The Therapists in MS working group network is made up of allied health professionals with a broad range of MS-related expertise and experience from all across the UK.
TiMS Co-Chair - Position: Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist - Location: London - Areas of interest: Fatigue management, transition and adjustment to disability, disability management, group work, occupational therapy, vocational rehabilitation
TiMS Co-chair - Position: Physiotherapist, Clinical Specialist in Neurology - Location: Buckinghamshire - Areas of interest: Spasticity management, orthotics and FES, postural control facilitation and postural management. Promoting multidisciplinary working, promoting activity and wellbeing. Qualified teacher - British Wheel of Yoga
Working group member - Position: MS Service Lead and Specialist Practitioner - Location: Poole - Area of interest: Complex neuro disability, spasticity management, postural management, holistic neuro case management, care pathways, service evaluation and development
Working Group Member - Position: Consultant Occupational Therapist - Neurology - Location: Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent - Areas of interest: Self-management, fatigue management, community based services
Working Group Member - Position: Neuro-Specialist Physiotherapist - Location: London - Areas of interest: Spasticity management, postural management, complex physical disability and orthotics
Working Group Member - Position: General Neurological Physiotherapist - Location: London - Area of interest: Gait and orthotics
Working Group Member - Position: Reader in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation / MS Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist - Location: Plymouth - Area of interest: Clinical trials evaluating rehabilitation of people with MS
Working Group Member - Position: Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in MS - Location: Norwich - Areas of interest: Posture and positioning; ataxia; promoting the role of the specialist
Working Group Member - Position: Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in MS - Location: London - Areas of interest: Exercise and activity promotion (making it achievable), posture and normal movement approaches, MDT working and streamlining care
Working Group Member - Position: Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in MS - Location: Cardiff - Areas of interest: Spasticity management (including injection therapy and Sativex), Posture Management, Respiratory Management, Fampridine, Service development, supported self-management
Working Group Member - Position: Advanced MS Champion - Location: Norwich - Areas of interest: Care of people with advanced MS, spasticity and postural management, promoting self-management, community based services, service evaluation and development
Working Group Member - Position: Physiotherapist - Location: Harrow - Areas of interest: Spasticity, posture management, yoga therapy and meditation, breath awareness
Working Group Member - Position: Specialist Neurological Occupational Therapist - Location: Buckinghamshire - Areas of interest: Progressive neurological conditions, complex case management/complex neurological presentation, occupational science and application to neurological occupational therapy,acceptance and adjustment. motivation and readiness to change with rehabilitation
Working Group Member - Position: MS Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist / MS Therapy Team Lead - Location: Liverpool - Areas of interest: Developing research / innovation practice within physiotherapy and promoting wider research activity by AHP colleagues
Working group member - Position: Clinical Lead Neuro-Physiotherapist Location: Bristol Area/s of interest: Spasticity, Balance and Falls, FES, posture management, Yoga, Community based neuro-rehabilitation.
