Jennifer McCahill

Jennifer graduated from the University of Toronto in 1998 with honours in Physical Therapy.  From early in her career she specialised in paediatrics and has worked with children in Canada, USA, Australia and England.  While living in Melbourne, Australia and working at the Royal Children’s Hospital, she completed her Master of Paediatric Physiotherapy with honours in 2004.  She specialises in paediatric orthopaedics, neuro-orthopaedics and gait analysis.  She has a special interest in foot deformity, cerebral palsy and orthopaedic surgery/ SDR, and the treatment of clubfoot with the Ponseti Method.

Since moving to Oxford in 2006, Jennifer has worked as a Specialist Physiotherapist at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre. In a job-share with Jane Freebody, she managed the Children’s Physiotherapy Service of Oxfordshire for 5 years.

Jennifer has completed post-graduate courses in gait analysis, multi-level surgery/ SDR in cerebral palsy, orthotic management, Kinesio-Taping, and is accredited in the Assisting Hand Assessment for children with hemiplegia.

She has been invited to teach courses nationally and internationally in Clubfoot and Cerebral Palsy.  Jennifer also enjoys presenting research at national and international conferences.