Claire Ryall established Physical Health Dynamics in 2005 in response to demand for high quality treatment aimed at injury prevention and performance improvement in elite runners as well as treatment of their injuries.
Nicky Hodgkinson joined the clinic in 2010. She qualified as a physiotherapist (BSc Hons) from the University of the West of England in 1995 and initially worked in London before she moved to work in the NHS and private sector in more recent times.
Nicky specialises in the treatment of spinal problems and women's health. She also has a broad knowledge covering the full spectrum of musculoskeletal disorders from sporting injuries to arthritic conditions and also post-operative rehabilitation.
She has worked in a specialist role alongside a number of local consultant orthopaedic surgeons and is familiar with their pre-operative and post-operative procedures.
Nicky is also a specialist in women's health, treating ante and post natal women for a variety of complaints including back pain, pelvic pain and carpal tunnel syndrome. She teaches both ante natal and postnatal classes and provides one-to-one active birthing sessions to prepare women and their partners for labour.
Nicky also treats women suffering with incontinence and pelvic pain.
Christina Macleod is an Occupational Therapist specialising in the treatment of patients with rheumatological conditions (arthritis), and has a specific interest in conditions that affect the hands. She has been assessing and advising patients on the suitability of silver ring splints for finger joint deformities at the clinic since 2006.
Christina graduated from the Welsh School of Occupational Therapy in 1988. She has worked mainly in the NHS and more recently has also been involved in research at the University of Southampton studying the benefits of silver ring splints for patients with arthritic conditions. This work has been presented at international conferences and Christina has run a workshop to train other therapists in the applications of ring splints.