Nicki is a Reader at Cardiff University, Director of Postgraduate Healthcare Studies and Programme Manager of the MSc in Sports Physiotherapy. She also currently works as Consultant physiotherapist for SportWales. She is Vice-President of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine and President of the International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy. She completed her PhD in Cardiff University on the challenges of functional coping in ACL deficiency and her research areas include measurement of functional recovery following sports injury. Her main experience is in sports injury management, with a specific interest in sports rehabilitation of upper and lower limb. Sports experience includes working with the British and Welsh teams at Olympic and Commonwealth Games.

Zoe has worked in Higher Education since 1995, and ran the masters programme at Queen Mary University of London for 6 years until 2009. Principal research interests include lower limb biomechanics and rehabilitation in high performance sport and physical activity in the general population. She worked at International level for several sports for 10 years. Zoe is the editor of Physical Therapy in Sport, an international, peer-reviewed journal and is co-author of Management of the Injured Athlete (2011, Elsevier). Zoe was part of successful expeditions to both the North and South Pole.

Mike is a professor with Belmont University’s School of Physical Therapy, Nashville TN. He is a physiotherapist clinician, educator and researcher. He was made a Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association in 2011. In 1987 he became one of the first US board certified clinical specialists in Sports Physical Therapy and in 1994 gained certification of advanced clinical competence in orthopaedic physical therapy. Mike was elected to the Executive Board of the International Federation of Sports Physiotherapy (WCPT) and the IFSP Executive Board. Mike has worked with elite athletic organizations including NFL and NBA, Pan Am Games and Olympic Games. More recently, he has worked with the Medical Commission for FIFA and the Professional Golf Association, consulting on the prevention, evaluation and treatment of golf injuries. He has lectured extensively (over 600 presentations), authored over 70 papers, text book chapters, written 3 textbooks on functional exercise and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy and has received the Distinguished Educator Award from the Sports Physical Therapy Section 3 times and the inaugural SPTS Lifetime Excellence in Education award.

Richard Villar is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Cambridge Lea Hospital, Cambridge, UK. He is a specialist in surgery of the young adult hip, has over 15 years’ experience in hip arthroplasty and has been performing hip arthroscopic surgery since 1988. He treats many premier national and international athletes, lectures extensively and wrote one of the first world texts on arthroscopy of the hip. Richard has been the Assistant Editor of the British Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, for whom he now produces a monthly podcast, and also runs a comprehensive Fellowship programme. He has been an elected member of the Council of the British Orthopaedic Association, an assessor for the General Medical Council and a Founding Member of the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy. His leisure activities include mountaineering (he is a trained International Mountain Leader), Nordic skiing and classical guitar.

Diane graduated from University of British Columbia with a BSR degree in 1976. She has been a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Manipulative Therapy since 1981 and completed her certification in Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS) in 2001. Diane is a co-founder of Discover Physio and owner, director and physiotherapist at Diane Lee & Associates in White Rock, BC, Canada. Diane is well known for her clinical work on thoracic, lumbar and pelvic disability and pain. The Pelvic Girdle, was first published in 1989 and the latest edition (2011, 4th edn.) presents a new model, The Integrated Systems Model, co-developed with Linda-Joy Lee, and is the foundation of the seriesof courses offered by Discover Physio. She is currently researching the behaviour of the abdominal wall in women with diastasis rectus abdominis.

Wayne is a chartered physiotherapist who is currently employed full time at Tottenham Hotspur Football Club as their Head of Medical Services. He has held this position for the past 4 seasons. He was awarded his doctorate in Exercise Physiology through the University of Cape Town, South Africa, in 1994 with Prof Tim Noakes. Current academic involvement includes lecturing on Groin and Hamstring Rehabilitation to MSc Medical Students from University College of London and Barts University. His most recent scientific publication was as a co-author in 2007 on a rehabilitation programme for elite Rugby Union footballers.

Bryan was, until recently, Chief Medical Director of Chelsea Football Club and was responsible for the medical welfare of all the footballers at Chelsea Football Club (from Academy to First Team) and managed a diverse multidisciplinary medical team. He is Chairman of The Premier League Doctors Group. He qualified in Medicine in Sheffield in 1986, and went on to gain qualifications in Osteopathy (London) in 1989, and Sports Medicine (Royal London) in 1992. He worked in the NHS for 13 years with the last 6 of these as a Consultant in Orthopaedic/Musculoskeletal Medicine in Sheffield and Leeds. His previous sports appointments include Chief Medical Officer to UK Athletics; Chairman of United Kingdom Association of Doctors in Sport; Board Member National Sports Medicine Institute; Vice president Osteopathic Sports Care Association and Chief Medical Officer Everest Marathon 1997. His published work includes musculoskeletal problems in Emergency Medicine and Essential Sports Medicine.