Philippa Sawtell

Background

About Philippa Sawtell

My passion for physiotherapy began at age 7, after falling off a horse, fracturing my elbow and needing physiotherapy. I paid more attention to my grandmother who was also a trained physiotherapist and highly admired by her patients. She knew the human anatomy in great detail. You couldn’t catch her out. She would use this skill to problem solve her patients difficulties. This inspired me to work hard and gain a place to study physiotherapy. I first completed a BSc in Biological Sciences and then went on to achieve a first class physiotherapy degree at the University of Wales College of Medicine. I began as a junior physiotherapist at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton, London. I progressed to a senior physiotherapist at Kingston Hospital. Here I gained 10 years of valuable experience in amputee, neurological and elderly persons rehabilitation, orthopaedics, medicine, surgery, intensive care and musculoskeletal outpatients departments. My passion is to be the very best physiotherapist that I can be. I want to make a difference to my patients and give my patients the best treatment that they deserve. This led me to complete a postgraduate diploma in advanced neuromusculoskeletal physiotherapy at the University of Hertfordshire, become an acupuncture practitioner and a pilates instructor. I thrive on learning and continue to enjoy keeping up to date with the latest research. I moved to Cheltenham, continuing working with the NHS in Worcestershire but also working privately. I now work privately at the Courtyard Clinic in Dursley and in Cheltenham at One Grove. This gives me the opportunity to be part of a multidisciplinary team of expert practitioners. This allows me to aid patient throughout their course of treatment, from diagnosis, to treatment and rehabilitation, to continual maintenance with pilates. I love being a physiotherapist, learning from others and sharing my knowledge and I am really proud of my profession.