I am committed to help support you recover from injury, manage pain, increase your fitness and improve your overall well-being.

About Me

I am a HCPC Registered Chartered Physiotherapist, with 25+ years experience of supporting people with a variety of persistant painful musculoskeletal problems. I completed membership to the Musculoskeletal Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (MACP), and later achieved a Master of Science Degree (MSc) in Pain Management. 

Since graduating from King's College London I worked for the NHS in London, then Gloucestershire as a clinician with a special interest in spinal pain, and later as Clinical Lead for a countywide musculoskeletal advanced practitioner service.  More recently we moved to Dorset, I now work as a physiotherapist with a healthcare provider, and also as a self-employed physiotherapist / health wellbeing and lifestyle coach.

My key skills and passion are to help support people to self-manage their long term painful conditions, and to enjoy being physically active. I have lived with persistent pain and fatigue since childhood, and understand the challenges of keeping active and exercising. 10 years ago I injured myself falling from a horse, and since then I have additionally managed my own recurring episodes of back painand sciatica. I realised that in order to support people I needed to move away from the traditional medical approach of focussing on passive treatments, and that I should progress my skills as a coach in order to help support and empower people to move themselves forward positively in their lives. 

As well as being a Physiotherapist I love animals. I have done extensive learning about animal (and human) behaviour, and volunteer as an education speaker for the Blue Cross.  Now our children have flown the nest we have a menagerie of rehomed pets including our dog, cats, ducks, and also 2 ponies from the Blue Cross charity . As you can see from my photograph some of the pets like to join in my exercise classes too!

Caroline Hooper Grad Dip Phys, MMACP, MSc Pain Management, PCI / EQA Accredited Foundation Health and Wellbeing Coach

Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. HCPC Registered.

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