Dr Nicki Phillips

Nicki Phillips is a Chartered Physiotherapist and a reader in Cardiff University, Cardiff, South Wales, UK, where she is also Vice Dean of the School of Healthcare studies and Director of Postgraduate Healthcare Studies.

Nicki's academic post is mainly centred around her role as Programme Manager of the MSc in Sports Physiotherapy. She is also contracted out of Cardiff University by the Sports Council for Wales as a physiotherapy consultant developing a physiotherapy support network for High Performance athletes in Wales.

Nicki is currently Vice-President of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine. She also chairs the Professional Development committee of the International Federation of Sports Physiotherapy and was part of an expert panel involved in compiling international competency standards in sports physiotherapy.

Nicki completed her PhD in Cardiff University on the challenges of functional coping in ACL deficiency. Her main area of experience is in the field of sports injury management, with a specific interest in sports rehabilitation of upper and lower limb.

Sports experience includes working with the Welsh and British Weightlifting teams, professional rugby union, three Olympic Games, two Team GB Olympic Holding Camps and six Commonwealth Games. She was Chief Physiotherapist for Team GB at Beijing Olympic Games and is the Head Physiotherapist for Team Wales at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Nicki works in the Vale Healthcare Physiotherapy Dept in the Bay two evenings each week bringing a wealth of experience and expertise to South Wales' leading private clinics and private hospital in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan