I have had a keen interest since I was a young child, playing football, cricket, netball, rounders and swimming for the school team at junior school. In those days playing football and cricket as a girl was really difficult, but I gave the lads a run for their money and showed them I could play as well as them and being scouted to play for my county team.

In later years I got into martial arts and was awarded the black sash in Lau Gar Kung Fu and kickboxing. I competed in semi and full contact combat. I was the area female champion and nobody from the local clubs would fight me because they knew I would win. That is not meant to sound big headed in any way, because I have always welcome healthy competition and was beaten many times, before getting fitter, stronger and faster in my technique.

I joined the Army Reserves and served in an Infantry Battalion and had an accident when I got run over whilst riding my bicycle in the Lake District. I still went to Sandhurst with a dislocated AC Joint. This is what led me to start being treated by a McTimoney Chiropractor some years later.

I have qualifications in a number of outdoor pursuits including PADI Instructor, Level 3 Whitewater Kayaking, Raft Guiding, Mountain Walking and other activities which I participated in to a high level. I had many injuries doing these sports and had weekly McTimoney Chiropractic treatments to be fixed in readiness for the following weekend. Hence, my interest in the method developed and grew knowing it is all about balancing the body and if one part is not working optimally then other parts of the body will be compensating.

The idea of training to be a chiropractor was first put to me in 2005, but I lacked the confidence to complete the training until the calling became so strong, I could no longer ignore it and decided to complete an Access type course with the College of Health and this led me onto the 5 years Masters course and successfully qualifying as a Chiropractor.

I have also trained as medical piercer to vagus nerve stimulation. When the daith is pierced it sends a constant impulse to the vagus nerve because it passes through the auricular canal. The vagus nerve is part of the parasympathetic nervous system and is responsible for the fight, flight, freeze processes we experience in different situaitons. I had both my daiths pierced because I suffered with migraines for nearly 30 years. This procedure was positively life changing for me.