Louise Spence

Chartered Physiotherapist, Vale Home Physio

Louise Spence, Chartered Physiotherapist

Qualifications

  • BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy
  • HCPC Registered (PH79985)
  • Chartered Society of Physiotherapy member (MCSP)
  • 20 years as a physiotherapist

About Louise Spence

Louise comes to you. She visits people at home across Mid Glamorgan, so there is no clinic to get to, no parking to find and no waiting room. If you are in pain, getting over an operation or a stay in hospital, or finding it harder to get about than you used to, treatment happens in your own home, at your own pace.

She helps with muscle and joint pain, sports injuries, a stiff or painful back, neck or shoulder, and recovery after a hip or knee replacement or other surgery. She also helps older people build up their strength and balance, so they can stay steady and independent at home.

Louise has worked with people at every stage of recovery. She has treated patients on hospital wards and in outpatient clinics, helped set up a fast-track service that gets people home sooner after orthopaedic surgery, and worked as a senior physiotherapist in a community team in Blaenau Gwent, seeing people with complex needs in their own homes.

She has also worked in elite sport, as lead physiotherapist for the GB men's wheelchair basketball squad and at the London 2012 Olympics. Seeing you at home means the plan fits real life: your own stairs, your own chair and the steps at the front door.

Louise runs her own practice, Vale Home Physio, and still holds a weekly clinic at Nuffield Health Vale Hospital.

Specialties

  • Muscle and joint pain
  • Sports injuries
  • Back, neck and shoulder pain
  • Recovery after hip and knee replacement
  • Getting stronger after an operation, illness or hospital stay
  • Strength and balance to help prevent falls
  • Acupuncture for long-standing pain
  • Pilates-based exercise

Service areas

Home physiotherapy visits across Mid Glamorgan, including Bridgend, Porthcawl, Llantrisant, Pontypridd, the Rhondda and Cynon valleys, Merthyr Tydfil and Caerphilly.

Mid Glamorgan coverage

Training and registration

For anyone who would like the detail, her qualifications and experience are:

  • BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, University of Southampton
  • Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, number PH79985
  • Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
  • Senior Physiotherapist, Community Resource Team, Blaenau Gwent
  • Clinical Services Manager for physiotherapy at BMI Hendon Hospital, and Physiotherapy Manager at BMI Fawkham Manor Hospital
  • Lead Physiotherapist for the GB men's wheelchair basketball squad
  • Physiotherapist at the London 2012 Olympics
  • Trained in acupuncture (AACP), Pilates and hydrotherapy
  • MSK clinic at Nuffield Health Vale Hospital
  • Founder of Vale Home Physio