Sharon is a Doctor of Chiropractic Bsc (Chiro) DC MRCC and a member of the British Chiropractic Association, the Royal College of Chiropractors and is registered with the General Chiropractic Council.

Sharon received her Chiropractic degree from the world renowned AECC University College in Bournemouth, graduating in 1992; she has now been practising for 33 years. Sharon is a trainer for new graduates and has been one of the organisers of the post graduate training programme for Chiropractors in the South West of England.

Sharon has worked in several Private Clinics and Medical Centres throughout the South of England very often in multidisciplinary teams, working closely with doctors and other medical professionals. She opened her own clinic at Litchdon Medical Centre in Barnstaple in January 1999, moving to its current location in Sticklepath in March 2008, she also opened her clinic in Holsworthy Medical Centre in 2015.

Sharon likes to spend her spare time with her family, walking her cockerpoo puppies, Peaches and Elsie and taking part in various sporting activities. She is a keen tennis player, runner, and cyclist, she also loves to ski, and likes to relax with a good book, when the puppies allow her to!

Area Of Expertise

Sharon is passionate about musculoskeletal medicine and likes to ensure that her patients receive the treatment that’s right for them, delivering safe, high quality, holistic, evidence-based, and individual care. She treats a wide variety of people from sportsmen and women, pre and post-natal care, babies and seniors, her youngest being newborn and her oldest patient being 98 years old.

Over her career she has treated patients ranging from elite athletes involved in competitions such as the Commonwealth Games to Royalty and Actors from Film, Television, and Stage.

Sharon treats musculoskeletal injuries using various therapies including spinal manipulation, soft tissue therapies like massage, dry needling (medical acupuncture), ultrasound, sports rehabilitation and general rehabilitation exercises and a variety of techniques, as required.

Sharon regularly attends seminars and loves to continue to update her knowledge, she can very often be found listening to Chiropractic and Physiotherapy podcasts, she has undertaken many courses over the 33 years she has been practicing, to include but not limited to:-

Phlebotomy (The taking of Blood by Venepuncture for medical analysis), Dry Needling (Medical Acupuncture), Sacro-Occipital Technique (SOT), Cranial Work, Kinesiotaping, Neuromuscular Re-education (NMR), Advanced Electrotherapy, Gait Analysis, and Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Manipulation (IASTM).

Sharon has a particular interest in conditions of the feet and how they affect overall posture and biomechanics. This is of particular importance to athletes and people who spend a lot of time on their feet, prescribing custom made orthotics where necessary. She uses a system called Gait Scan, which is a computerised Gait Plate that scans the feet whilst you walk and produces highly accurate and very slim Orthotics, which are easy to wear and have a lifetime guarantee. (See here for more information on Orthotics).

In addition, Sharon is recognised by most Insurance companies including BUPA and AXA, although as some policies vary it is wise to clarify the exact requirements before commencing treatment.