Kate hails from South Africa where she completed her undergraduate degree and then worked for two years in a premier teaching musculoskeletal practice in Johannesburg. Wanting to work and travel more, she moved to Edinburgh where she worked as a locum in the NHS. The move to the East Midlands was to take up the role of Senior Physio for Derbyshire County Cricket, where she worked for almost 4 years, travelling full-time with the team, and also looking after the academy cricketers. Wanting to expand her knowledge she embarked upon a Masters in Perth (Australia) in Manual Therapy. 

After completing her Masters Degree she started work as physio for the New Zealand cricket team, travelling the world with the team for two and a half years before returning to the UK. Kate started working at this clinic in 2011, finally purchasing the clinic in 2014.

Kate was also extremely fortunate to work as a physio at the London 2012 Olympics working in track & field. Kate’s main areas of interest include treatment of fascia, knee injuries and complicated longstanding injuries. She has a soft spot for treating cricket injuries because of her background in cricket but she also sees a number of elite athletes from all over the world when they are in Derby and also remotely. From football to Crossfit, to Ironman and pole vault! Treatment from Kate will be fairly hands-on (if appropriate!) with a strong emphasis on rehab and strength work that the patient will be given to complete on their own. No resting rehab here!!

In her free time, she likes to walk her crazy working cocker spaniel, ride her bike (especially on Zwift!), weight train, ski and spend time with her lovely hubby and her gorgeous baby Addie. She also enjoys travelling and exploring the UK and abroad. Her husband thinks she likes camping but she hates it ;-)

Sally has been treating patients for over 30 years, having worked in the wonderful cities of Newcastle Upon Tyne & London before seeing the light and moving to Derby. She loves treating a wide variety of sports and spinal injuries with a particular interest in the pelvis and rehabilitation. Sally is our lead womens health physiotherapist and has developed both pregnancy and post natal strategies to address pelvic girdle pain, diastasis recti and continence issues.

She also has a particular interest in ergonomics and has enjoyed transforming ‘work from home’ desks over lockdown into places your spine is happy to spend time at!

When not humming her way through clinic, she and her husband run Just-Ice, a social enterprise employing people with a lived experience of trafficking and slavery by making fabulous artisan ice-cream. She is mum to 3 (almost grown up) children and can occasionally be seen doing kettlebell workouts to counteract her love of cake.

Gemma’s career started in the NHS, and a few years later started dividing her time between NHS and Private Practice, which she still does.

She carried out her Masters in Manual Therapy which she completed in 2013 at Nottingham University. She also worked for Derby Rugby Club for many years looking after their first team, and also served in the Territorial Army as a physiotherapist, where she carried out officer training.

Her focus within Physiotherapy is manual therapy and she has a keen interest in biomechanics. 

Gemma also enjoys diversifying her skills as a farmer’s wife and is a mum to two gorgeous children.

Guy has worked as a physiotherapist since graduating from Sheffield Hallam University in 2006. The majority of his early career was spent moving up the ranks in the Derby County Football Club where he eventually reached the 1st Team Assistant Physiotherapist position. He then moved on to be Head Physio at Burton Albion Football Club for a time, until family commitments led him to splitting his time between working at our clinic and as part-time lead musculoskeletal physiotherapist within an orthopaedic triage service based in Derby. Clinically, he has interests in acupuncture, manual therapy and myofascial release techniques. 

Guy has also expanded his NHS role, in taking on a First Contact Physiotherapist post. It’s been a steep learning curve, but invaluable experience so far.

Outside of work, he loves spending time with his wife and three daughters. He has a passion for walking in the countryside, gardening and has recently taken up clay pigeon shooting.

Hannah qualified as a Chartered Physiotherapist in 2009 from Manchester Metropolitan University after completing a degree in Human Biology at Leeds Metropolitan University.

She has worked in several private practices and within a GP practice where she has been able to work with a huge variety of patients including acute and chronic injuries, sports injuries, whiplash and post-operative rehabilitation.  She has a “hands on approach” with a strong emphasis on educating her patients and providing them with the best advice on how to maximise their recovery at home.

She particularly enjoys working with older patients and people with complex health conditions and chronic pain. She has helped to set up and run a local chair based exercise class with special focus on staying active and maintaining balance, strength and coordination.  She also has an interest in dizziness and can assess and treat BPPV and other balance disorders.

In her spare time she enjoys playing tennis and trying to fit in going to the gym around looking after her 2 young children. She is also a trustee for a local charity which provides sports coaching to children in the school holidays.

Sophie has worked only in private practise since graduating due to her other job as a pole vaulter not being compatible with working in the NHS with set hours. In between her training she worked in Birmingham for 3 years in a couple of sports clinics seeing lots of runners, cyclists and gym goers. She then moved to Loughborough for her training with England Athletics and joined Team Joint. She hopes to compete at this year’s Commonwealth Games for England.

Sophie has a passion for treating tendon problems, shoulders, necks and lower back pain. 

She loves travelling the world pole vaulting, hanging out with her gorgeous Golden Doodle and is a big fan of quality coffee.

Wilma qualified as a physiotherapist in South Africa in 2007. After a year's internship at a government based clinic, she moved to an internationally known private clinic. The treatment there was focused on chest physiotherapy and post surgical mobilisation. 

After 2.5 years she wanted to travel and took on a role as massage therapist on a cruise ship which travelled between USA and the Bahamas.

She met her Derbyshire born husband on board and after getting married in South Africa, decided to make plans to move to England. 

During the period of sorting out visas, she worked at an out patient practice which specialised in lymphoedema management. Here she received in house training on lymphoedema management and worked alongside a qualified lymphoedema therapist. Before making the final move to the UK she also worked as a locum at a hospital which specialised in treatment of paediatrics.

She loves travelling and spending time with friends and family.

Zoe completed her Sports Therapy degree from Teesside University in 2007. After moving back to Derby she then worked at Coventry City football Club as the Sports Masseuse for the first team. For three years she  worked alongside two Physiotherapists and gained experience in the treatment of many different football injuries, but she also really honed her intuitive skills in Sports Massage. The love of massage and travel took her to Thailand where she qualified in Traditional Thai Massage after an intensive 10 day course in Chiang Mai.

Since then Zoe qualified as a personal trainer to gain an even greater understanding in the world of exercise and used it to transfer her knowledge into injury rehabilitation. She then chose to become a clinical Pilates instructor with APPI and taught regular classes including pre and post natal classes for a number of years until the Pandemic put a stop to them.

In between having her first and second child Zoe qualified in some different massage modalities including Hot Stones, Lymphatic drainage and Myofascial Cupping. Each offers a very different experience from Sports Massage and can be incorporated within treatments when requested, or be given as a stand alone treatment.

As a busy mum of two young children it can be challenging but when given the opportunity she loves to go to the gym for a weights session, dance class or simply a relaxing swim. She loves to travel and is looking forward to when her kids are old enough to join her in future adventures around the world.

After initially doing work experience in the clinic during his A levels Matt went on to study Sports Therapy focusing a lot on exercise as a tool for rehabilitation. After the completion of the course he now works an evening a week in the clinic as a Graduate Sports Therapist providing injury assessment, rehabilitation and sports massage.

Alongside working at the Derby Sporting Joint clinic Matt works at the University College of Birmingham teaching on the Sports Therapy and the Sports Massage and Remedial Therapy degree programmes and level 3 BTEC Sport course, all whilst studying for his PGLTVS (Post Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching Vocational Subjects). He mainly supervises the university’s sports injury clinics, trying to engrain the use of functional movement, functional testing, and exercise prescription for his students. He has worked with elite cyclists during the annual Deloitte Ride Across Britain 3 times as a sports therapist, treating the cyclists after a day of riding, on average 100 miles on the 9 day event cycling the length of the country.

He has also worked with semiprofessional footballers at Belper Town Football Club with his main responsibilities being injury rehabilitation, pre-season screening and pre and post massage treatment for the first team and academy teams.

He also has a passion for the countryside and having grown up on his grandparents’ farm is now fortunate to become a business partner in the family farming enterprise.

Alice is our enigmatic podiatrist! She currently divides her time between the Sporting Joint and working as an MSK Biomechanics Specialist Podiatrist for DCHS NHS Foundation Trust.  She previously worked at South Staffordshire PCT, and has worked in various private practices in Derby and Staffordshire.

She specialises in clinical lower limb biomechanics and has a special interest in sports mechanics and paediatric podiatry. Alice is involved in teaching other Allied Health Professionals and presents to running clubs, coaching teams, and other organisations.

At the clinic she provides clinical gait analysis and custom orthotic prescription as well as providing paediatric screening and footwear advice.

In her spare time Alice is a busy mum of two teenage boys. She can frequently be found supporting her boys on the sidelines of a rugby pitch or tennis court!

Alison studied physiotherapy in Aberdeen, qualifying in 1984. She has had a varied career working initially in the NHS in Scotland then twice in NZ where she worked in the hospital system and then in Private Practice before returning to the UK and beginning work in the Derbyshire Sports Injuries Clinic and Belper Physiotherapy clinic in 2010.

Alison has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions, sports injuries, postural dysfunctions and orthopaedics with a special interest in shoulders and also the elderly patient.

Over the last 18 months Alison has become involved in the Archery GB Talent Identification Programme where she has been part of a team supporting four Derbyshire athletes in their quest to be accepted into the AGB performance academy at Lilleshall National Sports Centre. She also supports the Derbyshire Hotshots Junior Development Programme and East Midlands Archery Society Regional Squad by organising their strength and conditioning programme and regularly presents fit for archery and posture presentations for Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire county archery coaching events.

When she has any spare time Alison likes to climb mountains, shoot and coach archery, get on her bike, ski, golf, plays tennis, cook and support her children. She continues to travel the world and attend regular continuing professional development courses for physio and archery! 

Emma joined the Sporting Joint in April 2017 after getting to know Kate well during physio sessions!

Emma works part time in the office making sure everything runs smoothly, and most importantly making sure everyone gets paid!

Emma trained as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG and worked there until leaving to focus on her family.  She enjoys reading and socialising in her spare time, and keeps fit by doing kickboxing classes. 

Nicky joined The Sporting Joint in November 2017 and works on reception five days a week and thoroughly enjoys the role of looking after the therapists and meeting the patients. She loves the new location at Derbyshire County Cricket Ground and sneaking to catch up with the cricket score. She also enjoys going to the gym. Outside of work she is busy with her three children and crazy cockapoo, she loves walking her dog in Darley Park and having a coffee there whenever she can.

Anna completed a degree in Business and Finance at Coventry University. She then worked for HSBC for 10 years in various roles.

After that she left to focus on bringing up her three children and running a busy household.

Anna joined the administration team at The Sporting Joint in May 2018 and she now works four days a week.

Outside of work Anna enjoys walking, yoga, the gym and watching her children participate in various sporting activities. She also enjoys socialising and spending time with her family and friends.