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About Mrs Cheryl Kent
Personal Profile
Cheryl gained her physiotherapy qualification from Sheffield City Polytechnic (Sheffield Hallam University) finishing in 1987 and started her career working in the NHS. She initially gained experience across the full range of Physiotherapy services from care of the elderly, outpatients MSK, burns and plastics, respiratory, thoracic and heart surgery, community mental health, neurological gym, the young disabled unit and paediatrics in both the child development centre and the community. After these early years gaining experience, she specialised in Paediatric Physiotherapy and spending several years working in the Leeds Main hospitals and the community, visiting patients in their home and school settings.
Cheryl has a total of 34 years of Paediatric Physiotherapy experience working across 4 NHS health authorities, most recently spending 26 years in the Hillingdon area delivering community-based services for children aged from 0 to 19 years old.
She specialised in working with children with complex needs such as: neurological conditions, ex-prematurity, brain injury, strokes, developmental delay, genetic conditions, oncology, spinal injuries, amputations, post operative selective dorsal rhizotomy and other orthopaedic conditions including talipes feet, hypermobility issues, torticollis and recovery from complex RTAs requiring home physiotherapy intervention.
She managed a varied and extensive caseload and was happy to assess and treat the client in varied environments, ranging from the hospital or their home to the public park and the local gym and hydrotherapy pool. She has always strived to assess and treat her clients in the situation best suited to their needs.
Clinical Interests
- Neurological Assessment.
- Assessment of posture and mobility.
- Assessment of development delay or ex-prematurity.
- Development and assessment of 24-hour postural management programmes including assessment for equipment such as standing frames, walking frames and trikes.
- Hydrotherapy, designing physiotherapy exercise programmes, and training others to carry out programmes in the pool.
- Moving and handling assessment to devise therapeutic physiotherapy exercise plans and proposals for physiotherapy equipment where needed.
- Training for parents, support staff and school staff in the delivery of those therapeutic exercise programmes and use of equipment.
- Pre- and post-surgery rehabilitation for selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) and orthopaedic conditions.
- Following Health Care Professions Council (HPCP) guidelines of professional record keeping.
- Clinical report writing to update legal documents, Education Health Care Plans (EHCP), Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Personal Independence Plans (PIP).
- Referring to other professional services such as Orthopaedics/Orthotics, and attending appointments as required for joint assessments.
- Using the Cerebral Palsy Integrated Pathway (CPIP) assessment.
- Serial casting for Achilles tendon tightness.
