CAROLYN SEARBY

Clinical Director

Team Lead

Clinical Management Role

Carolyn has been a clinician for over 30 years, and a Director of the clinic for 20 years. She works as the Clinical Director, no longer treating patients of her own, but spending her time running the clinical side of Manor Clinic with regard to the education and collaborative working with her team of physiotherapists.

She is working to fulfil the clinic’s reason for being, “ Restore, Maintain and Enhance” and in this she will continue to develop the excellence of the physiotherapy team and the clinic as a whole

Qualifications:

MSc in Manipulative Physiotherapy at University of Brighton

MSc in Sports Medicine from USSA (United States Sports Academy)

BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy from Manchester University

Member of the Musculoskeletal Association of Chartered Physiotherapists MACP

Past Employment:

2003-present: Clinic Director at Manor Clinic

1997-2003: Private Physiotherapist at Beadle House Clinic

1996: Specialised Sports Physiotherapist at Crystal Palace Sports Injury Clinic

1995-6: Private Physiotherapist at WCA Clinics at Price Waterhouse

1992-3: Private Physiotherapist at Haywards Heath Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Clinic.

Working Background:

Carolyn works as a Clinical Lead, teaching and mentoring the team at Sevenoaks Physiotherapy.

Carolyn has a specialist clinical interest in the treatment of Sports Injuries following her MSc in Sports Medicine, and gaining experience in sports as wide ranging as American Football, Basketball, Rugby and Dance. She believes in a team working approach to the treatment and rehabilitation of lower limb injuries and the study of biomechanics, gait assessment and running re-education.

She has conducted research into knee ligament reconstructions and knee cap dysfunction, presenting her findings at the International Federation of Orthopædic Manipulative Therapists (IFOMT) Conference in Cape Town in 2004, and in the same year the Chartered Physiotherapy Congress.

She believes in the dynamic treatment of clients that is reflected by her postgraduate studies that include Pilates equipment training, Late Stage Rehabilitation, Run Coaching, Directional Movement Skills (DMS) and Strength and Conditioning.