Charlotte Owen, Bsc (Hons), Dip MSK Medicine, MCSP, HCPC.
Member of:
Association of Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care
Associate Member of Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapists
Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists
My role as a Physiotherapist
Over my 20 years working in Physiotherapy I have gained extensive knowledge and skills in a variety of areas. I specialise in Women’s Health, Scar Therapy, Respiratory. I enjoy taking time during consultations to fully understand your problems and concerns to formulate a treatment plan specially for you.
My extensive portfolio shows my varied clinical experience and continuing professional development to ensure my assessment and treatment techniques are up-to-date providing you the best in care.
Recent Courses and Webinars Attended
– Simplifying the Hip, 1 day, Mehmet Gem, 2025
-Oncology Scaring, HLP Therapy, 2025
– Buteyko Breathing Method Practitioners Course, Buteyko International 2025
– Hypopressives. 2024
-Acupuncture in Women’s Health and systemic conditions. Hobbs Acupuncture 2024
-Visceral mobilisation for Women’s Health, ANA Therapy + Mummy MOT 2024
-Scars and Acupuncture, HLP Therapy and Hobbs Acupuncture 2024
-APPI Pink Ribbon Programme. Breast Cancer Exercise Specialist Course 2024
-Advanced Rehab Techniques for Breast Cancer Management 2024
-Athletic Pelvis Course, Bill Taylor 2024
-Menopause Movement 2023
– AACP Acupuncture Foundations MSK Training Hours: 300 2023
-Rock Tape FMT Level 1 2023
-Advanced Course in Manual Therapy for the Pelvic Floor – Maeve Whelan 2023
-Ultrasound Imaging in Pelvic Health- Greene Seminars 2022/2023
-C-Section Course for Healthcare Professionals – HLP Therapy 2022
– POGP The Childbearing Year 2022
-Michelle Lyons – Bowel Health and Women’s Health Course: Covering colorectal pain drivers / constipation / continence / coccyx dysfunction / holistic approach to bowel management. 2022
– Jilly Bond – Happy Bladder Course: Physiotherapy Assessment and Treatment of Bladder Pain Syndrome and Pelvic Pain. 2022
-International Diploma in MSK Dry Needling and MSK Medical Acupuncture 2022
-APPI Matwork Level 1 2022
-Restore Therapy: Understanding Scars 2022
-The Jing Method: Working with scar tissue 2022
– Diploma MSK Medicine 2021
– Confidence in the Menopause, Newson Health, Research and Education
– Long COVID Update
– RCGP – Core Skills in MSK Care
– Arthritic Ankles, Foot pain and Feet (webinar)
– POGP Female Urinary Incontinence Part A and Part B
– Therapy Live Pelvic Health
– Assessing the breathlessness patient
– COVID 19 Respiratory Update
– Menopause Management – Advance your Practice
– MEPS -Pelvic Organ Prolapse Update
– MEPS – Perimenopausal and Menopausal Sexual Health
– Pelvic Organ Prolapse for Physiotherapists
Clinical Experience
Clinical Educator UCB (2024 – present)
Charlotte Owen Physiotherapy (2020 – present)
Locum Physiotherapist (2021)
- Rapid Response Team – hospital avoidance and early discharge.
- Acute management of a patient deterioration in the community, aiming to support at home and avoid hospital admission.
- Continuation of patient rehabilitation on hospital discharge.
Senior Physiotherapist Team Lead, Acute Medicine / Respiratory, QEHB
(2014- 2020)
- Management of acutely unwell patients admitted to medical wards, predominantly respiratory and older adults.
- Acute complex rehabilitation of adults (all ages), including those transferred from ITU.
- Acute and Chronic disease management. (COPD, asthma, bronchiectasis, lung cancer, pneumonia) including, airway clearance techniques, shortness of breath management, dysfunctional breathing, self management plans, ways to improve function and daily activity.
- Initiation and weaning of acutely unwell patients needing Non-Invasive Ventilation.
- Management of acutely unwell patients with COVID-19
Senior Physiotherapist, QEHB
(2009-2014)
9 month rotations
- Birmingham based hospice
- Specialist Surgery – GI / Liver transplant (ward, ITU) Respiratory outpatients
- General Medicine
- Cardiac Surgery – Transplant / mechanical devices including ECMO and VAD’s (ward, ITU, cardiac rehab clinic)
- Trauma ITU (military and civilian patients: spinal cord injury, head injury, blast injury, gun shot wounds)
- Respiratory Support Team (ward, clinic and community – specialist management of COPD, Asthma and Bronchiectasis)
Physiotherapist, QEHB
2006-2009
3 month rotations
- Outpatients (community and gym)
- Neuro-medicine (Stroke)
- General Respiratory
- Paediatrics (neurology and respiratory)
- Trauma
- Neurosurgery
Papers
Do structured exercise classes for inpatients with COPD increase community pulmonary rehabilitation referral and completion rates, T.Avent, R.Colclough, R.Edgar, C.Owen, K.Swindells, S.Gompertz. QEHB. Thorax 2015; 70(Supp3) A114.
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