Karen Walker

Specialising in holistic health and wellbeing

I specialise in supporting individuals of all ages, including children and adults, who encounter challenges completing their daily or meaningful activities.

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About me

I’m a Mother, Holistic Health Practitioner, KORE (Musculoskeletal) Therapy Consultant and highly experienced Occupational Therapist (OT) from Carlisle, with a passion for supporting others to achieve optimum health, well-being and independence. I specialise in working with children and adults of all ages experiencing difficulties that are having a negative impact upon them them, physically, emotionally, mentally or spiritually. This includes working with those with long term health conditions, illness, injuries or navigating challenges with life transition, such as perimenopause.

I have 22 years experience of working in the NHS, in physical health and psychology settings and have a wealth of experience supporting clients aged from 0 to 90 years plus!

Who I work with

I work face to face in my Carlisle based clinic and online. I support those with complex health needs, be those physical, psychological, educational or social, who may have a range of conditions including joint pain, chronic fatigue syndrome, back pain, headaches, arthritis, skin complaints, sports injuries, general anxiety disorders, worry, sleep disorders and neuro-diverse conditions (Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Dyspraxia.

I also work across a range of settings from schools, client homes to work places. This has includes assessing children in their various environments, providing educational workshops to schools and organisations and teaching therapeutic activity groups to adults and children in schools and community settings, such as Yoga Based Movement Therapy and Mindfulness, to enable them to develop resilience and the lifelong skills to manage their physical and emotional health.

I am also very passionate about working with women to optimise their health, harnessing my OT skills and knowledge of holistic health to support those experiencing challenges relating to this. I offer a safe, non-judgmental and nurturing space to women seeking support around this, such as those natigating symptoms of the perimenopause and menopause.

Key Specialist Areas and Skills

Pain management & tension reduction

General Anxiety Disorder

Chronic Stress & Overwhelm

Parent and carer education

Emotional Dysregulation

Providing a rehab approach to increasing independence

Understanding & treating Dyspraxia

Work space & postural assessments

Management of Chronic Fatigue

If you would like further information regarding any of the above treatments, or would like to book an appointment, please contact me.

What do my clients say?

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★★★★★

I can recommend Karen very highly. She is the best. Always gets the problem sorted, we have great chats aswell as treatment, so relaxing. She is truly a great person and fabulous at what she does.

★★★★★

I am delighted to personally recommend Karen and her Kore treatments. My shoulder, spine and foot have benefitted. Then there was the joy of a working digestive system again.

★★★★★

I literally would not be able to function without KORE therapy- it has absolutely changed my life and Karen Walker Therapies is such a kind, caring and knowledgeable soul. I highly recommend. This isn’t a quick “have a massage and feel pain in a few days”, this will absolutely transform your life. I realise that it sounds too good to be true and that I’m overreacting but I truly mean it. I’d be lost without KORE.

★★★★★

After having 2 spinal operations, I was left with a lot of pain and stiffness in my legs and back and poor balance. Karen completed several KORE therapy sessions, and gave advice around certain postures and exercises. KORE therapy has really helped my walking, balance and general wellbeing and I would most definitely recommend KORE therapy to anyone.

★★★★★

I’ve slept so well the last few nights, best in about 2 years! Back and hip feel great. So enjoying a good night’s sleep and waking pain free. Definitely coming again, can hardly believe it, so grateful.

★★★★★

Thank you so much for yesterday, I feel top of the morning this morning, I rested last night and slept like a bug in a rug. My body feels symmetrical this morning, thank you Karen for doing such a good job.

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