Rhys Chong PGD (Manip. Therapy), HPC Reg.CSP Reg.
Full-time Chartered Physiotherapist

Physical Edge Ltd

Rhys graduated with a BHSc (physiotherapy) in 1995 and went on to complete his PGDHSc (Manipulative Physiotherapy) in 1997. He travelled to London and has worked in London since 2000. His background is in private practice and he became an instructor with the McConnell institute in 2003. The 2 day courses he has taught have been on the McConnell knee and McConnell shoulder. He has taught these courses around the United Kingdom and in Norway.

To further his knowledge he developed a rehabilitation course for the knee and shoulder and these have also been taught in Norway.

Rhys compliments his physiotherapy skills with acupuncture. He

works by identifying the cause of pain and uses rehabilitation and manipulation for fast and prolonged pain relief.

His interests include sports injuries, spinal injuries, post-operative physiotherapy, pregnancy and work-related pain.

Clients can expect to be treated in a professional and friendly manner with a results-focused physiotherapy approach.

John Durkin

Podiatrist

John qualified as a podiatrist in 1988 and started work for the NHS. For the past 20 years he has worked in private practice. John has just completed a Masters degree in podiatric surgery. For his dissertation, he studied runners and compared foot pressure between their different running styles. He found that changing your running style can greatly affect foot pressure and function.

John can treat a wide range of foot and leg conditions – specialising in sports injuries such as calf strain, Achilles tendinitis, shin splints, Runners knee and plantar fasciitis. Such conditions are treatable using needles in a modern form of acupuncture called dry needling. This treatment may be used along with orthoses and insoles, and combined with foot specific exercises. In severe cases, a steroid injection may be administered to the affected part of the foot and ankle.

Active Life Podiatry (ALP) recommend customised computer-aided design and manufactured (CAD-CAM) orthoses and insoles, which are manufactured through a specialist laboratory and are the gold-standard solution for the long term use of foot orthoses. However, as an alternative, ALP has a workshop which makes it quick and easy to make semi customised orthoses. We can also make adjustments and repairs to orthoses that you may already have.

John, married to Beth has 3 children, Millie, Jacob and Florence – and in his spare time likes to scuba dive and play golf.

For further treatment info please see; www.alpodiatrylondon.co.uk

Virginia Mallin B.A.,

Advanced Diploma in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (WPF) Professional member FPC, BACP, UKCP, BCP.

Psychotherapist

Virginia trained at the Westminster Pastoral Foundation. In addition to over 12 years’ experience offering psychotherapy in private practice for adults and young people, she has also worked as media liaison consultant for her graduate body (FPC), counselled within the NHS in primary care, worked as consultant psychotherapist at The Priory’s Eating Disorders Unit, co-managed a young person's counselling centre for the London Borough of Ealing, and is currently managing a therapy service for a leading girls’ comprehensive school. She is also consultant psychotherapist for an educational website aimed at parents of young children.

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy provides a safe space to help you explore thoughts and feelings about yourself and your relationships, linking past experiences with present behavior and bringing understanding which can help you make significant changes in your life.

Sarah Zorab
Nutritionist

Sarah has always had a keen interest in food and health. She is married with 3 children and now her children are older she is able to devote more time to her career as a Nutritionist.

She likes to take a practical approach to her patients, listening carefully to what they are trying to achieve, and then putting together a realistic programme that will fit into their lifestyle.

Typically, conditions she is able to help with include: IBS and other digestive disorders, high cholesterol, weight management, allergies, PMS, menopausal symptoms, skin complaints and rheumatoid arthritis. Indeed any chronic condition can often be supported with diet.

Sarah also works from her home near Godalming and is soon to start working for a gynaecologist in a Health and Hormone clinic in Guildford. She also does educational talks for Womens Groups and Schools. She is a Member of the British Association for Nutritional Therapy.

Nell Carey MBACP

Counsellor

Qualifications

Diploma in Person-centred Counselling
Certificate in Couples Counselling
Certificate of Attendance of 9 day intensive course on Eating

  Disorders (The National Centre for Eating Disorders)

Nell qualified as a counsellor in 2000. She worked part-time in a large NHS GP surgery in West Sussex for nearly 3 years. In 2003 she set up her own private practice, working in both London and Hampshire.

She provides therapy for many issues encountered by adults and young people. The younger people tend to be 16-30 year olds. Nell also has extensive experience of working with couples and families.

Although her original training was in Person-Centred Counselling, she increasingly draws on other approaches, where appropriate to the client, e.g. CBT.

Nell is married with a daughter and a son, both in their 20s.