Josie is the Founder, Clinical Director, Chartered Physiotherapist & Pilates Instructor of Thorn Performance
I have recently returned from maternity leave, and am working part-time around looking after by two energetic little boys - Alfie & George.
I have a passion for people and for movement, and my biggest joy is to see these passions align in physio. I love to enable people to optimise their movement, reduce pain and reach their goals, working together as a team.
I am trained in Acupuncture & Dry-Needling (AACP) as well as Pilates instruction in both Matwork (APPI) and Reformer (DMA) Clinical Pilates. I have studied pregnancy and post-natal physiotherapy through the POGP.
I am a passionate runner and have completed many half marathons over the past years, as well as London Marathon in 2018 (my first marathon), in aid of the Lord's Taverners. Goals to run London 2019 in aid of Brain Tumour Research (BTR) were sadly scuppered by a last minute injury (it happens to physios too!), but I ran again & completed it virtually during the pandemic in 2020.
I finally got back over the London Marathon finish line for BTR in March 2023, starting from scratch again after the birth of Alfie, and managing to take a whole 30 minutes off my time!
I complement my running with regular pilates & bodyweight strength work to prevent any nasty niggles arising, keep me strong & dancing through life wherever possible.
I am now on my 2nd journey to rebuild my fitness and endurance post-natally in the time and energy I have left around family life!
Behind The Name 'Thorn Performance'
The name 'Thorn Performance' was born from my own personal experience of injury. Initially getting injured felt like a failure, but as I became more involved in my rehabilitation I discovered that this injury was actually the outward signs of an underlying weakness. This injury enabled me to identify this, focus on improving it, and overcome it.
I have come out the other-side stronger than ever before.Injuries often develop because of an underlying weakness, and it is only by identifying these weaknesses and correcting them that we can become strong.
I hope to educate people about their bodies, change their mindset to bring true physical and mental strength to everyone I work with and help them to fall in love with the joy of movement. Just as the rose comes from the thorn, our strength comes from our weakness. From our weaknesses we are made strong!
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