Instructor profile

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With an interest in ballet since the age of five, I studied dance for three years at The Arts Educational School in London. On graduation I danced professionally on television and in shows.

I had always taken a keen interest in how to get the best out of the body in order to sustain the demands of performing. So my move into personal training was a natural progression.

Following completion of my personal training qualifications, I felt I was only scratching the surface of what I might offer to prospective clients: ambitions took me next on to train as a nutritional therapist to an advanced level.

I have followed the rise of Pilates since its introduction into the UK. I am in no doubt that Pilates deserves its reputation and popularity. My Pilates qualification allows me to provide remedial Pilates on a one-to-one basis, and to integrate Pilates techniques into individually-tailored fitness and remedial programmes.

Inspired to further broaden the range of services I could present to clients motivated me to study and gain qualificatons in remedial and sports massage.

To be able to offer to any client an appropriate combination of training and fitness instruction, nutritional therapy, Pilates and remedial and sports massage, I believe contributes to my capacity to deliver a well-informed, well-considered and well-rounded personal training service.

Qualifications
Sports and Remedial Massage BTEC Level 4
Practitioners qualified to Level 4 are recognised as skilled in massage techniques and rehabilitation procedures to relieve pain, and in understanding its causes and how it can be avoided in the future.

Certificate in Advanced Therapy
Certification awarded by Peak Sporting Performance to Remedial Massage professionals qualified in applying advanced and specific techniques to the identification, assessment and treatment of musculo-skeletal disorders.

Pilates CYQ Level 3 Stages I and II
Central YMCA Qualifications (CYQ) accredited trainers are qualified to assess the specific requirements of individuals and train them accordingly using established Pilates techniques.

Certified Personal Trainer
Professional certification awarded to personal trainers demonstrating Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in the theoretical and practical skills qualifying them to train clients on a one-to-one basis.

DipNN Nutritional Therapy
The DipNN is awarded to Nutritional Therapists trained in clinical practice. A DipNN is recognised as skilled in case history assessment and in the prescription of appropriate eating and supplements as aids to recovery from specific conditions.

Level 4 Exercise Management of Low Back Pain (LBPM)
Level 4 LBPM - the highest Level achievable - is awarded to practitioners who possess a level of professional competence in the treatment of people suffering low back pain.

To qualify practitioners must demonstrate proficiency in combining manual therapy with functional rehabilitative exercises involving the most appropriate combinations of mobility, stretching and core strengthening.