Rachel qualified from Leeds Metropolitan University in 2000 with a BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy degree and a Masters degree in Sports Injury and Exercise Management in 2007.  She has worked in elite sport.  Rachel joined the Leeds Children’s Hospital in 2021 working as a clinical specialist in paediatric orthopaedics and rheumatology.   She teaches nationally at post graduate level and created a regional physiotherapy network (POPPY). Rachel has recently been award a predoctoral fellowship with CHORAL with a research interest in paediatric patella instability.