Lucy Tomalin
I am incredibly excited to welcome Lucy to the team. Lucy has developed her specialist Respiratory physiotherapy skills over 15+years in the NHS across acute hospitals and community settings. Lucy has worked in emergency respiratory care during her time in Plymouth where she developed her secretion clearance skills with COPD, Bronchiectasis, Cystic Fibrosis and complex neurological patients. Later in Bristol she gained skills in managing long term lung conditions, delivered Pulmonary Rehabilitation classes, performed oxygen assessments and ran outpatient secretion clearance clinics. Now based in North Devon she still works part time for the NHS leading the outpatient service to keep her clinical skills up to-date, and runs her business, Take a Breath Physio, both virtually and face to face.
Lucy is Buteyko, Bradcliff Method L1 and L2 trained and has also attended the Oxygen Advantage training and completed her MSc module in complex asthma.
Conditions Lucy specialises in:
- Breathing pattern disorders,
- Long-COVID
- Chronic cough
- Asthma
- COPD
- Bronchiectasis
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Anxiety
- Nasal blockage and Sinusitis
Services she provides:
- Breathing Pattern retraining
- Lung condition management
- Sport performance enhancement
- Cough therapy
- Airway clearance support
- Post hospital review
- Exercise for lung health
- APPI Pilates – (for North Devon only)
Lucy’s sessions are face to face or virtual as she is based in North Devon. If you live local to Cheltenham, hands on treatment can also be facilitated by Kate at Elkstone Grove alongside a tailored exercise programme. Lucy’s practice compliments Kate’s work on visceral release in the respiratory and cardiac system which is also often affected with these conditions.
