Joan qualified as a physiotherapist from Glasgow Caledonian University in 1993 and after working in a variety of specialties and a year of work in Canada, she specialised in Musculoskeletal Outpatients. This specialty led to further studies and Joan gained an MSc in Manual Therapy from Coventry University in 2007.

Joan continued to work part time in physiotherapy following the birth of her 2 girls (now 19 and 17) but in 2012 decided to branch out into postnatal health and became a fitness instructor to help women recover well from pregnancy and birth.

With a growing interest in women’s health, Joan became further specialised in pelvic floor rehab and along with that came an interest and further studies in Menopause care.

Along with Joan’s ongoing pelvic floor rehab work with women of all ages, she has a growing community of women at her indoor and outdoor exercise classes that cater for women of all ages looking to keep fit and active.

Joan delivers educational talks around the topic of the Menopause to groups of women and men in schools/business/local groups and continues to keep herself educated within this field with qualifications from Burrell Education and The British Menopause Society.