ellie sykes

Senior sports massage therapist

Ellie is a sports massage therapist that joins us from working within her own sports clubs for the past couple of years. She has a degree in Advanced Sport Performance which she currently puts to use as a Strength and Conditioning coach with the Ospreys academy and Swansea Whites on a volunteer basis. As a long-term participant in sport herself at a local level she understands that it's not just the elite athletes that need to take care of their recovery, and has a passion for helping people understand their training to the level they need to keep active whilst their situations in life may change. 

Qualifications:

  • BSc in Sports Science

  • MSc in Advanced Sport Performance

  • L4 Sports Massage

Skills:

  • Sports massage

  • Lactate threshold testing

  • Force plate analysis

  • Strength and conditioning

  • Movement competency screening

  • Athlete testing, re-testing and reporting

Hobbies:

  • Rowing

  • Going to the gym

  • Hiking

  • Reading

  • Playing music