BCA Conference 2021

In October 2023, Tim Button became President of the British Chiropractic Association after six years at the BCA as Treasurer and Vice President, throughout which he worked closely with the BCA’s Past President, Catherine Quinn, to meet our Vision for chiropractic to be integral to UK healthcare. Tim is a clinic owner who led much of the work on COVID-19 documentation and can be relied upon by BCA members to bring new thinking and energy to BCA endeavours.

In his clinical life, Tim has established Cleve Chiropractic over the last 19 years to the multidisciplinary clinic it is today, where he now leads a highly experienced and knowledgeable team. In 2014, he created a physiotherapy, exercise and rehabilitation clinic to run alongside the chiropractic clinic.

Catherine Quinn (MChiro DC FRCC) was President of the BCA from October 2017 to October 2023, leading the Association through a range of opportunities and challenges. Catherine has been in private practice since graduating from the AECC in 2012 after completing a BSc in Sports Science. She is the Queens Park Rangers FC chiropractor and is in private practice at Cleve Chiropractic, Bristol.

Catherine has delivered keynote lectures on the role of chiropractic within multidisciplinary healthcare teams to both the UK Sports Medicine community at the Football Medical and Performance Association, and Internationally at FICS. She has spoken widely about the need to professionalise chiropractic, ensuring that good governance gives us a solid foundation to do so, the need to support and nurture our future leaders and the value of integrative and collaborative healthcare.

William E. Morgan, DC, is the president of Parker University in Dallas, Texas. Before coming to Parker, Bill was the chiropractor to the United States Capitol, treating members of the U.S. Congress and the Supreme Court. He was also the White House chiropractic consultant and a clinician at Walter Reed National Military Center.  

A pioneer in hospital-based chiropractic, Morgan has been credentialed in five hospitals. In addition to holding faculty appointments at various chiropractic colleges, he has been on faculty of a medical school. From 2009 to 2016, he was the team chiropractor for the United States Naval Academy football team. 

When a tornado destroyed Parker University’s campus in 2019, Bill’s leadership was put to the test. During this trying time of leadership, Parker University grew and transformed its educational processes. Parker has rebuilt its campus and is now listed as the 20th fastest growing college in the United States (there are 5300 colleges in the U.S.). It now offers 35 different programs and degrees and is the second largest chiropractic campus in the world. It should be noted that this growth occurred while increasing the academic standards for admission. 

Dr. Morgan understands transformational leadership.

Denise Lewis OBE, accomplished presenter, broadcaster, former Olympic gold medal athlete and President of Commonwealth Games England.

Denise is a Gold Medal winning heptathlete, who’s gone on to secure a successful broadcast career. Since her retirement from Athletics, Lewis has undertaken an array of television work.

Denise is one of the “golden girls” of British athletics, winning gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and subsequently being inducted into the UK Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011. Lewis has twice been runner-up in the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year awards and was also honoured with an OBE.

Denise is considered one of the BBC’s most credible commentators, which has seen her cover many key athletics events. In 2012, Lewis covered the Commonwealth Games and the London Olympics, reporting daily from the Olympic Park. In 2014, she reported on the European Diamond League and the London Marathon. Since then, Lewis has covered the European Team Championships, the World Athletics Championships, the Rio Olympics and the IAAF Championships. In 2018, Lewis commentated on the Commonwealth Games and represented England as the President of Commonwealth Games England.

In addition, Denise has been involved in presenting a range of successful shows and documentaries. From presenting two series of Camp Orange for Nickelodeon to joining Dame Mary Peters for the BBC NI documentary The Run of Her Life. She had a successful stint co-presenting The One Show in 2015. Guest slots have included, Sky Sports Woman and Celebrity Squares. Lewis recently fronted her fourth series of Right on the Money for the BBC and authored the documentary Matron, Medicine and Me.

Throughout her career, Denise has used her platform to discuss and promote diversity. Anchoring the Woman of the Year Awards for ITV1’s Lorraine, and presenting Winners for BBC Two, BBC World and News. She has also worked to promote Women in Work for International Women’s day. Furthermore, Lewis joined other exceptional figures to share her insights into being Black and British in the BBC Two Series Black is the New Black.

In addition to her broadcast commitments, Denise has taken on the role of ambassador and patron for several initiatives, events and charities. In 2014, Denise was announced as ambassador for the Investec Epsom Derby and QIPCO Champions Day at Ascot and in the same year, Denise took on a similar ambassadorial role for 2014’s Telegraph Be: Fit event, a female health and fitness convention, which carried through to 2015. Charitable work is close to Denise’s heart and she works closely with Breast Cancer Care and Sparks.

In October 2023, Tim Button became President of the British Chiropractic Association after six years at the BCA as Treasurer and Vice President, throughout which he worked closely with the BCA’s Past President, Catherine Quinn, to meet our Vision for chiropractic to be integral to UK healthcare. Tim is a clinic owner who led much of the work on COVID-19 documentation and can be relied upon by BCA members to bring new thinking and energy to BCA endeavours.

In his clinical life, Tim has established Cleve Chiropractic over the last 19 years to the multidisciplinary clinic it is today, where he now leads a highly experienced and knowledgeable team. In 2014, he created a physiotherapy, exercise and rehabilitation clinic to run alongside the chiropractic clinic.

Catherine Quinn (MChiro DC FRCC) was President of the BCA from October 2017 to October 2023, leading the Association through a range of opportunities and challenges. Catherine has been in private practice since graduating from the AECC in 2012 after completing a BSc in Sports Science. She is the Queens Park Rangers FC chiropractor and is in private practice at Cleve Chiropractic, Bristol.

Catherine has delivered keynote lectures on the role of chiropractic within multidisciplinary healthcare teams to both the UK Sports Medicine community at the Football Medical and Performance Association, and Internationally at FICS. She has spoken widely about the need to professionalise chiropractic, ensuring that good governance gives us a solid foundation to do so, the need to support and nurture our future leaders and the value of integrative and collaborative healthcare.

I own Female Focus which is a Specialist Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Clinic based in Alderley Edge, Cheshire. I established Female Focus in August 2018 after spending 15 years working in the NHS.  

As a Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, I treat a range of conditions including pelvic pain, bladder pain, incontinence, diastasis recti and prolapse (to name a few….). I treat women of all ages and activity levels. I have the skills and expertise to carry out both internal and external assessments of the pelvis.  

Over the years I have found that chiros and physios have a huge overlap of role, but also do quite different things too. I think we can really work together to get a brilliant outcome for our clients.  I have established some really strong links with local chiropractors, and we often share patients.  

Tom graduated in 1990 from the AECC. He runs the Waldegrave Clinic in South West London, which is a large multidiscipline MSK clinic. He has a keen interest in integrating chiropractic into elite sport. He has worked in premiership football, and at the Olympic Games. He has also served on the board of the General Chiropractic Council as a registrant member.

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Hannah has been working in general practice since 2018, seeing patients as a First Contact Practitioner and establishing MSK triage services across the Winchester Primary Care Network.

At the start of the pandemic, MSK services across the city had to be suspended. Hannah then became the Operations Manager for Winchester’s largest GP practice: leading the flu vaccination campaign, and making sure the practice was able to meet its targets through the challenging year ahead.

Hannah has now returned to AECC University College to study physiotherapy, and has spent the summer on placement in the MSK and respiratory departments of various hospitals across Dorset and Hampshire

Her particular interests lie in joint injections, health inequalities, and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Hannah firmly believes that chiropractors have valuable skills to offer in an NHS landscape, and have the potential to provide meaningful support throughout community, primary and secondary healthcare services.

Ruud graduated from the Anglo-European College of Chiropractic in 2002. During the first 10 years of his career, he managed to establish one of the largest chiropractic clinics in the Netherlands, his homeland. His keen interest in rehabilitation, biomechanics and recognition of interregional links in musculoskeletal issues lead him to the Prague School of Rehabilitation, becoming a fully qualified practitioner and exercise trainer in Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS) according to Kolar in 2012. In 2015 he graduated as an international instructor for Prague School. 

Currently residing in Stockholm, Sweden, he runs a private sports chiropractic clinic in the heart of the city. His success lies in combining chiropractic with DNS rehabilitation strategies. Moreover, he has been teaching around 50 DNS courses worldwide. 

Owain studied BSc Anatomical Sciences at Cardiff University before graduating in 2009 from the Welsh Institute of Chiropractic at the University of South Wales with a Master of Chiropractic degree. He founded Backspace Chiropractic Fitness in London where he combines his chiropractic care with personal training and personal performance coaching. Owain is passionate about the role that established chiropractors play in mentoring those new to the profession. He has trained many new graduates under the Royal College of Chiropractor’s fantastic post-registration training (PRT) programme and is a strong ambassador for the PRT.

Philippa (she/her) is a chiropractor and educator specialising in patient-centred communication, in particular with patients from marginalised communities. Philippa graduated from the Welsh Institute of Chiropractic in 2012 and was the Graham Heale Award recipient for 2013. Alongside her clinical work, Philippa works extensively with healthcare organisations, NHS Trusts and ICS’s, providing training, education and support to refine and develop their Equality, Diversity and Inclusion strategies, and enhance patient-centred communication with people from marginalised communities. She has a particular interest in effective communication with and affirming care of LGBTQ+ patients and the impact this has on their outcomes from care. Most recently, she has been involved in the groundbreaking NHS Rainbow Badges Assessment scheme as the LGBT Development Officer. Philippa holds a SFEDI Level 5 Diploma in Personal Performance Coaching (Distinction), is a Professional Member of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council and is a Coach and Mentor with the NHS Leadership Academy.

Daniel is a qualified financial planner at Lloyd & Whyte, with over 25 years’ experience in the profession. He specialises in the provision of holistic planning to healthcare professionals and believes that understanding people is the key to helping clients achieve success. Daniel often advises on the more complex aspects of personal financial planning, particularly ‘pre’ and ‘post’ retirement advice, working closely with clients to fulfill their aspirations.

Steve graduated from AECC University College in 1987 and has developed a clinic in Southampton with a special interest in craniopathy and paediatrics.  Professional experience includes terms as President of SOTO Europe and SOTO International, and 8 years on the General Chiropractic Council in the UK.  

He helped develop and initially teach the MSc APD Chiropractic Paediatrics at AECC UC and authored the book Pregnancy and Paediatrics: A Chiropractic Approach. Steve has lectured widely around the world, in both craniopathy and paediatrics, and taught undergraduate paediatrics at both Barcelona and Madrid Chiropractic Colleges, as well as teaching seminar series in the UK and internationally. 

Marc works as a Chiropractor in London, as well as a Postgraduate Researcher at the University of Southampton where he is researching the integration of chiropractic care into healthcare systems, including the NHS.

Marc qualified from AECC University College, graduating as valedictorian. He received the Hugh Gemmell Memorial Scholarship and the Arthur Scofield Memorial Award for academic excellence and achieved the highest marks in his year for 5 consecutive years.

In addition to helping his patients to recover from a variety of conditions, he enjoys writing evidence-based healthcare articles to improve public health and aims to increase awareness of what the chiropractic profession can offer.

In October 2023, Tim Button became President of the British Chiropractic Association after six years at the BCA as Treasurer and Vice President, throughout which he worked closely with the BCA’s Past President, Catherine Quinn, to meet our Vision for chiropractic to be integral to UK healthcare. Tim is a clinic owner who led much of the work on COVID-19 documentation and can be relied upon by BCA members to bring new thinking and energy to BCA endeavours.

In his clinical life, Tim has established Cleve Chiropractic over the last 19 years to the multidisciplinary clinic it is today, where he now leads a highly experienced and knowledgeable team. In 2014, he created a physiotherapy, exercise and rehabilitation clinic to run alongside the chiropractic clinic.

Catherine Quinn (MChiro DC FRCC) was President of the BCA from October 2017 to October 2023, leading the Association through a range of opportunities and challenges. Catherine has been in private practice since graduating from the AECC in 2012 after completing a BSc in Sports Science. She is the Queens Park Rangers FC chiropractor and is in private practice at Cleve Chiropractic, Bristol.

Catherine has delivered keynote lectures on the role of chiropractic within multidisciplinary healthcare teams to both the UK Sports Medicine community at the Football Medical and Performance Association, and Internationally at FICS. She has spoken widely about the need to professionalise chiropractic, ensuring that good governance gives us a solid foundation to do so, the need to support and nurture our future leaders and the value of integrative and collaborative healthcare.

Ollie is a Graduate Sport Rehabilitator, currently working as Registrar for the professional body and regulator, the British Association of Sport Rehabilitators (BASRaT). He completed his BSc (Hons) Sport Rehabilitation at the University of Salford, shortly followed by an MSc in Public Health. He has previously been the director of two multidisciplinary private clinics and has held roles working in the PMI and Sport sectors as well as some university lecturing. Alongside his current role at BASRaT, Ollie is the Managing Director of Freehab – a social enterprise company that removes the financial barriers to patients accessing independent sector care. Ollie is passionate about multidisciplinary working and competency based retirement in order to maximise patient choice and to ensure that MSK clinicians are utilised to their fullest potential. 

Jack founded Chews Health in 2013 as a company for his clinical consultancy, offering second opinions to local sports clubs and teams whose therapists and coaches were struggling to mastermind the recovery of some of their key athletes. As his philosophy and methods spread across the Physio profession and MSK industry a consultancy network emerged and eventually Chews Health services were sought after enough to need a bespoke facility. 

Alongside his role as MD of Chews Health, Jack hosts The Physio Matters Podcast – a monthly show which goes out to over 20 000 therapists and is the director of MSKReform – a non-profit think-tank which is tasked with improving the industry to reduce the unjust variations in care standards. He lives with his wife Charlotte and their identical twin boys who are affectionately known across social media as ‘Test and Control’! 

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BCA members will be familiar with Tim Button, as our Vice President and previously Treasurer (2017-2021).

In 2021, Tim became Vice President of the British Chiropractic Association, working closely with BCA President, Catherine Quinn, to meet our Vision for chiropractic to be integral to UK healthcare. Tim is a clinic owner who led much of the work on COVID-19 documentation and can be relied upon by BCA members to bring new thinking and energy to BCA endeavours.

In his clinical life, Tim has established Cleve Chiropractic over the last 19 years to the multidisciplinary clinic it is today, where he now leads a highly experienced and knowledgeable team. In 2014, he created a physiotherapy, exercise and rehabilitation clinic to run alongside the chiropractic clinic.

READ MORE ABOUT THE PANEL DISCUSSION HERE.

Shane is a Sports Chiropractor and an expert in the treatment, assessment and rehabilitation of golf injuries. He has extensive post graduate training in the treatment of sports & soft tissue injuries. He has been a lead Active Release Techniques (ART®) Instructor for the European Seminar since 2010. He holds a Masters in Sports and Exercise Medicine through the University of South Wales in the UK. His dissertation was on ‘Injury Prevalence & Risk Factors in Elite Irish Junior Golfers’.

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Radhika is Medical Trustee to The Menopause Charity and works as an NHS and private GP in Surrey. Her special interest is women’s health, menopause and education. She qualified at the University of Birmingham Medical School and is a Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare registered Trainer and NHS Appraiser. She believes educating healthcare professionals in understanding women’s medical challenges is crucial to providing quality care.

Dr Brett Winchester lectures throughout the world, teaching his functional approach to patient care.  Combining manual therapy, including joint manipulation and neuromuscular stabilisation, with therapeutic exercise, Dr Winchester effectively treats functional pathologies and acts as a catalyst for patients working to enhance their performance. 

 Dr Winchester is the founder of Winchester Spine & Sport located outside St. Louis, Missouri.

Dr Winchester’s published research includes topics such as offering a multidisciplinary approach for treatment of the pregnant population and foot dysfunction. Various chiropractic journals have also featured Dr Winchester for his patient-driven treatment model. He also has authored two chapters for textbooks.   

Dr Winchester enjoys treating professional and collegiate athletes and has gained a reputation for his sports medicine background. His expertise has placed him at the forefront of the ulnar collateral ligament rupture epidemic in professional baseball pitchers, providing insights into causation and effective treatment protocols. Dr Winchester served as the chiropractor for the St. Louis Cardinals from 2014-2018 and still consults with various Major League Baseball teams. Still, his passion remains with diagnosing and treating the ailments of a diverse patient population with conservative-based protocols.