{"id":107,"date":"2022-07-01T16:00:18","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kateshomephysiotherapy.co.uk\/?page_id=107"},"modified":"2025-03-19T16:11:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T16:11:24","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kateshomephysiotherapy.co.uk\/?page_id=107","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"107\" class=\"elementor elementor-107\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-17d200b0 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"17d200b0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f94c7a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:120}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Highly Experienced Physiotherapist<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63232530 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63232530\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:240}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kate Whitaker, Chartered Physiotherapist, Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registered. Member of professional networks AGILE and ACPIN of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have over 27 years experience as a physiotherapist. Much of that time<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was as a senior physio in an NHS community physiotherapy team. I have gained extensive experience working with people with a wide range of medical or long term conditions.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Specialist areas include: <\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Physio to reduce people&#8217;s risk of falling<\/span><\/li><li>Mobility problems<\/li><li>Elderly care<\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hip, knee or other orthopaedic surgery recovery<\/span><\/li><li>Recovery from general surgery<\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arthritis<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Osteoarthritis (OA)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Osteoporosis<\/span><\/li><li>End of life \/palliative care<\/li><li>Dementia<\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parkinson&#8217;s<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stroke<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I started my career in a district general hospital as a junior physio, gaining experience across:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orthopaedic surgery<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">General surgery<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neurology<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Respiratory medicine and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ICU<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Musculoskeletal out-patients<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elderly care<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cardiac rehabilitation.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the next step in my career I took a physiotherapy role specialising in:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orthopaedic surgery\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">General medical surgery<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palliative\/end of life care\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Musculoskeletal out-patients<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The above was in the Circle Health Group*, a private hospital group\u00a0 (*formerly BMI Healthcare).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On moving back to the NHS, I took senior physiotherapist positions specialising in:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adult neurological rehabilitation<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paediatric physiotherapy <\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I returned to work with adults in the community, as referenced above.<\/span><\/p><p>Since 2022, I have worked independently as a private community physiotherapist, initially in Hertfordshire and now in Norfolk after re locating with my family. 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Gravida aptent dui fames condimentum sed erat leo laoreet.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-662579ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"662579ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Discover More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-548f457 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"548f457\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4825308\" data-id=\"4825308\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home About Me Highly Experienced Physiotherapist Kate Whitaker, Chartered Physiotherapist, Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registered. 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