Carole is a Chartered Physiotherapist working as a freelance Manual Handling Adviser. She has over 35 years’ experience in the field of manual handling, and takes great delight in finding solutions that work for both the person asking for help and the person giving help. As an Honorary and Advanced member of the National Back Exchange, she has spoken nationally and internationally on the topic of manual handling and has written for a number of publications, including the Handling of People (BackCare, 2005, 2011), Guidance on Manual Handling in Physiotherapy (CSP, 2008, 2014) and Manual Handling of Children (NBE, 2011).

Carole has presented at the Moving and Handling People conference over thirteen times since the year 2000, on a range of topics from complex manual handling through to her work as a Specialist Adviser on inspections for the Care Quality Commission. She was Chairman of National Back Exchange (1999 – 2004), Public Relations Officer (2008 – 2014) and is editor of their journal, Column. In March 2016 she also took on the role as publications officer.