People - Who’s who at Six Physio

  • SIX THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT OUR TEAM
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        Our physios are some of the best of the very best.

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        They all have a minimum of 5 years practical experience, most many more than that and a few so many they're too embarrassed to talk about it.

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        We are a truly global team. We reckon we can converse with you in over 16 languages.

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        We're Physios first who happen to run a business too. It shapes everything we do.

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        We genuinely like people and we hope people like us.

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        We’ve got some truly special people in our teams who’ve done some pretty amazing things take a peek.

/images/people-thumbnail/sixphysio-leadenhall-alexdesmonstiers09041EDE1653.jpg /images/people-post-it/sixphysio-parsonsgrn-alexdesmonstiers.gif Alex des Monstiers
Alex Des Monstiers

Alex des Monstiers

Alex moved to London in 1999 from his native France. As a multilingual, he is a sports fanatic, and has competed in various disciplines. Alex has trained and qualified in London with a special interest in sports manual therapy. Since 2009 he has worked with both national and international elite rowers at the London Rowing Club in Putney, and has treated athletes competing in triathlons, ironman, ski, lacrosse, netball, rugby, judo...giving him an invaluable experience at an elite level. He is currently studying a Masters degree in Osteopathy at the London School of Osteopathy, with a vision to become a sports Osteopath in the near future and carry on to develop his skill following various courses and diploma every year. Alex joined the team at Six Physio in 2010. One of the SIX things you didn’t know about Alex: His son Alexander is a future Tennis or Rugby Star.

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Aileen Sullivan

Aileen Sullivan

Aileen graduated from Oxford Brookes University in 2001. Before joining Six Physio in March 2011 she spent 10 years working in the NHS and gained vast experience in the management of musculoskeletal and orthopaedic conditions. Aileen has always had a keen interest in the treatment of sports injuries and has worked with several rugby teams including Blackheath and Swansea RFC. She has also worked with swimming squads and regularly treats recreational athletes of all abilities. At present Aileen is working towards gaining a masters degree in Sports Physiotherapy from Cardiff University. She has a keen interest in the rehabilitation of hip and lower limb injuries and plans to carry out research in this area. Aileen has undertaken Pilates training with the APPI and incorporates this into her clinical practice on a daily basis. One of the Six things you didn't know about Aileen: she could knit before she could read!

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Dan Scott

Daniel Scott

Dan Scott works at Six Physio as a massage therapist and started with us in 2011.

/images/people-thumbnail/sixphysio-leadenhall-olivia.jpg /images/people-post-it/sixphysio-leadenhall-olivia.gif Olivia Cripps
Olivia Cripps

Olivia Cripps

Olivia began “working” from the age of 14, starting off with a paper round she moved onwards and upwards into the customer service working as a sales assistant on a Saturday. Meanwhile Olivia was working hard on her creative A-levels in Photography, Art and English Literature. After much debate she decided University wasn’t the way to go, and began a career in Hairdressing, after months of hard work and entering art team competitions Olivia soon discovered that she was severely allergic to hair colour and her dreams were shattered. She then decided to join Six Physio’s admin team and hasn’t looked back since! One of the six things you didn’t know about Olivia: she was a champion Irish dancer until the age of 12.

/images/people-thumbnail/sixphysio-leadenhall-jonathangrayson.jpg /images/people-post-it/sixphysio-leadenhall-jonathangrayson.gif Jonathan Grayson
Jon Grayson

Jonathan Grayson

After realising my dream of becoming a premiership footballer had been shattered at 16, I managed to find my brain after 12 years in education. This ultimately led me to attend and graduate from the University of Birmingham in 2002 with a BSc in Physiotherapy. Having enjoyed the social side of university so much I decided to stay and work in the NHS for 2 years, working in a variety of fields from thoracic surgery to paedeatrics. I then returned to my northern roots in the kingdom of Sheffield where I began working in the private sector, at clinics all over South Yorkshire and the Peak District. Being a typical Physio I developed the travelling bug after another 2 years and therefore spent the following 6 months skydiving, bungee jumping, scuba-diving and drinking my way around the world, visiting Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and the USA. Having returned to the UK, and realising just how small Sheffield was, I made the journey south of the border to London where I worked in a private sports injury clinic for the past 3 years, treating a diversity of clients including performers from a number of west end shows. Inbetween I recently spent 6 months away in France working for The British Chartered Physiotherapy Clinics in 2009, treating acute sports injuries, but more importantly becoming distinctly average on a snowboard! Now one of the manual Physiotherapist's at Leadenhall street, my aspiration is still to become any good on a snowboard, although the dream of premiership football is still there! One of the six facts you didn't know about me: My first pint of beer was at a house party with Vinny Jones!

/images/people-thumbnail/sixphysio-leadenhall-emilydruker.jpg /images/people-post-it/sixphysio-leadenhall-emilydruker.gif Emily Drucker
Emily Druker

Emily Drucker

Emily graduated from the University of Birmingham in 2003 with a BSc in Physiotherapy. She spent the next 2 years working as a junior rotational physiotherapist for UCL Hospitals. This was followed by a busy 6 months of backpacking (and hiking, sea kayaking, sand boarding, jeep riding and scuba diving) around Australasia, Fiji and Japan. The next 4 years were spent working as a senior musculoskeletal physiotherapist in two London based NHS Trusts (Barnet and Homerton Hospitals). Emily was responsible for treating a wide range of acute sports injuries, orthopaedic surgery, chronic pain and rheumatological conditions in 1:1 and group settings. Post graduate courses included Mulligans techniques, myofascial release, pilates, acupuncture and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. In her spare time, Emily enjoys both living and working in central London and keeps active in the gym and at salsa classes. She has maintained her enthusiasm for travelling and is happiest when combining physiotherapy sessions with exchanging travel tips. One of the SIX things you didn`t know about Emily: A personal trainer in her gym once recruited her as a backing singing in his reggae band! (She soon left the band but keeps up with regular karaoke practice).

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Paul Aston

Paul Aston

Paul qualified as a physiotherapist from the University of East Anglia following a previous degree in Sport Science. He began his career in the NHS and specialised as a musculoskeletal physiotherapist working at University College London Hospital and Islington PCT. During this time he was involved in specialist consultant lead sports, knee and shoulder clinics, co-ordinated shoulder and lower limb sport specific rehabilitation and delivered specialist techniques including hydrotherapy and accupuncture. Besides this, Paul has also worked as a physiotherapist for both Rosslyn Park and Eastbourne RFC providing pitchside management and treatment for players at all levels. He has further played an integral role within the medical team supporting national and international figure skaters at the National Ice Skating Championships in 2011 at Sheffield. Paul is also a member of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports and Exercise Medicine (ACPSM) and is currently working towards completing his bronze level accreditation. Paul joined the SIX team at Leadenhall Street in 2011 and has a specialist interest in traumatic lower limb injuries particularly post operative multi-ligament injury. In his spare time, Paul enjoys travelling and has visited 27 countries. He also keeps himself very active with swimming, surfing, mountain biking, snowboarding and photography. One of the SIX things you didn’t know about Paul…he has worked as a beach lifeguard on the Gold Coast in Australia pulling numerous tourists and locals out of the sea.

/images/people-thumbnail/sixphysio-leadenhall-reneebigelow.jpg /images/people-post-it/sixphysio-leadenhall-reneebigelow.gif Renee Bigelow
Renee Bigelow

Renee Bigelow

Renee trained in Auckland, New Zealand, graduating from AUT with a degree in BHSc. (Physiotherapy), and an immediate goal to continue with her education and development. While at university, she began the role of working with various types of sports teams, and also at national and premier tournaments. She was fortunate enough to attain a position working in both a private practice and private hospital in Auckland; thus being exposed to all types of populations and rehabilitation. Renee is a credentialed McKenzie MDT therapist, Pilates trained, and has had her 4th year university research published in the NZJP and JMMT. She also has interest in pre and post natal rehabilitation. Her goal is to continue her development in the UK, and also progress with further postgraduate study. Renee has a huge passion for any type of fitness, and loves physiotherapy as it is a rewarding, challenging, and often inspiring profession. 'The human body is an amazing instrument, and it surprises me in some way nearly every day. One of SIX things you didn’t know about Renee: She used to act and dance in extra roles for movies and television programmes in NZ.