Jennifer Parr

Qualified from:

Glasgow Caledonian University

Past employment:

Rotational Physio, Specialist Hand Physiotherapist – both at Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
Inpatient physiotherapist at King Edward VII
Research Assistant at Kings College London

Working background:

I’ve spent a majority of my career working for the NHS where I completed my junior core rotations and moved into a role as a specialist physiotherapist in hand therapy. Here I discovered my love for treating hand conditions including acute trauma, surgical and long term conditions.

Hand therapy is a niche area, and generally people don’t know much about it until they have hand injury or hand pain which prevents them doing hobbies, sports and general daily activities. I am a Registered Practitioner with BAPAM, enabling me to assist Performing Arts professionals in getting back to what they do best.

It is highly rewarding to be a part of clients journey back to a full recovery, whether that is use of exercise and education, splinting to immobilise the painful joints, or post operative wound and scar care to name a few!

Your almost most-outstanding achievement:

Running the London Marathon & raising £3000 for charity

What would you cook if I came round for dinner?

Thai curry with extra chillis and peanuts, and a nice bottle of red wine

Where should we go on holiday?

Exploring South America.. Skiing in Japan.. the list could go on

If you could take one thing into space, what would it be:

Crunchy peanut butter

What’s the one thing you haven’t confessed to your parents?

How much rent I pay in London. It’s quite a lot more than in Scotland!