Thomas Dekkers
MPhty MSc BSc (Hons) MISCP
Chartered Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
Certified Strength And Conditioning Specialist
Thomas is a Physiotherapist, researcher and educator with over 15 years experience in the field of musculoskeletal and sports medicine. Clinically, he has worked across multiple sectors including the NHS, private practice and professional sport. He practiced for many years on London’s Harley Street as a spinal specialist Physiotherapist and has worked extensively with Olympic athletes at the English Institute of Sport, in addition to athletes from professional soccer, rugby, boxing and inter-county GAA. He is the founder of Evolve Health, a private-practice based in Cork, Ireland where see patients primarily with spinal disorders both from athletic and non-athletic backgrounds.
He holds a BSc degree in Physiology from University College Cork, a Masters in Physiotherapy from University of East Anglia and a Masters in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy from the University of Queensland, Australia. He is currently completing a PhD at Technological University Dublin investigating the rehabilitation of athletes with back pain and has numerous peer-reviewed publications. His passion is in the use of exercise medicine for patients with spinal pain and he teaches internationally in the area of spinal rehabilitation and athletic back pain.