Alison is a Practice Principal at the Surrey Physiotherapy Clinic. She qualified from Kings College Hospital in 1977 and became a member of the MACP in 1981 and is both Tutor and Examiner for MACP. Held a five year Research Post at Bioengineering Department University College, London and lecturers extensively both national and internationally. She has also lectured at The World Congress of Physiotherapy. She was guest speaker at The Manipulation Association of Chartered Physiotherapists Annual Conference; 1990 and 1994 and guest Lecturer at the OCPPP (Organisation of Chartered Physiotherapist in Private Practice) on three occasions.

Co author of Functional Anatomy of the Spine, 2nd Edition (2005) Elsevier. and Chapter in: Hypermobility Syndrome (2003)Keer and Grahame, Butterworth Heinemann Articles in Physiotherapy and In Touch.