Staff Profiles

Ben Scott
Ben qualified from Bristol University in 1998 with an honours degree in Anatomy. He followed this with a year of scientific research at Bristol looking into neuroendocrinology. Ben gained a diploma in Sports Massage in April 2005, and a diploma in On-site Massage in April 2006. A keen runner, Ben competes on the local circuit and occasionally travels off Island to run in ultra-marathons. He is therefore well aware of the demands that athletic performance place on the human body.

Ben Scott half way through the 40 mile Compton Downland Challenge.

Isla Scott
Isla qualified from Bath School of Physiotherapy in 1992. She has worked in many areas of Physiotherapy and has travelled internationally with sporting teams. Whilst Isla has attended large scale sporting events, including the Athens Olympic Games (2004), the Commonwealth Games in Manchester (2002) and Melbourne (2006), as well as the Rugby World Sevens in South America, her Physiotherapy interests extend beyond the sporting environment. She lists post-operative rehabilitation, acute and chronic spinal pain, shoulder dysfunction and dynamic stabilisation as areas of particular interest. Isla is also qualified in Sports Massage and Clinical Pilates, and is currently undertaking a Masters Degree in Sports Physiotherapy at the University of Bath.

Isla Scott with two of the Ethiopian runners from the Olympics in Athens 2004.

Anna Smith
Anna qualified from Salford University in 2002 with a degree in Physiotherapy. She has worked in a large district hospital in Lancashire where she gained experience in all the core areas of Physiotherapy. Moving to the Isle of Man in 2005, Anna has worked solely in a musculoskeletal outpatients department where she has treated a wide variety of conditions ranging from acute sports injuries to chronic back pain. She works full time as a Senior Physiotherapist in a local hospital and joined Scott Physiotherapy Limited in September 2005 to provide evening appointments, twice a week, to make it more convenient for those people who find it difficult to attend appointments during normal office hours.

Anna Smith

Paul Jones
Paul qualified from Bradford School of Physiotherapy in 2002 and worked in a nationally awarded Physiotherapy department within the NHS for 2 years whilst gaining experience in the core clinical areas. He then moved to the Police Rehabilitation Centre where he treated mainly musculoskeletal problems and sports injuries. He has had a variety of Part-time Physiotherapy jobs that he combined with full-time work, including 2 seasons with Leeds Utd FC and being Head Physiotherapist for the Gateshead Thunder RLFC for 2 seasons. Paul’s interests within Physiotherapy include biomechanical analysis, lower limb problems and lumber spine and pelvic dysfunctions. He returned to the Island in March 2006 and is part of the successful IOM football squad and is a keen player of most sports. Paul is also a trained and qualified Pilates Instructor and Acupuncturist.

Paul Jones

Jane Cowley
Jane Cowley (nee Miller) qualified with a degree in Physiotherapy in Leeds in 1997. She worked in Liverpool and Manchester in University Hospitals and private practice for 5 years specialising in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy. In 2001 she completed a diploma in Sports Physiotherapy and further by her associate membership of the Manipulative Association of Physiotherapy. In 2002 Jane started to work for Greater Manchester Police liasing with some of the top North West surgical staff in the early rehabilitation following surgery and with Occupational health and ergonomics within the workplace.

Jane returned to the Island in 2005 and works in the NHS part time. She started work in November 2006 at Scott Physiotherapy.

Jane has additional Clinical Pilates and Core Stability Control qualifications and has specific interests in Back and Neck pain

In her spare time she enjoys Walking and Tennis, the latter having competed at National level and medal winning at the Island games.

Jane Cowley MCSP

Scott Physiotherapy is the culmination of many years planning and hard work. Our Mission Statement is:

TO PROVIDE AN OUTSTANDING QUALITY OF SERVICE THAT MOVES FORWARD WITH THE PACE OF SCIENCE, AND TO OFFER A DYNAMIC, FLEXIBLE, AND TAILOR MADE PROGRAMME TO YOU, OUR CLIENTS, TO PROMOTE INDEPENDENCE AND LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS.