Charlotte Matthews (nee Carlsen)
M Manip Th (Curtin) B Phty (Otago)
Resolve Physiotherapy is owned and operated by Charlotte who is a highly experienced practitioner who has a Masters degree in Manipulative Physiotherapy from which she graduated with Distinction.
She has over 20 years’ experience working in many different physiotherapy settings.
She has an interest in treating people with persistant pain and sport injuries and uses her skills as a manual therapist and a Pilates instructor to tailor individual rehabilitation programmes to get her clients active and moving again. Charlotte has also completed the Bradcliff Breathing Method training and incorporates aspect of this into treatment sessions as well as offering standalone breathing pattern assessments and treatments.
Background
Charlotte graduated from Otago University School of Physiotherapy in 1994 and spent her first year working at Dunedin Public Hospital before moving back to Christchurch to work in Private Practice. After two years working in New Zealand she left on her OE.
Charlotte worked for ten years at a Musculoskeletal Centre of Excellence in London where she gained valuable experience and expertise as she worked alongside several Sports and Orthopaedic Physicians, an Orthopaedic Surgeon, a Musculoskeletal Radiologist as well as Osteopaths, Podiatrists and other Physiotherapists.
Inspired by the knowledge of her colleagues Charlotte completed a research based Masters in Manipulative Physiotherapy at Curtin University in Perth.
Since her return from the UK she has worked in private practice where she assessed and managed clients with disability or injury through to a return to their work or sport.
Other roles
She also works in an education role at Pegasus Health two days a week. This job involves researching current evidence and preparing topics for peer group discussion by doctors, nurses and community pharmacists. You can read more about the programme here: www.clinicalconnect.nz
Charlotte is actively involved in the physiotherapy profession. She is a current committee member of the Physiotherapy Pain Special Interest Group, has participated in different working groups over the years and recently completed an advance practice physiotherapy paper through the University of Otago.
In her free time Charlotte enjoys doing Rogaines (similar to orienteering) and previously completed the Spring Challenge (a woman’s multi-sport event). Charlotte achieved a brown belt in Shotokan karate, but recent injuries have seen her move to yoga which she practices regularly.
With her husband Simon and two teenage children she enjoys time away for family fishing or camping trips and time with friends. And having travelled to India twice, Charlotte enjoys cooking Indian meals.