About Us

Rachel is a native of North Down, having been educated at Sullivan Upper School. She graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 2000 and has spent her time specialising in Musculoskeletal and Sports Physiotherapy. After completing her rotations at a large teaching hospital in Dublin, Rachel moved to New Zealand in 2002 where she took up the post of Principal Physiotherapist.

David hails from sunny Perth in Western Australia where he completed his Physiotherapy degree at Curtin University in 2001 before working in a busy private practice. In 2004 he met Rachel when they studied for their Masters of Manual Therapy degrees at the University of Western Australia. 

Claire is an experienced member of the Active Health+ team with over 12 years of experience in the musculoskeletal and sporting field. She qualified from Glasgow Caledonian University with an honours degree in Physiotherapy in 2010. Her combined desire to work and travel took her to Germany and then New Zealand where she worked in private musculoskeletal clinics gaining a wide range of experience working with the public as well as elite athletes within various sports, including rugby, football and the NZ Pro beach volleyball tour in 2012.

Hannah graduated from Glasgow Caledonian University in 2015 with a first class honours degree in Physiotherapy. She then stayed in Glasgow, working in the NHS setting where she gained experience in multiple areas before specialising in musculoskeletal physio. Her love of travel, and Spanish language and culture then took her to Spain where she worked in a hospital clinic in Gibraltar and taught Pilates in Spain.

Lucy graduated from Edge Hill University in 2021, with a first-class honours in BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy. During her time in England, she worked within elite adolescent sport, providing sports therapy and strength and conditioning provision for Wigan Athletic Football Academy.

Lucy returned to Northern Ireland in the summer of 2021, continuing to build on her experience through working within a private practice, treating, and managing MSK injuries and diagnoses. Due to her interest in strength and conditioning, Lucy also works within a Belfast based Gaelic football club, utilising her skills in S+C principles, pitch-side first aid and injury management.

In her free time, Lucy enjoys staying active through swimming, and participation in Gaelic football and hockey, in which she plays for local teams.

Aimée is from Belfast and studied in Newcastle Upon Tyne, where she acheived a First Class Honours degree in Physiotherapy. She lived and worked in Leeds after qualifying.

Aimée loves Active Health’s supportive and very friendly team environment

Aimée has a keen interest in the shoulder having worked alongside orthopaedic consultant clinics, particularly post operative shoulders and sports injuries
She is passionate about holistic health care and working together with people to achieve both their long and short term goals.
She’s also passionate about exercise education and preventative health care and keeping people fit and healthy for life.

Ellie comes from Coatbridge, in Scotland and Studied at Glasgow Caledonian University, gaining a BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy
She also has attained Level 3 Extended Diploma in Sports Massage and completed a Kinesiology Taping & Strapping course

Ellie loves the friendly and supportive working environment here at Active Health, enjoys spending time with family and friends, taking care of her dog and other pets and regularly spends time in the gym.

She has a 3rd Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo, and has travelled around Europe to places such as Poland, Germany, Luxembourg and Sweden to compete in Taekwondo competitions.

Rachel is a native of North Down, having been educated at Sullivan Upper School. She graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 2000 and has spent her time specialising in Musculoskeletal and Sports Physiotherapy. After completing her rotations at a large teaching hospital in Dublin, Rachel moved to New Zealand in 2002 where she took up the post of Principal Physiotherapist.

Claire is an experienced member of the Active Health+ team with over 12 years of experience in the musculoskeletal and sporting field. She qualified from Glasgow Caledonian University with an honours degree in Physiotherapy in 2010. Her combined desire to work and travel took her to Germany and then New Zealand where she worked in private musculoskeletal clinics gaining a wide range of experience working with the public as well as elite athletes within various sports, including rugby, football and the NZ Pro beach volleyball tour in 2012.

Hannah graduated from Glasgow Caledonian University in 2015 with a first class honours degree in Physiotherapy. She then stayed in Glasgow, working in the NHS setting where she gained experience in multiple areas before specialising in musculoskeletal physio. Her love of travel, and Spanish language and culture then took her to Spain where she worked in a hospital clinic in Gibraltar and taught Pilates in Spain.

Vanessa Newell is originally from Crawfordsburn, Co.Down and is now living in Donaghadee.
Approximately 20 years ago, Vanessa first started her fitness instruction journey with a Personal Training (PT) qualification and Diploma in Body Massage.
Vanessa grew up taking part in gymnastics competitively and has been doing Pilates since around 2010.
She started her instructor journey in 2020 and is now fully trained in essential, intermediate and advanced mat and reformer pilates.
2022 will see Vanessa complete Cadillac, barrel and chair training and thus becoming an extremely well-rounded pilates instructor!

Vanessa enjoys working with Active Health as she really feels part of the team and loves working with clients that are working on rehabilitation: she finds it very rewarding to see their improvement.
In her spare time she loves doing Pilates and yoga, keeping active in many different sporting areas and walking with her family and dogs 🐶 ❤️

Lucy graduated from Edge Hill University in 2021, with a first-class honours in BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy. During her time in England, she worked within elite adolescent sport, providing sports therapy and strength and conditioning provision for Wigan Athletic Football Academy.

Lucy returned to Northern Ireland in the summer of 2021, continuing to build on her experience through working within a private practice, treating, and managing MSK injuries and diagnoses. Due to her interest in strength and conditioning, Lucy also works within a Belfast based Gaelic football club, utilising her skills in S+C principles, pitch-side first aid and injury management.

In her free time, Lucy enjoys staying active through swimming, and participation in Gaelic football and hockey, in which she plays for local teams.

Aimée is from Belfast and studied in Newcastle Upon Tyne, where she acheived a First Class Honours degree in Physiotherapy. She lived and worked in Leeds after qualifying.

Aimée loves Active Health’s supportive and very friendly team environment

Aimée has a keen interest in the shoulder having worked alongside orthopaedic consultant clinics, particularly post operative shoulders and sports injuries
She is passionate about holistic health care and working together with people to achieve both their long and short term goals.
She’s also passionate about exercise education and preventative health care and keeping people fit and healthy for life.

David Graham BSc (Hons) is a fully qualified personal trainer, specialising in coaching triathletes, swimmers and individuals with a passion for fitness.

David’s areas of speciality include:

– Triathlon and Ironman Coaching
– Triathlon Swimming Coaching
– Swimming Technique Analysis
– Strength and Conditioning Coaching

Ellie comes from Coatbridge, in Scotland and Studied at Glasgow Caledonian University, gaining a BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy
She also has attained Level 3 Extended Diploma in Sports Massage and completed a Kinesiology Taping & Strapping course

Ellie loves the friendly and supportive working environment here at Active Health, enjoys spending time with family and friends, taking care of her dog and other pets and regularly spends time in the gym.

She has a 3rd Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo, and has travelled around Europe to places such as Poland, Germany, Luxembourg and Sweden to compete in Taekwondo competitions.

Lucy graduated from Edge Hill University in 2021, with a first-class honours in BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy. During her time in England, she worked within elite adolescent sport, providing sports therapy and strength and conditioning provision for Wigan Athletic Football Academy.

Lucy returned to Northern Ireland in the summer of 2021, continuing to build on her experience through working within a private practice, treating, and managing MSK injuries and diagnoses. Due to her interest in strength and conditioning, Lucy also works within a Belfast based Gaelic football club, utilising her skills in S+C principles, pitch-side first aid and injury management.

In her free time, Lucy enjoys staying active through swimming, and participation in Gaelic football and hockey, in which she plays for local teams.

Caroline graduated from UUJ in 2003 and worked in private practice in Belfast city centre for 6 years where she gained experience and developed her podiatric skills. Caroline loves to travel and in 2009 set off back packing around the world for a year. 

Sarah is our Business Development Manager here at Active Health. She has a background in project management and art and design and is thrilled to bring her positive, creative input to the Active Health team.

Susan comes from Newtownards, Northern Ireland and came to Active Health after 17 Years of Disney Magic! Susan has a BA(hons) in Business Administration and just loves working as part of a positive and supportive team here at Active Health