Emily Brader is a Chartered and HCPC registered Physiotherapist with over 10 years’ experience in adult and paediatric amputee rehabilitation, acute and long-term osseointegration care, and complex orthotic management.
She has extensive clinical experience across both NHS and private healthcare settings, specialising in the assessment, rehabilitation and long-term management of individuals following traumatic and neurological injuries.
Emily accepts expert witness instructions in personal injury, clinical negligence and catastrophic injury cases, bringing a wealth of specialist clinical knowledge and practical rehabilitation experience to her medico-legal work.
Her areas of expertise include prosthetic and orthotic rehabilitation, gait analysis, hydrotherapy, pain management, complex multidisciplinary rehabilitation pathways, and the assessment of long-term rehabilitation needs and associated costs.
She has particular expertise in working with individuals following limb loss or with congenital and acquired limb differences.
Working closely with prosthetists, orthotists and wider multidisciplinary teams, she provides intensive, individualised residential and outpatient rehabilitation, including prosthetic component trials, pre-amputation assessments and the evaluation of functional potential and rehabilitation outcomes.
Through her clinical and independent practice, Emily regularly liaises with solicitors and case managers, providing detailed progress updates, clinical recommendations and comprehensive medico-legal reports.
Her experience of managing complex rehabilitation pathways enables her to provide informed opinions on rehabilitation requirements, functional outcomes, ongoing treatment needs and future care and rehabilitation costs.
Emily is committed to producing thorough, objective and well-reasoned medico-legal reports, supported by her extensive hands-on clinical experience and specialist knowledge of amputee and complex rehabilitation.