Curriculum Vitae
MRS WENDY EMBERSON MCSP Consultant Physiotherapist
Registered Member of the Health and Care Professions Council
1973 (November) Qualified as a Chartered Physiotherapist - Coventry/Birmingham
NHS
1974 Basic Grade Physiotherapist Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital
1974 - 75 Basic Grade Physiotherapist. St Oswald’s Hospital Ashbourne Derbyshire
1975 - 76 Senior II Physiotherapist St Oswald’s Hospital Ashbourne Derbyshire
1976 - 78 Superintendent Physiotherapist St Oswald’s Hospital Ashbourne Derbyshire
[Collaboration with JCB Excavators Ltd in the design of their on – site Physiotherapy Department and Instigation and development of specialist unit for physically handicapped children at St Oswald’s Hospital]
1978 - 80 Superintendent Physiotherapist, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
INDEPENDENT SECTOR
1980 -2021 Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire - Private Sector - Consultant Physiotherapist
Director Interferential Limited (2022)
MAJOR POST GRADUATE EDUCATIONAL COURSES
1975 - 2019
• Short course on Orthopaedic Medicine – Dr J Cyriax, Manchester
• Full course on Orthopaedic Medicine – Dr J Cyriax, London
• Many and various City and East Hackney District Health Authority courses in Sports Medicine, Interferential Therapy(IFT), Ultrasound, Orthopaedics, Mobilisations. NHS
• Upper Management courses.
• Research programme on Biofeedback, and IFT
• All OCPPP (The Organisation of Chartered Physiotherapists in Private Practice- now known as Physio First) National Conferences [except 1991]
• Many and various OCPPP Regional courses
• Produced national conference for OCPPP on Children in Sport
• Various short courses in Mobilisation of the Nervous System
• Full course in Mobilisation of the Nervous System, Neuro Orthopaedic Institut
• Muscle Energy Technique of the Lumbar-Pelvis-Sacrum,
• Manual Therapy Seminars of the UK – Pete Emerson (Colorado, USA)
• Physiotherapy Educator Workshop – Brunel University
• Bond Solon Medico-Legal Training Courtroom Skills and Report Writing
• SOM (Society of Orthopaedic Medicine) & BIMM (British Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine) Annual Conference – The Sporting Back
• Musculo-skeletal diagnostic ultrasound in Sports Medicine
• SOM & BIMM Annual Conference
• 2000 Physiotherapy Pain Association Annual Conference
• Acupuncture course – part 1 Dr Anthony Campbell (London)
• Advanced Course Lumbo-sacral Dynamics – Pete Emerson (USA)
• Acupuncture course – Part 2
• SOM & BIMM Annual Conference – Pain and the Performing Arts
• 2001 OCPPP and International Private Practitioners Conference
• SOM & BIMM Annual Conference – From Dysfunction to Pathology
• Physiotherapy Pain Association Seminar
• 2002 OCPPP Annual Conference – Keynote Prof Paul Hodges – Muscle Stabilisation and Core Stability latest research from Australia
• Chartered Society Congress – Keynote Prof Ronald Melzack – Neural networks and current management trends in chronic pain patients
• 2003 OCPPP Annual Conference - Turning Heads
• SOM & BIMM Annual Conference - Pain Perceptions & the Infrapatellar Tendon
• Intermediate Acupuncture course
• 2004 Physiotherapy Experienced Clinical Educator’s Day - University of Hertfordshire
• Combined Conference Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists & Physiotherapy Pain Association St Neots Cambridgeshire
• OCPPP Annual Conference – 3 days
• Hip and Groin Injuries – Prof Graham Smith
• SOM & BIMM Annual Conference
• 2005 Referring for MRI with confidence – OCPPP Education Programme Felixstowe
• Society of Orthopaedic Medicine Annual Conference
• Society of Expert Witnesses Annual Conference
• 2008 2 Major courses in examination and treatment of cervicogenic headaches – Dean Watson PhD
• Lorrimer Moseley course on chronic pain management
• Mark Comerford course on lumbar stabilization
• 2009 PhysioFirst Conference – 2 days - international conference on the latest developments of the spine
• 2010 PhysioFirst Conference – 2 days - international conference on the cervical spine
• 2011 PhysioFirst Conference – 2 days - international conference on research and clinical practice
• 2012 PhysioFirst Conference – 2 days - international conference on sporting injuries
• 2013 PhysioFirst Conference – 2 days - international conference on rehabilitation
2014 PhysioFirst Conference – 2 days - international conference on soft tissues
LECTURING EXPERIENCE
• 1977- 80 Various local and district lectures to physiotherapists on Orthopaedic Medicine.
• Began lecturing, nationally, to Chartered Physiotherapists and allied professions on IFT. Numerous day courses.
• Keynote lecturer at National Conference OCPPP/Physio First on IFT.
• Various local and national lectures to parents, schools and physiotherapists on Posture Syndrome. Various TV and radio appearances on national TV and radio
• Workshop leader – IFT and Asthma at National Conference OCPPP
• Workshop leader – Research, Asthma and IFT at National Conference OCPPP.
• Lecture on Medico-Legal Reporting, Cannons Sports Centre, London
• Lecture to Scottish Region OCPPP – Update on IFT
• Clinical Educator for Student Placements in the Private Sector – University of East Anglia, Kings College London, St George’s Hospital London, University of Hertfordshire, Essex University.
• Leadership – The Royal Marsden Hospital, London - invited lecturer as part of Master’s course for Allied Health Professionals
• Half day lecture on IFT for accelerated Master’s degree students at Essex University.
• Self help lecture series on musculo-skeletal conditions for the local general public and past patients
CLINICAL INTERESTS
1978 to date
• Began work with Interferential Therapy (IFT)
• Various research projects into the effects of IFT at St Bartholomew's Hospital (SBH) London
• Collaboration with Medical Research Department of SBH to produce first British IFT equipment.
• Collaboration with Vessa Ltd and Spencers Ltd in the development of the guidelines for the new IFT equipment for physiotherapy purchasers.
• Collaboration with various IFT equipment manufacturers [SNS Bioengineering Ltd, Shrewsbury Medical Ltd etc] in the design and evaluation of new equipment.
• 1991 to date Began research project into Posture Syndrome with special reference to children. Ongoing
• 1995 Research pilot into the treatment of asthma with IFT. Ongoing.
• 2006 To date - Research project into the effects of acupuncture and dysmenorrhoea.
• See current work.
MAJOR CLINICAL SPECIALITIES
• Orthopaedic medicine/musculoskeletal conditions
• Dynamic sacro-pelvic dysfunctions
• Interferential Therapy
• Manipulation
• Musculo-skeletal rehabilitation
• Chronic pain management
PUBLICATIONS
1978 Series of articles on examination and treatment of the cervical spine – Therapy Weekly.
1980’s Various full handbooks for IFT manufacturers.
1991 to date Various articles – national newspapers/magazines and regional/cable television on Posture Syndrome and physiotherapy including BBC Watchdog Healthcheck
1995 “Interferential Therapy Workbook” – textbook for physiotherapists.
1998 IFT Workbook first revision completed
1998 Article on Medico-legal reporting for In Touch/OCPPP
2017 “Whose Spine is it Anyway” a self help guide for the general public on Back Pain. Available through Amazon.
Currently working on second textbook on Interferential Therapy
PRIVATE SECTOR - GENERAL
Development of Stortford Grange Physiotherapy Centre from sole practitioner (1980) to rebranding to Stort Physio Limited (2012). Formation of Merlin Biomedical Ltd in 2020 with the intention of developing Interferential Therapy clinical research and new equipment. 2021 closure of the clinic owing to the financial impact of Covid 19. (3 of the clinical physiotherapists continuing to treat the patients as Stortford Park Physiotherapy.)
Wendy Emberson now working in clinical research and biotechnology development as an independent practitioner.
• Work Experience Centre for W. Essex and E. Herts schools programme
• Adult re-training scheme participation 1991–1994.
• Research programme into Children's Posture Syndrome – 1990 to date
• Physiotherapist for the International Thai Boxing Federation – 1994/5
• Ongoing Clinical Educator and acknowledged Clinical Placement for 9 Universities for physiotherapy, sports therapy and sports rehabilitation undergraduates for the last 25 years.
• Founder member of the Cyriax Foundation.
• Past Chairman of Executive Committee, Cyriax Foundation.
• Associate member of the Society of Orthopaedic Medicine.
• Member of the Neuro-Orthopaedic Institute.
• Founder member of, and past Acting Treasurer for the Association of Medico-Legal Chartered Physiotherapists.
• Member of the Physiotherapy Pain Association
• Member of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sport and Exercise Medicine
• Member of the Bishops Stortford Business Connections – past Chairman.
• Regional Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine
• Honorary Life Member Physio First
STORT PHYSIO ACADEMY 2012
2012 Stort Physio Academy was started to provide both undergraduate and post graduate courses.
2013 and 2014 Hosting Dean Watson PhD courses on Headaches and Migraines.
(2nd year) Dean Watson (Watson Headache Institute Australia) only lectures at Stort Physio Academy in the UK.
MEMBERSHIP OF PHYSIOFIRST
(The Organisation of Chartered Physiotherapists in Private Practice)
1987 to 1995 Regional Officer for the North East Thames Region OCPPP - National Committee member.
1994 to 1996 Chairman of the Business Development Department of OCPPP
April 1995 to 1998 Honorary Secretary of OCPPP
Chairman of the Clinical Affairs Department of OCPPP
April 1998 to April 2003 Honorary Public Relations Officer of OCPPP
April 2008 Awarded Honorary Life Membership of PhysioFirst (OCPPP) for work on Interferential Therapy
CHARTERED SOCIETY OF PHYSIOTHERAPY (CSP)
1998 to 2003 Member of the Clinical Interest Group Liaison Committee
2001 to 2004 Co-opted member of the Communications Group
2002 to 2003 Member of the Unexpected Effects steering group
2003 to 2006 Nationally elected member of the Learning and Development Committee
2009 to 2011 Alternate Member of Council of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
MEDICO-LEGAL EXPERIENCE
• Numerous Medico-Legal reports for individual patients over 27 years
• Expert Witness for CSP, MDU and individual solicitors – Personal Injury, Electrotherapy, Orthopaedic Medicine, Professional Negligence
• Over 50 cases for a number of UK wide solicitors and the MDU – on Personal Injury, Orthopaedic Medical, post orthopaedic surgical, trauma cases and Professional Negligence.
• Founder member and first treasurer of the Medico Legal Association of Chartered Physiotherapists
CURRENT WORK
1. Clinical research project into “Pinocchio Syndrome” looking at the Vagus Nerve in the upper cervical spine.
2. Biotech research and development of Interferential Therapy equipment
3. Completion of the 2nd textbook on Interferential Therapy
4. Development of a home Interferential Therapy device for the treatment of Hayfever
5. Future development of Interferential Therapy equipment that is “condition specific” eg asthma, IBS, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease etc.