{"id":217,"date":"2023-01-24T02:38:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T02:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-484038-3189806.cloudwaysapps.com\/?page_id=217"},"modified":"2023-05-09T02:38:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T02:38:49","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress-484038-3189806.cloudwaysapps.com\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"217\" class=\"elementor elementor-217\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35fdbbc1 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35fdbbc1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-192a23a6\" data-id=\"192a23a6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9167f0 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b9167f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.20.0 - 10-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-372647b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"372647b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 10-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are very proud of our history of providing <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-484038-3189806.cloudwaysapps.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Physiotherapy in Haywards Heath<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for over a hundred years.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is quite a story!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leonard Howell was with the Sussex Regiment and served in the Somme during the 1<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">st<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> World War. He got injured with a leg wound, got rehabilitated and then went back out to France.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately, he was at the receiving end of an exploding shell, which meant that he was left for dead on the battlefield. However, a kind fellow soldier, whom he knew for the rest of his life, realised that he was still alive and carried him to the medics. The medics were prioritising and left Leonard, as they thought that he was too badly injured to survive, but he was still alive the following morning and so care commenced.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was sent back to England and onto St Dunstan\u2019s, which was in London at the time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At this time, he met a nurse, Ms Bennet, who was from Nottingham, and they later married.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At this time, Leonard decided to undertake training as a blind masseur (see Photo of training with some colleagues) He later took some additional training, which qualified him to be a chartered physiotherapist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the war had not occurred, it is likely that he would have followed his father into being an orchid grower, as he had started this work before he joined The Sussex Regiment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leonard started his practice in Haywards Heath and soon moved the practice to 31 Perrymount Road, which is now where the Lloyds bank building is. When he first started out, he used to do some home visits, relying on his wife to ride at the front of a tandem bike, to help him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leonard\u2019s son Bryan Howell, served in the Navy during the second world war and then followed Leonard into Physiotherapy, training in London.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His wife, June, ran the administrative side of things, in between working as a nurse and looking after the family.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nigel Howell, who is Lead Physio \/ Director at the practice, followed the tradition, qualifying at Pinderfields college of physiotherapy in 1990 and having worked as a physiotherapy helper on the neuro unit at Brighton general, in 1986\/7.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The practice moved in 1975 to 11 Heath Road, Haywards Heath, where it stayed until June 2022, when we moved it into our lovely new modern practice at 7 Delaware Road Haywards Heath.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wendy Langley, Bryan\u2019s daughter, worked in the practice throughout the 1970\u2019s, 80\u2019s, 90\u2019s and from 2000, until 2020, when she retired and she deserves a special mention, ensuring the smooth running of the practice, as practice manager, during this time.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul Johnson and Damian Wood helped to grow and strengthen the practice in the 1990\u2019s and 2000\u2019s, with Damian retiring after many years of service as a great Physio, in 2019, just before the pandemic. Paul is still associated with the practice, with a teaching role for some of the younger physios, following on to strengthen the practice and he also sees some of his patients, working part time now. Paul gave many years of very valuable service to \u2018The Physio First\u2019 organisation and he was the journal editor of \u2018In Touch\u2019 for many years. We are proud to have Tobias Bremer with us, who carries on this valuable tradition.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are also very proud to have had Richard Furber and Lindy Griffiths join us two years ago, in a directorship role. Richard is the practice manager and Lindy runs a very successful business in Chichester and her experience is invaluable to us.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leonard\u2019s granddaughter and Bryan\u2019s daughter Julia also trained as a physiotherapist and worked for many years in Devon and their great grandsons, Stephen Canning and Dylan Howell are also physios, in Sheffield and Oxford, respectively. Jamie Forsey, Julia\u2019s son, is also a very successful sports massage therapist in Devon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bryan Howell\u2019s other daughter, Eudora, worked as a midwife, a school nurse, a district nurse and a continence nurse respectively, in mid-Sussex for many years, before retiring a few years ago.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mixing our history with today, we are hugely indebted to our staff, who have been with us for over a decade.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are a dedicated, hardworking, loyal and above all supportive and friendly team.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are composed of Jeanette Uwins, practice administrator, Jayne Phillips, Physio and Pilates teacher, Jo Dale, women\u2019s health Physio, Fiona Gordon &amp; Becky Waldron, Podiatrists and Nina De Perou, Reiki Therapist and Julie Gravett, receptionist.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More recently we have been joined by Karl Bevan, Roberto Di Gregorio (Physios) and Karen Sargent, Sports Massage Therapist.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks for reading to our history and I hope that you enjoyed it and know that you are in \u2018safe hands\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7885378a\" data-id=\"7885378a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72c0fcf6 mobile-top-image elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"72c0fcf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"957\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-484038-3189806.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Leonard-Howell.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-2895\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress-484038-3189806.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Leonard-Howell.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/wordpress-484038-3189806.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Leonard-Howell-300x224.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress-484038-3189806.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Leonard-Howell-1024x766.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/wordpress-484038-3189806.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Leonard-Howell-768x574.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d07dc3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d07dc3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cLeonard Howell, the founder of The Physio Therapy Centre is 3rd from the right\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are very proud of our history of providing Physiotherapy in Haywards Heath for over a hundred years. 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