“I am passionate about improving health and wellbeing, helping people live the lives they choose and supporting them to be the very best they can be.”
Sam is a Senior Physiotherapist with more than thirty years’ experience, much of it in neurological rehabilitation and in helping older adults stay mobile, safe and independent. She provides home visits around Wimborne, Poole and Broadstone, and Blandford Forum, and also covers Ferndown, Verwood and Bournemouth.
A career spanning four countries
Sam qualified from the University of Leeds in 1993 and has spent most of her career as a hands-on clinician, working with a wide range of people in NHS and private settings in England, New Zealand, Australia and Bangladesh. She spent more than a decade working with people after spinal cord injury, and has particular experience of rehabilitation after head injury and stroke. Later in her career she was awarded full sponsorship to complete a Master’s in Evidence-Based Health Care at the University of Oxford, “an opportunity for which I remain incredibly grateful,” she says. Alongside her work with Medella, she works in an NHS community intermediate care team in Dorset, and she is a member of the British Geriatrics Society.
Rehabilitation where it matters most
“For me, improving health and wellbeing starts with empowering people in their own homes and communities,” Sam says. “Working in people’s own environments provides a valuable opportunity to understand their everyday challenges, build on their strengths and help them achieve meaningful, lasting improvements in their lives.”
She works with people recovering from stroke, head injury and other neurological conditions, and after surgery or a stay in hospital. She also helps older adults and people living with dementia to move more safely and reduce their risk of falls, supports people at the end of life, and shows carers and families safe, practical ways to help.
How Sam works with her patients
Sam believes care should be personal, supportive and centred on what matters most to each person. She combines up-to-date evidence with the practical focus of a home visit, building each programme around what you want to get back to doing, at a pace that suits you.
Outside of work
Sam has a happy and fulfilling life, which she loves sharing with friends and families. She is a qualified Lowland Leader and particularly enjoys being outdoors and taking time to marvel at nature. Those moments, she says, bring her joy and help her keep a sense of perspective and balance.
