About Sarah
 

I qualified as a physiotherapist from Manchester University in 1998 and started my career in a London teaching hospital, gaining experience in all clinical specialties. Through this I gained a well-rounded knowledge and experience of health and related issues before specialising in musculoskeletal and orthopaedic physiotherapy. I have since worked in a variety of settings, including the NHS, private and voluntary sectors, both at home and for a short time overseas. For the last 10 years I have been working at Cockermouth Physiotherapy (formerly Liz Hunter Physiotherapy) with a varied and interesting client group.
 

In more recent years I expanded my role to work as a Diabetes Education Facilitator, supporting clients to make health and lifestyle choices to help manage their condition, and as an Associate Physiotherapist for Designed2Move, delivering Functional Rehabilitation Programmes and Health Coaching to complex clients with extensive health and wellbeing needs. I also spent a few years in the voluntary sector (Age UK West Cumbria) working as the Prevention Services Manager, managing a number of teams and services for older people, that promoted independence, financial and social inclusion and helped to prevent or reduce the need for statutory services.
 

Very early on in my career I became aware that in order to support client’s fully on their individual health journey it was essential to explore and address the broader aspects of health and wellbeing (both physical and emotional) and to be able to deliver more holistic interventions that would enable them to reach their full potential and lead more fulfilling lives. 
 

Working with Firstbeat Life Technologies has made it easier to identify and measure the impact that lifestyle can have on our general health and therefore to measure the success of lifestyle advice and interventions. Realising the extent to which stress and anxiety can impact health and wellbeing outcomes and recovery, has led me to explore practical tools (somatic exercises) that can help manage stress, anxiety and associated symptoms, through vagus nerve and nervous system rebalancing.