Performance has always been a big part of my life, trying ballet, swimming, and equestrian sports from a young age, greatly inspired by my father playing darts internationally alongside Phil "The Power" Taylor together before creating an International Mail Order Darts business, and my Grandfather whom was a professional racing jockey riding in the world famous Aintree Grand National five times. My own competitive nature became apparent when the night before her first official equestrian competition at just 6 years old (riding for a private owner), I was adamant that she would win despite no prior experience, and the following day came home with two 1st place rosettes.

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At the age of 7 years old I was lucky enough to be given her first pony called Flossie, and with Mrs Helen Wegman as my trainer, it was not long before I went on to win many more 1st place rosettes and trophies. As I grew taller, my next pony Pepper helped improve my confidence in all riding club disciplines and including the National Riding Club Championships for the first time, one competition being Pairs Dressage where Katie and myself were the youngest pair to ever compete in this section at the Championships and came 2nd, losing 1st place by 0.5points. Loxley was my third pony, he was simply fantastic and we competed and often won against adults in Show Jumping, and together we competed at all Riding Club Championships including Dressage, Dressage to Music, Show Jumping, Horse Trials and Hunter Trials. He was a Connemara so whilst he thoroughly enjoyed his jump work, his best move in Dressage was halt, however through my passion for flat work, we constantly improved and became a force to be reckoned with. 

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      I then outgrew ponies and decided to focus on my love for Dressage with my first horse being Bally (whose sire was the famous Irish Sports Horse Clover Hill who competed in horse racing). By this point I was based at Cotton Equestrian Center in Cheshire where I was extremely lucky to witness many training sessions delivered by Stephen Clarke (FEI Dressage Judge General since 2013, BD Vice President since 2022), and he often gave me advice when he saw me riding. I had training from Sarah Rodger (International Trainer and Paralympic Dressage Judge), with Sarah commenting that I could one day make an excellent judge due to being naturally aware of the theory and practical understanding of dressage, and her professional approach to assessing performance. I went on to compete for North West BYRDS (British Young Riders Dressage Society) where I received Sports Psychology and Team Building training with the renowned Dr. Moira Lafferty, and did some work experience at the yard of Ferdi Eilberg (Team GB Head Dressage Coach at the time).

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My Dressage career came to end following a neck injury at 15 years old, discovering the hard lesson that we are not invincible, and realizing I was having to reconsider her life options (and quickly due to A-Levels), it was a painful experience both physically and mentally. Discovering a keen interest in Intellectual Property Law, I went on to study BA (Hons) Law but due to the extensive studies causing aches and pains related to the neck injury, found myself attending many appointments with Sports Massage Therapists, Physiotherapists, Osteopaths, Chiropractors, and Sports Therapists. Upon graduation, I began my LPC (Law Masters) at Nottingham University and gradually saw my health deteriorate causing me to pause my full time studies and move back home to Cheshire. Whilst attending the many hospital appointments, I worked for a local Solicitor's firm and the family business. 

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      Fast forward to 2011, I was still requiring frequent appointments for my aches and pains, so after attending meditation classes and with thanks to Bruce from Wrexham and the wonderful people in the group, and helping a friend with her aches and pains, I decided to take my matters into my own hands somewhat, and made a career change back to sport but this time in Soft Tissue Therapy with the aim to work in Performance. In Sept 2012 I started studying for my Level 5 in Soft Tissue Therapy with the world renowned NLSSM and became one of the first to graduate within my group by fully qualifying in Oct 2013. Within the same week I moved to Nottingham where I based herself at The Heathcoat Street Clinic in Hockley working with the highly regarded Physiotherapist Ms Rachel Burr, H3 Performance which was a gym who saw many elite athletes walk through their doors, and became Lead Therapist for Paviors RFC which is based within the wonderful Burntstump Country Park.

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Such a career became natural to me as it enabled me to combine my exceptional hand sensitivity (proprioception) and assessment skills developed from Dressage, analytical and communication skills from my studies in Law, listening skills from being a "fixer" since childhood, and my overall passion for improving performance. It also meant that all those years seeing various Physical Therapists became benchmarking, enabling me to learn what made a 'good' and a 'bad' therapist, and then vowing to always treat how I'd like to be treated myself. 

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I have now gained over 12 years experience as a fully qualified BTEC Level 5 Soft Tissue Therapist specialising in Performance, and has been given many amazing opportunities, both national and international sporting events, working with some of the best in the world in an MDT environment, and gaining a clinic reputation that attracts not just people locally and nationally, but internationally including USA and and an elite athlete from Jordan. I find the work highly rewarding, enabling people to achieve their aims and goals with confidence inside and out. Rarely needing to see people more than once due to perspective and treatment focus, many clients are surprised as to how easy it can be to resolve aches and pains, and most importantly, maintain it long term.

And lastly, I wanted to use my growing knowledge and wisdom, and ever growing network, to help answer questions regarding my own health including the neck injury and deterioration in 2010 - 2011. After lots of tests to confirm, in 2020 I was diagnosed with Ocular Myasthenia Gravis which is an autoimmune condition that effects the eyes but has the potential to become general and effect the whole body, and is now on immunomodulator medication for it. And in 2025 I was diagnosed with Dysautonomia relating to Hypermobility, complex trauma with PTSD, and low blood pressure, collectively impacting vasoconstriction ability causing palpitations and many other symptoms. During this journey of discovery,  , I is stepped down from her Lead Therapist role at Paviors RFC at of the end of the 2023/2024 rugby union season to enable me to focus on my health and clinic work.

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Fast forward to 2026, I discovered that I am hypermobile in my blood vessels also. Thankfully her physical fitness helps somewhat here, but any particular emotional and mental stress means that my blood vessels dilate (expand) but can struggle to constrict back, causing blood pooling, which is a type of Dysautonomia. This helps explain my low blood pressure, history of migraines, insomnia, and arm fatigue in work to name just 3 of the symptoms, and links with trauma that Kim experienced 2017. Since being diagnosed through specialist tests in 2025 by Dr. Valeria Iodice in UCLH, London, and with the help of Rachel Burr (Physiotherapist: Heathcoat Street Clinic, Hockley), and Dr. Adrian Morley Davies (Cardiologist: North Staffs), I have been on the road to recovery. This whole experience from fighting for answers, to experience stress testing and being a pin cushion for a plethora of blood tests, it was a good reminder for what it can feel like to be the patient, making me even more passionate helping people on the health and body journeys.

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Now with more answers than ever, allowing the various pieces of the puzzle to come together, I am feeling stronger than I have done in years, and am coming back wiser and with even more understanding of the body, with the whole experience making me a better therapist.

2025 was the year of answers and acknowledging change, 2026 is the year of implementation and am excited for what is to come. Watch this space!

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No matter what you've been through, no matter where you've come from, there is always hope if you look at it in the right perspective and if you have passion, determination and a good heart, you will find a way to make it work for you.

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- WHERE THERE IS A WILL -

- THERE IS A WAY -