The Team

Meet Our Practice Team

Practice Owner and Lead Physiotherapist
Practice Owner and Lead Physiotherapist

Fleur Oakley-Pugh BSc Hons MCSP MAACP SP

Fleur qualified as a Chartered Physiotherapist for 1988. She has worked at Barts and The Royal London and Addenbrookes’ Hospital as well as private practices and the Nuffield Hospital in Ipswich. 


She has been specialising in musculoskeletal physiotherapy since 2001. 


She has a special interest in biomechanics/foot conditions, headaches and migraines and is also a trained acupuncturist.

Clinic Physiotherapist
Clinic Physiotherapist

Alex Mortimer BSc Hons MCSP


Alex has been a qualified Charted Physiotherapist since 2009. He has worked at the Royal Free Hospital in London, Colchester’s Mill Road Spinal Clinic and Clacton Hospital. He currently works as a Spinal Extended Scope Practitioner in his NHS role in Colchester. 

Alex is experienced in musculoskeletal physiotherapy, with a special interest in neck and back pain, manual therapy and Pilates. 

His experience as an endurance athlete and qualified personal trainer has allowed him to bring these disciplines into individual rehabilitation programmes. 

Additionally Alex provides 1-2-1 and 2-2-1 Pilates sessions at the practice. 


Domiciliary/Home Visit Physiotherapist
Domiciliary/Home Visit Physiotherapist

Rochelle Rouse BSc Hons MCSP

Rochelle trained at King’s College, London and qualified in 1999. 

She has worked at St George’s Hospital, Tooting and Ipswich Hospital before starting community rehabilitation in 2007 in Tendring and Colchester. 

Rochelle provides home visits to clients who may need help with their mobility, post -operative rehabilitation and respiratory care.  



Injection Therapist
Injection Therapist

Joe Hijazi MSc HCC, MSc MCSP Specialist Physiotherapist

Joe Graduated from the University of Essex with a MSc in Physiotherapy.

Prior to this he studied Sport & Exercise science at Batchelor level.

He has worked in both NHS & private sector settings.

He has particular experience in Trauma and Elective orthopaedic physiotherapy as well as musculoskeletal rehabilitation.


He has specialist training in the provision of corticosteroid and hyluronic acid injections.

Chartered Physiotherapist
Chartered Physiotherapist

Denice Brannan SportsMassage Diploma, and a qualification in Acupuncture and Dry Needling.

Denice is a Chartered Physiotherapist and graduated from the University of Essex in 2015. 

She has previous experience working in Community Physiotherapy, Falls Prevention, and Intermediate Care. She decided to specialise in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy in 2019 and has since gained experience working in an NHS outpatient department, and working privately for a national physiotherapy company, where she worked as a senior physiotherapist treating private medical insurance, medico-legal, and occupational health patients for large employers including the metropolitan police. 




Receptionist/Administrator
Receptionist/Administrator

Cameron is our receptionist and administrator making sure the your patient journey runs smoothly from start to finish

Women’s Health Specialist Physiotherapist
Women’s Health Specialist Physiotherapist

Sarah Mortimer. Chartered Physiotherapist since 2009

Sarah has worked as Clinical Lead for Pelvic Health Physiotherapy in West Suffolk. 

She is able to treat all types of incontinence and pelvic girdle pain as well as ante and postnatal pelvic issues. 

Sports and Soft Tissue Massage
Sports and Soft Tissue Massage

Jack Thurston

Jack is our qualified Sports Therapist providing Soft tissue and Sports Massage. He is an experienced sports therapist having worked for various sports clubs and also in the NHS. 

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