. Her main area of interest is the treatment of neurological conditions including Stroke, Multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury and Parkinsons disease. Jackie has completed her PhD in stroke rehabilitation.

Helen Morewood, BSc (Hons), MCSP
Helen is a senior physiotherapist working in the NHS and also at Hallamshire Physiotherapy Ltd. She has been qualified since 1997. Her main area of interest is in the musculoskeletal field and she specialises in the treatment of vertigo and balance problems.

Alison Macfarlane, MSc, MCSP
Alison is currently working as a private practitioner at Hallamshire Physiotherapy Ltd. and also as a Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy at Sheffield Hallam University where she teaches on the undergraduate and post graduate courses. She qualified as a physiotherapist in 1984. Her main area of interest is in the rehabilitation of sports injuries. Alison has completed her MSc in Sports injuries and is actively involved with many sports teams within Sheffield.

David Lomas, MCSP
Dave is currently working as a private practitioner at Hallamshire Physiotherapy Ltd. and also as a Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy at Sheffield Hallam University where he teaches on the undergraduate and post graduate courses. He has been qualified as a physiotherapist since 1991. His main area of interest is in the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions.

Matthew Withycombe, BSc (Hons), MCSP
Matthew qualified in 1997 from the University of Birmingham and specialises in the treatment of sports injuries and other musculoskeletal conditions. He gained valuable post graduate experience working in New Zealand and Australia and is currently finishing a MSc in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy at Sheffield Hallam University. As a keen sportsman with interests in running, adventure racing and triathlons, Matthew understands the problems that athletes face.

Emma Richards MSc MCSP
Emma is currently working as a private practitioner at Hallamshire Physiotherapy Ltd, and also works as a Senior lecturer in neurology at Sheffield Hallam University. Emma qualified in 1990 and has worked extensively specialising in the treatment of neurological conditions both in hospital and the community settings. Emma has worked for many years within the field of neurology and is currently undergoing training to become a Bobath Tutor in the UK which will enable her to teach nationally on post graduate courses in the Bobath Concept.

Ruth Newsome MSc MCSP
Ruth qualified in 1992 from Leeds Metropolitan University and specialises in musculoskeletal outpatients with spinal pain being her special interest. She also works as an Extended Scope Practitioner with the Orthopaedic spinal consultant surgeons at Northern General Hospital.

She completed her MSc in manipulative physiotherapy and has presented her work at the British Association of Spinal Surgeons, the World Physical Therapy Congress in Canada and the British Orthopaedic Association. She received the Robert Williams International Award from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy in 2007.

David Nolan MSc
David graduated with an MSc in Physiotherapy from Leeds Metropolitan University. His main interests are in treating musculoskeletal disorders through movement analysis. David is a keen runner himself and has a special interest in treating running injuries. He also has a diploma in sports massage which he uses to keep athletes performing well and preventing injury.

Mark Adams, MCSP
Mark is currently working as a private practitioner at Hallamshire Physiotherapy Ltd as well as a senior NHS physiotherapist with the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis service for South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire.

He teaches on the post graduate pain management module at Sheffield Hallam University. He qualified as a physiotherapist in 1990 and his main area of interest is the management of long term conditions including Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, fibromyalgia and chronic pain.

Gemma Morgan, BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Therapy
Gemma is a specialist Speech and Language Therapist working in the NHS and at Hallamshire Physiotherapy Ltd. She has been qualified for 5 years and works mainly with people who have speech and language difficulties following a stroke. Her main areas of interest are Dysphasia and Dyspraxia.

Debbi Rowley, BSc (Hons), MCSP
Debbi qualified as a physiotherapist from Sheffield Hallam University in 2001. Debbi currently works as an advanced physiotherapist at Sheffield Children’s Hospital, and has a large amount of experience of working with children and adults with neurological conditions. Debbi is currently undertaking her MSc at Sheffield Hallam University.

Bhanu Ramaswamy, MSc, MCSP
Bhanu qualified as a physiotherapist in 1988. She is currently working part-time as a private practitioner at Hallamshire Physiotherapy Ltd and at Sheffield Hallam University as Honorary Visiting Lecturer on neurological and professional post graduate courses, and as a researcher. Bhanu is also a qualified Fitness (gym) Instructor.

Her main areas of clinical interest include elder rehabilitation and the treatment of neurological conditions including Stroke and Multiple sclerosis, but she is better known for her national and international work with people with Parkinson's disease. Bhanu retains her input to Parkinson's UK (formerly the Parkinson's Disease Society) writing a column about activity for their quarterly magazine, co-authoring Fact Sheets plus conducts research into Parkinsonism. She continues to act as Project Officer for a clinical interest group of physiotherapists working with older people, through which forum she undertakes Department of Health and other national projects as well as ensuring standards of good practice are disseminated to physiotherapists working with older adults.

Alison Shone
Alison has been working as a physiotherapist within the NHS since 2000 and has recently joined the neurological team at Hallamshire Physiotherapy. Her main interests are the rehabilitation of people with neurological conditions and long term.

Ian Charlton
Ian has recently joined the team and is working primarily at the Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre at Catcliffe. Ian has a keen interest in the treatment of patients with long term Neurological conditions.

Vicky Keates BSc (Hons) PG Cert MCSP
Vicky is currently working as a Private Practitioner at Hallamshire Physiotherapy and also treats women at other clinics in South Yorkshire. She graduated in physiotherapy at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) in 2005 and specialised in women’s health physiotherapy at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals whilst working in the Jessop Wing. More recently she has treated continence patients at the University Hospital of South Manchester. Vicky is committed to giving the best quality of care to her patients and has just completed the Post Graduate Certificate in Women’s Health at Bradford University. She is a member of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Women’s Health and regularly attends the South Yorkshire Continence Forum. As a former lawyer she has lectured at Masters level at SHU and has also lectured on women’s health physiotherapy locally. She is passionate about women’s health and aims to empower women to take control of problems which respond well to physiotherapy, thereby improving the quality of their lives.