Elaine has worked clinically for 50 years, mainly in the UK NHS with childhood-onset disabilities in children and adults in North-West Wales. Here, she worked in a transdisciplinary team which provided ‘state of the art’ services to families. Elaine has lived experience of caring for a child with disability, who is now adult. In 2012 she was awarded an MBE by the Queen, for Services to Children with Disability, following nomination by colleagues and parents. Elaine has been passionate about the rights of the disabled and empowerment for families throughout her career. She has pioneered the use of video vector gait analysis to design, align and tune Ankle-Foot Orthoses for childhood onset disabilities and adult neurology. She has extensive post-graduate training, including diplomas in Lower Limb Orthotic Biomechanics and Clinical Gait Analysis, and has a number of peer reviewed published papers, including one on a Pictorial Tool designed for Family Centred Collaborative Goal-Setting for orthoses. She teaches her online gait and orthotic management course annually through the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, and regularly lectures to international audiences.
Elaine Owen, MBE, MSc, SRP, MCSP
Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist
