Meet The Bodies Under Construction Team

Mike Davis has been qualified for over 19 years and has a wealth of experience in treating sports injuries and spinal (neck and back) pain. He has spent the majority of his time in private practice in London working with some of the top orthopaedic and spinal consultants in the UK.

He is a keen runner and as a consequence has a particular interest in running injuries and running based rehabilitation. His other strong interest is in shoulder pain and shoulder rehabilitation.

He uses a wide variety of treatment skills ranging from Acupuncture to joint manipulation plus massage and exercise therapy to alleviate and resolve symptoms such as pain and stiffness .

Mike believes strongly that it is essential not just to treat and resolve the patient’s symptoms-e.g pain, stiffness, swelling but also to analyse and correct their faulty posture and movement patterns. His experience in treating spinal conditions allied with his knowledge of the current evidence based research on the most effective exercises for spinal pain will give patients the best possible opportunity to gain strong healthy pain free spines.

For anyone with running injuries Mike can undertake a detailed biomechanical analysis of your running technique which often is one the causative factors leading to injury. With expert analysis Mike can help fine tune and improve your running pattern to make you a more efficient runner and ultimately less vulnerable to re-injury.

For those looking to lose weight who are unsure of how or where to start Mike can also offer advice based on the current scientific research on nutrition and he can dispel lots of common myths associated with weight loss and provide the most effective strategies for long term gradual weight loss and improved general health and conditioning.

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Olly graduated from Brunel University in 2008 with a First Class Honours. Since then he has been working with the NHS specialising in orthopaedics and trauma. Olly joined Apple Physiotherapy in October 2013.

Olly enjoys working both with inpatients and outpatients. Away from Apple Physiotherapy, he is the Physiotherapy lead for Weybridge Vandals Rugby Club. He used to play lots of rugby in his hey day, but now enjoys training for triathlons and long-distance swimming events.

Darren qualified as a Chartered Physiotherapist in 2005 from Teesside University. His interests lie within musculoskeletal assessment and treatment, particularly related to the spine. Darren has worked in various NHS, Navy and private settings encompassing both in-patients and out-patient care.

Darren has a keen interest in sport, football in particular and in his youth played for both Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham. Darren enjoys travelling and plays the guitar. He has been a dedicated physiotherapist to sports teams including the Royal Navy Hockey and cricket teams and the HMS Collingwood Field Gun Team. He also looks after Weybridge Vandals Rugby team and has been involved in Chelsea Ladies Football Club.

Hi I'm Saskia.

I was first introduced to Pilates during the years I spent pursuing a career in professional dance. I sustained 2 injuries that required surgery and found the benefits of having Pilates in my rehabilitation program life changing. This resulted in me discovering that Pilates was not just a basic form of movement but a way of life that brings longevity to the human body no matter your age or ability.

I'm passionate about the world of Pilates and in helping people grow from strength to strength through movement. Qualifications held are BASI Pilates, Sport Massage, RAD ballet and AIDT dance.

Jess is our remedial and sports massage therapist at our Windsor clinic. With a background in sport she understands the importance of maintaining muscle health. Whether injury or life stresses on the body are to blame, she believes soft tissue therapy can help restore and rehabilitate you back to a functional state of well being.

Jess has also worked in the equine industry for over 14 years, working within a range of disciplines from riding club horses to polo ponies. Working in this industry has given her knowledge of the stress horse riding can have on the body and the importance of core and overall body strength to maintain position.

She has previously completed several half marathons before switching to sprinting.  She currently competes in athletics as a 200m sprinter for Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow Athletics Club based at Thames Valley Athletics Centre in Eton. She competed at the British Championships in 2018 and finished the 2018 season ranked UK number 1 for her age in the 60m, 100m and the 200m.

She was also World Number One ranking for 100m and 200m masters athletics 2019.

Michael Marks is our remedial and sports massage therapist at our Bracknell Clinic.

He has worked at our Bracknell location for over 20 years!!! Outside of the clinic Michael lives in Oxfordshire with his better half Kay and his son Josh. As well as being a great therapists and a fab member of the Berkshire team he is also one of the tutors at LSSM in London.

Nikki Hey is a STOTT trained Pilates instructor from Johannesburg. She’s been teaching Pilates for many years. When she lived in South Africa, her main focus was teaching private sessions from her home studio. Since moving to the UK in early 2016, she’s started teaching a large number of group classes including 2 for Jessica Pilates in Frimley on a Monday morning.

Nikki comes from a very active and sporting family background. Her parents were sports people and her eldest sister a professional ballet dancer. Nikki did everything from gymnastics to cricket but had a true passion for running/sprinting. Unfortunately, this resulted in a recurring knee injury, which is what led her to Pilates. Nikki was amazed at how beneficial she found Pilates to be, not only for her knee but also her entire body!

Nikki has a true passion for helping people out of pain. She’s a lively and vibrant character who makes her classes both challenging and fun. With a lot of experience in 1:1 work, she has a keen eye for detail and is very hands on, ensuring that all the clients in her class are performing the exercises correctly. Nikki’s witty humour certainly adds to her abdominal workouts!

Adam has always had an interest in health and wellbeing but following a severe stroke at a very young age that interest became a passion as he used all elements of fitness to rebuild his own life and body.

Although he studied engineering, fitness became Adam's choice of career as he was keen to share his own experiences and learning with others.

Having been extensively trained in Pilates, Adam is now enjoying helping our clients achieve their health, fitness and wellbeing goals through Pilates.

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Petra Vojnova is an experienced and highly qualified specialist in the world of personal wellbeing. Professionally she has been part of the fitness industry for over 15 years in a range of capacities and currently teaches Pilates Mat, Reformer, Yoga and Meditation classes, delivers well-being workshops in the corporate sector and works with private clients.

Petra holds a variety of qualifications relevant to the delivery of group exercise, talks and workshops within her field.

Following her BSc in Psychology and MSc in Strategic Management, she now continues her academic learning as a doctoral researcher at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing at Sunderland University.

Leslie is an experienced Physiotherapist and Pilates Educator with over 25 years of Private Practice experience. Leslie has had a varied career, working with professional Cyclists and Volleyball players in South Africa, before moving to the UK over 20 years ago.

Leslie is a Pilates Master Trainer for the world renowned APPI Pilates Institute. He also has post graduate qualifications in Sports Physiotherapy, Acupuncture and Dry needling. Over the years, Leslie has developed a passion for the wellness model of treatment. Helping patients achieve goals and desired outcomes way beyond just pain relief. He works extensively with all his staff, doing training and spends a vast amount of his time ensuring our treatment and session plans here at Bodies Under Construction keep pace with the rapid advancements that make Physiotherapy and Pilates so effective and such a 'go - to' profession for people of all ages.

Olivia has been with The Berkshire Clinics since 2000! She can often be found chatting in the reception area to anyone that will listen.

Olivia was originally in the hospitality industry before starting at The Berkshire Clinics. She has is married with two children and outside of the clinic she loves skiing, spending time with her family and friends but loves talking most of all!!!!

Ria has worked at both our Windsor and our Bracknell clinic since 2014.

She is now based at our Bracknell clinic. Ria has a crazy 5 year old boy called Dash that keeps her on toes. Her family and friends are the most important thing to her and she loves spending time with them when she isn’t rocking it on our Front Desk.