TILLY CALVERT - Key Persons
Alice grew up on a farm only a few miles away from the clinic. She is a keen equestrian. Growing up on a farm and having an active outdoor life Alice has seen first-hand the importance of exercise and activity to a person's quality of life. As a physiotherapist Alice is passionate about helping people return to an active lifestyle and promote their health and wellbeing. She is trained in sports massage course, and has also qualified with the Australian physiotherapy and Pilates institute APPI, as a Pilates matwork instructor, this has added significant benefits to her work as a physiotherapist. Alice is currently working towards a Masters in Shoulder care.
Alice is passionate about helping people return to an active lifestyle and promote their health and wellbeing
Alice Graduated in 2016 from Kings College London, she then gained extensive experience working in a leading London Hospital. Missing her horses and dogs she then returned to Shropshire where she and her husband have been restoring a new home locally.
She is currently working as a senior band 7 NHS musculoskeletal physiotherapist. She joins us part time alongside her clinical NHS work. Her combination of physiotherapy Pilates and sports massage experience makes her brilliantly equipped to help you, our patients, recover from injury, improve your movement patterns, and develop better health and fitness and provide you with the tools to help yourself at home in every-day life.
Since graduating from King's College London in 2012, Ellie has worked in the private and NHS sectors and has become specialised in Neurological Rehabilitation. She has completed APPI Matwork courses 1 and 2 and the APPI Neurological Pilates course.
Job Titles:
- Founder of Person - Centred Therapy
Life can sometimes present us with challenges that leave us feeling overwhelmed and confused. We can sometimes feel trapped, experiencing repetitive thought patterns without a clear solution in sight. Perhaps you are currently feeling low or lost; you may be going through a really difficult situation such as a separation, a redundancy, a health issue, or maybe you have recently lost a loved one and you are struggling to cope. It could be that you experienced a traumatic event, and you need a safe space to process what has happened to you. Whatever your situation, I am here to support you.
Being a therapeutic counsellor does not mean I have my life completely sorted! Like many others, I have experienced relationship difficulties, bereavement and trauma. I have felt low, anxious, unsure and lonely. I have been a client to another therapist, and so I know how it feels to be vulnerable; sharing difficult thoughts and feelings with another individual. My training has provided me with the skills and knowledge to work with you, and help you to process difficult thoughts and feelings.
It takes a lot of courage to seek help, so please be assured that whatever you choose to discuss in a session, it will be completely confidential and you will not be judged. My focus is on supporting and empowering you. I will meet you with warmth, kindness and understanding.
Fran graduated from Staffordshire University in 2023 with a Foundation Degree in Counselling Theory and Practice. She is currently studying a BSc (Hons) in Counselling and Psychotherapy at Warwickshire College. She volunteers for Serenity Counselling in Wolverhampton, whose primary focus is on supporting clients who have experienced trauma. She lives in Ludlow with her partner and their very active dog!
Job Titles:
- Physiotherapist
- Physiotherapist BSc ( Hons ) Australian Physiotherapy and Pilates Institute
From an early age Ellie has been passionate and inspired by how physiotherapy can be used to promote physical well being and independence after requiring intense physiotherapy herself.
Since graduating from King's College London in 2012, Ellie has worked in the private and NHS sectors. Currently Ellie works three days a week at Wetmore Clinic and two days a week for the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust as a Specialist Orthopaedic Physiotherapist.
Since April 2017 Ellie has been teaching pilates to both small groups and 1:1 classes. She has also done a ski season in the French Alps where she worked as a sports masseuse. This combination of experience with her work as a Physiotherapist has meant that Ellie can provide treatment programmes that are holisitic and indiviualised.
Ellie continues to develop her physiotherapy skills through attending regular courses and her main aim is to motivate others to achieve their goals.
"People are just as wonderful as sunsets if I can let them be… When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, "Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner"… I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds."
Job Titles:
- Soft Tissue Therapist and Student Osteopath
- Specialist
Louise is passionate about helping people feel better and move better. With a previous background spanning fine art, sales and retail, Louise decided to steer in a different career direction and begin a Bachelor of Osteopathy honours degree at University of Derby, in which she is in her penultimate year. This decision followed many years of positive experiences with Osteopathy, both personally and for her Husband and two young boys.
With a Diploma in soft tissue manipulation, Louise uses a wide range of techniques to include massage, muscle energy techniques and joint articulation. Employing a holistic approach to treatment, Louise may also use harmonic technique, myofascial release or lymphatic drainage as appropriate. She is also a certified kinesiology taping practitioner which may be used if additional support or joint stabilization is required following an injury.
Job Titles:
- Associate With the Chartered Institute of Management of Sport and Physical Activity
- Pilates Instructor / Associate With the Chartered Institute of Management of Sport and Physical Activity
Suzie became interested in Pilates 20+ years ago when her Chiropractor recommended Pilates to help her resolve hip and lower back pain. Through training with her Pilates instructor she grew to understand the huge benefits to mobility health and well-being from these gentle subtle movement patterns. How this enables us to move more easily comfortably and efficiently.
Suzie's passion grew over the following years as she felt so much better and stronger herself and was inspired to change careers in 2017. After qualifying as a level 3 matwork Pilates instructor she began to work in leisure centres and health clubs. During this time, she built up lots of experience and continued to expand her knowledge, qualifying as a personal trainer as a level 3 older adult instructor and level 2 instructor in chair based exercise delivering exercise programs to frail and disabled adults.
Since moving to this area in 2023 she has been delivering Pilates classes in several locations including the Spiro clinic in Ludlow where she has been of great support to many patients who see other practitioners in the Spiro clinic.
Suzie has a special interest in exercise for the over 50's and is working with clients even in their 90's. She has been helping people with a wide range of difficulties including Parkinson's disease, arthritis, Osteoporosis, and hearing loss. She is passionate about keeping people moving and mobile throughout their life.
She is a Pilates Instructor associate with the Chartered institute of Management of Sport and Physical activity since 2018 and maintains her accreditation with them through regular continued professional development (CPD), enjoying regularly attending courses to further her knowledge and understanding, She is a firm believer in the benefits of keeping physically active and how this can keep our body healthy and likes to practice what she preaches. She particularly enjoys walking in our beautiful south Shropshire countryside when not teaching.