primephysio
Established in 2006 by Mahmoud Saad. An Egyptian/British Physiotherapy clinician
and Academic based in the UK, He moved to the UK in 2004 and started his
Academic Career as a Senior lecturer in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy at
Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) Where he was leading the Musculoskeletal
module within the post graduate program, he works occasionally as clinical
specialist with National Health Service and runs private clinics in Sheffield
and London, fellow of the higher education academy-UK, certified McKenzie
Therapist-UK and international manual therapy tutor. It happened that he shared
the office at SHU with Dr Stephen May the author of McKenzie Text Books and a
remarkable researcher, in a cloudy morning in the winter of 2006 at the Cafe
area in Robert Winston Building of SHU ,Mahmoud has invited Dr May to visit
Cairo-Egypt to present a short introductory workshop to the McKenzie concept.
the rest is history. Vision and Mission: The vision was not difficult to set, at
that time, continuous professional Development in the Middle East was a new
concept, where many physios were happy with hot packs, US and Exercise
protocols. Therefore, stage one of our mission was to introduce all the well
known concepts/schools/school of thoughts was number one priority. Between 2006
to 2011 Primephysio collaborated with McKenzie Institute International,
International Bobath Tutor Training Association, Orthopaedic Medicine Belgium,
British Bobath tutors association , Mulligan tutors association to run many
training courses in Cairo - Egypt and Amman-Jordan and Sheffield.UK.This was
stage one. Stage 2 started in 2011. We wanted to send a clear message, it is not
about single concept or approach it is about a logically balanced and blended
approach where all concepts are considered for the right patient on the right
time. Many experienced clinicians and Academic mainly from the UK , most of them
were SHU senior teaching staff, were part of this Journey. Special mention to
Alison McFarlane , Dr Myles Buttler, Peter Hanley, Emma Richards, Ross Mallet,
Edward Bakker, John Cleak, Mel Lindley, Dr Bhanu Ramaswamy, Dr Kate Grafton and
finally the late Kevin Banks The author of Maitland Concept text book and senior
International Maitland Instructor.
