Name: Kathryn Sizer

Position (specialist area): HCPC Registered Physiotherapist, Specialist in Amputee/Prosthetic Rehabilitation with a particular interest in sports and exercise to aid client’s recovery and to work towards their goals.

Contact details: ksizer@pacerehab.com Tel: 01494 790490

Location: Based at Amersham (Bucks)

Career: Kathryn graduated from King’s College, London with a BSc (Hons) degree in Physiotherapy in 2006. Immediately following graduation, she worked for a private rehabilitation company assisting case managers and training non-clinical staff. She then completed her core rotations in orthopaedics, MSK, medical, surgical, ITU, neuro-surgery and paediatric physiotherapy at Kings College Hospital, London. In 2010 she focused on completing specialist rotations in both In-patient Amputee Rehabilitation and in an NHS Limb Fitting Centre at Crystal Palace. Following this, in 2011 she then took on a permanent role within the Amputee Rehabilitation team and Limb Fitting Centre at Imperial College Healthcare NHS trust in London where she gained valuable experience in treating a wide variety of amputee patients including multi-trauma. Kathryn started working with Pace Rehabilitation one day a week from January 2015 and then joined as a full time member of staff from May 2016.

Qualifications: Kathryn is a Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered and Chartered Physiotherapist.

Memberships: Kathryn is a member of The Society of Chartered Physiotherapy and the following clinical interest groups:-

• BACPAR (British Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Amputee Rehabilitation)
• ISPO (International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics)
• ACPSEM (Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports and Exercise Medicine)
• MLACP (Medico-Legal Association of Chartered Physiotherapists)

Recent activities: Kathryn is currently part of a BACPAR working party; writing and delivering Amputee Rehabilitation training for Physiotherapists nationally on the UK-Med emergency trauma register.

Other: Outside of work Kathryn is a BSAC Scuba Diving Instructor teaching regularly at a London Diving Club. She is also a keen mountaineer and climber, frequenting the Alps and Himalaya. She has supported amputee groups such as LimbPower and joined a group of Amputees to walk the Hadrian’s Wall Coast to Coast in 2013.

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