James Creak

James Creak

Director, Neurological Physiotherapy Clinical Lead

25 years’ experience | Based in Hertfordshire

I am one of the Directors at Physio4You and NeuroPhysio Clinical Lead with twenty-five-years’ experience of assessing and treating individuals with a variety of complex neurological conditions including Traumatic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis and Vestibular Disorders. My professional experience is varied and includes managerial, teaching and clinical experience in a number of different settings, including internationally. I have been the clinical lead for an acute neurological rehabilitation unit within the National Health Service, established and led a physiotherapy department within a private neurological rehabilitation centre catering for individuals from around the world, including the Middle East, and established a private neurological physiotherapy company. I have lectured on undergraduate and postgraduate neurological physiotherapy courses at The University of Nottingham.

I have an excellent knowledge base and clinical reasoning skills. I communicate well within a multi-disciplinary team and quickly establish positive relationships with clients and members of their support structure. I have a flexible and positive approach to client management enabling me to ensure that the client’s goals are appropriately agreed and realised in a timely fashion. I have undertaken post graduate training in a variety of areas and am experienced in the use of evidence-based rehabilitation approaches including body weight supported treadmill training, functional electrical stimulation, constraint-induced movement therapy, sensory re-education and task specific training. I have completed a Master’s degree in Physiotherapy and my treatments utilize the best current evidence available and incorporate technological advances where necessary.

Selected post-graduate training

  • Headway National Conference: Neuroplasticity in Action
  • Connecting the Dots Conference
  • Brain Injury: Out of Focus. The identification and treatment of the lesser explored complications of brain injury
  • Platforms, Tightropes & Megaphones. Challenge and balance in neurological physiotherapy. ACPIN International
  • University of Alabama Constraint-Induced Programme: Upper & Lower Limbs
  • Functional Electrical Stimulation training (advanced and multiple device)
  • Spasticity Management in Clinical Practice
  • Constraint Induced Movement Therapy
  • Bobath Study Day – The Upper Limb
  • Spasticity and Pharmacological Management
  • Functional Tone Management – Arm Training
  • Current Concepts in the Biomechanics of Gait

I am registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (MCSP) and the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists Interested in Neurology (ACPIN).

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