Meet The Team

Nicola is the owner and head sports rehab therapist at NJD.  She graduated in 2007 with a BSc (Hons) in Sports Therapy and since a MSc in Sports Injury Rehab, and is a full member of BASRaT She is also a qualified APPI pilates mat and reformer instructor.  She also has additional qualifications in pregnancy, postnatal exercise prescription and women's health assessments. Nicola has a keen interest in running and cycling injuries, and you will often see her out running and mountain biking and competing in the odd triathlon. When she is not running or riding her bike somewhere, she also enjoys hiking up hills, drawing and anything crafty.

Garth is a Personal trainer and strength and conditioning coach and joint owner at NJD.  He graduated in 2007 with  BSc (Hons) in Sport and Exercise Science and later a MSc in Sport Science. He is also a qualified Sports Therapist and on-site Personal Trainer, where he specialises in obesity and diabetes management and strength and conditioning for sporting performance. Garth also runs an online run and trialthon training company, ideal for those looking for structured training programs, strength and conditioning and injury prevention. When Garth is not in the gym, he use to be found found on a rugby pitch, but now he is running with his boder collie, doing triathlons, or the odd hyrox.

Chris is a qualified Sports Therapist and a trained engineer. Therefore he is ideal at putting people back together after injury. In his spare time you might find him knocking around on a football pitch.

Elliot is a qualified BSc (Hons)Physiotherapist (HCPC registered), his background is in football and when not working at NJD you will find him at Blackburn Rovers FC.   His roles involve treating players and coaching injury rehabilitation session. Elliot also has additional interest and training in MSK ultrasound imaging, and strength and conditioning making him a great addition to the NJD team.

Gill is one of our in-house personal trainers and gym instructors. She offers 1:1 and group sessions, and ‘the captain’ is often seen teaching our group exercise class, ‘Fit Camp.’ Gill has also, more recently completed her sports massage training making her the ideal NJD member for both fitness and maintenance needs Gill, like the rest of the team, loves her exercise and is a keen runner and a run leader for the local Run 4CF running group.

Toni is a friendly and experienced massage therapist and enjoys helping clients recover, relax and move better.  She offers deep tissue massage, hot stones and specialises in reflexology. Outside of work she loves to walk with her dog and cooking at home.

Tobi is a deep tissue and sports massage. therapist

Nick holds a BSc (Hons) in Sports Therapy and an MSc in Sports Injury Management. He is our head bike fitter. Nicholas started out his training as a massage therapist for the GB and England cycling teams Nick's passion is cycling, and he works part time as a bike fitter so he can spend his semi retirement on 2 wheels