Areas of Expertise
The Air Physiotherapy team specialises in the following areas:
- Long-COVID
- Breathing pattern disorders
- Hyperventilation syndrome
- Management of chronic lung disease
- Pulmonary rehabilitation
- Airway clearance
- Upper airway dysfunction
Practice times at OneWelbeck Lung Health
- Tuesdays 9am to 1pm
Meet the team
Emily Lockwood
The founder of Air Physiotherapy, Emily, has ten years experience in the field and has worked at the UK’s leading heart and lung hospital, The Royal Brompton Hospital, since 2012. She has a wealth of experience treating patients with breathing problems and lung conditions and set up Air Physiotherapy in 2017.
Her clinical experience lies within the management of chronic respiratory conditions and identifying and treating breathing pattern disorders. She has a specialist interest in complex breathing disorders and causes of breathlessness.
Karen Dobson
Karen qualified as a physiotherapist 14 years ago and specialised in cardio-respiratory physiotherapy early in her career.
Over the past 12 years she has undertaken roles in world class institutions such as the Harefield and The Royal Brompton Hospitals where she gained valuable experience in complex causes of breathlessness, complex airway clearance and the long-term management of chronic respiratory conditions.
Helene Bellas
Helene has been working in the field of respiratory physiotherapy since 2004.
She completed her Specialist Band 6 Respiratory Rotations at Bart’s and The London and has worked at a Band 7 level at the following Trusts in London: Bart’s and The London, King’s College, Royal Marsden (Sutton and Merton Community Respiratory Service), University College and St. George’s Hospital.
Stephanie Grefsheim
Stephanie started her physiotherapy career at Harefield Hospital after working for many years as a healthcare consultant in pharmaceutical reimbursement in the United States. She completed rotations at her local hospital before moving to the Royal Brompton Hospital where she specialised in respiratory physiotherapy.
Stephanie has worked with both adults and children with chronic respiratory conditions and specialised in outpatient respiratory care, regularly seeing patients with COPD, bronchiectasis, asthma, breathing pattern disorders and ILD.
Lizzie Grillo
Lizzie is a highly specialist physiotherapist who has worked in chronic respiratory conditions for over 15 years at a specialist tertiary hospital – The Royal Brompton in London.
She has extensive experience in the management of respiratory conditions, in particular – complex airway clearance techniques and breathing pattern disorders, including hyperventilation syndrome and upper airway conditions (exercise induced laryngeal obstruction and excessive dynamic airway collapse).
Helen Lammin
Helen qualified as a physiotherapist 13 years ago, and is now a Highly Specialist Physiotherapist at the Harefield Hospital’s award-winning, and fully accredited Pulmonary Rehabilitation team as well as working for Air Physiotherapy. Helen has excellent knowledge and experience of working with adults with COPD, asthma, bronchiectasis, lung cancer, ILD and chronic lung and cardiac disease.
In addition, she is an experienced Pilates teacher which she draws on to help clients with their shortness of breath, breathing pattern dysfunctions and postures.
