Trustees
The Physiopedia Trustees have responsibility for the control and direction of the affairs of the charity. The Physiopedia Trustees bring a unique set of skills and experience together to support the Physiopedia charity and help it achieve its aims. The Trustees are supported in their governance function by the Advisory Council.
Rachael Lowe
Rachael (UK) is a physiotherapist and Physiopedia co-founder.
Rachael is a qualified physiotherapist with a first class degree from Sheffield Hallam University in 1998. Following international work as a musculoskeletal clinician in various contexts she set up her own private practice in West Yorkshire. During this time Rachael became interested in the use of technology within the physiotherapy profession.
Rachael established the Physiopedia project in 2008 with the ambitious goal of providing free and open access to all physiotherapy knowledge to improve global health.
Physiopedia is now the largest and most popular physiotherapy related website.
Rachael continues to use her specialist knowledge of the global physiotherapy profession and her technology skills to promote the employment of technology to empower her profession.
Tony Lowe
Tony (UK) is an e-learning consultant and Physiopedia co-founder.
With a background in engineering and education Tony became fascinated by the opportunities presented by the then new Internet and how this could be used to support teaching and education. Following a time working as a learning technologist at the University of Leeds he established Webducate and it was at a related conference he introduced Rachael to this exciting and rapidly expanding world of Web 2.0. This exposure eventually led to the launch of Physiospot 2006 and then Physiopedia in 2009. Apart from being the co-founder, Tony is also the geek behind Physiopedia.
Elaine Lonnemann
Elaine (USA) is a physical therapist and Associate Professor at Bellarmine University.
Elaine is the Executive Liaison for Community Outreach and DPT Program Faculty Member at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in the USA. Elaine has been drawn to the practice of manual physical therapy AAOMPT.
Tracy Bury
Tracy (UK) is a strategy, governance and events consultant and founder of Operandi Consulting, working with professional associations, health and scientific societies, and international membership bodies.
Tracy qualified as a physiotherapist in 1988 and holds a Masters in Health Science, alongside an Oxford University Executive Strategy programme credential. She has a practitioner-researcher background, having published in peer-reviewed journals, served as an associate journal editor, and co-authored a book on evidence-based practice.
Tracy spent eight years leading research and development strategy and evidence-based practice at the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, before going on to contribute to the international development of the physiotherapy profession for over 20 years with World Physiotherapy, including roles as deputy CEO and interim CEO, as well as leading the development of the World Physiotherapy Congress.
Alongside this, Tracy has been active in the wider international association and congress sector, including board roles with AC Forum, where she served as President, and as an advisory board member of BestCities Global Alliance.
She now combines all of these experiences through her consultancy work to help others, but her roots remain firmly in physiotherapy.