Sasikumar Ramasamy

As a registered Physiotherapist (PH106372) your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of
misconduct. In that:

1. In or around February and/or March 2016 you:

a. Offered Service User A home visits, without providing any information/guidance on home visits;

b. Offered to give Service User A a massage on Service User A’s bed, free of charge;

c. You requested Service user A to come early for her physio session so that you can provide half an hour of free deep massage;

d. Breached professional boundaries with Service User A in that you sent text messages to Service User A, including,

i. On 1 March 2016 you sent a message saying, “Good morning (with flower emojis), have a lovely day”;

ii. On 2 March 2016 you sent a video and said, “Hi have a stress free morning” with smiling faces emojis;

iii. On 3 March 2016 you sent a message saying, “Have a beautiful day (with a flower emoji) and asked, “How was a day?”;

iv. On 6 March 2016 you sent a message saying, “Good morning (with a flower emoji)”.

2. On 6 March 2016, during a physiotherapy session with Service User A, you:

a. Said to Service User A “don’t tell the office you are here” or words to that effect;

b. Pulled Service User A’s knickers down without clinical justification for doing so;

c. Pulled Service User A’s buttocks apart;

d. Touched Service User A’s anus and/or vagina and/or vulva; and

e. Touched and/or squeezed Service User A’s nipples.

3. Your conduct in relation to particulars 1 and 2 was sexually motivated.

4. The matter set out in particulars 1 and 2 above constitutes misconduct.

5. By reason of your misconduct your fitness to practise is impaired.