Melanie Betts is the founder of Joint Solutions and brings nearly 40 years of experience as an MSK physiotherapist and buisness owner to the practice.

Having worked extensively with patients who had exhausted conservative treatments such as standard physiotherapy and pain medication — yet were not suitable candidates for surgery — Melanie recognised a significant gap in care. Joint Solutions was founded to bridge that gap: providing effective, non-surgical solutions for patients when other options have stopped working.

Melanie qualified as a Chartered Physiotherapist in 1989. She went on to achieve her postgraduate Diploma in Sports Medicine in 1996 and an MSc in Manipulative Physiotherapy in 2001, and became a qualified First Contact Practitioner in 2021.

After qualifying, Melanie worked within the NHS before moving to Florida, USA, where she practised for several years. On returning to the UK, she moved into private practice and has also worked as a First Contact Practitioner within the NHS.

Throughout her career, Melanie has held a range of prestigious sports medicine roles across many disciplines — from rugby to international figure skating. She served as physiotherapist to the GB Swim Team from 1995 to 1999, and as governing body physiotherapist to the GB Target Shooting teams from 2001 to 2010. These roles took her to the Commonwealth Games in Manchester (2002), Melbourne (2006), and Glasgow (2014), as well as the Athens 2004 and London 2012 Olympic Games as part of the Team GB medical team.

Melanie is an experienced lecturer, presenter, and clinical mentor for MSc students from across the UK and overseas.

Outside of work, Melanie is an accomplished triathlete, representing GB age group teams at European and World Championships across all distances from Olympic to Long Course.