Qualifications:
- BSc in Physiotherapy
- BASI Pilates mat instructor
- Dry needling
- Taping and strapping
- Registered with the HCPC and CSP
Favourite things to treat:
Lower limb sports and Musculoskeletal type injuries, as well as neck and back pain.
Nikki is an energetic and passionate physiotherapist and Pilates instructor from South Africa. She graduated in 2018 from the University of Stellenbosch with a BSc in Physiotherapy. During her undergraduate years, she regularly volunteered at various sporting events, including cycling and running races, as well as rugby tournaments.
She then went on to complete her community service year in a general district hospital in Kwa-Zulu Natal (South Africa). There she treated a wide variety of conditions, including Neurological, Musculoskeletal, Pediatrics, Geriatrics, Orthopaedics and women’s health patients.
After completing her community service, she started working in a private practice in 2020 specialising in sports, orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal injuries. Here she worked with many in-hospital orthopaedic surgery patients. She worked as a first contact practitioner in the clinic, as well as an on-field physiotherapist for different sports teams, including Rugby, Athletics, Netball and Hockey teams.
She then went on to do her Mat Pilates teacher training course through BASI pilates in 2021 and started up weekly Pilates classes at the clinic.
Nikki uses a variety of treatment techniques in sessions with patients, including many “hands on” techniques, dry needling and most importantly therapeutic movement and exercise. She believes “change happens through movement, and movement heals” – Joseph Pilates.
When she is not at work, she enjoys long distance running, hiking and reading.