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Overview
Merilin Sikk is a member of the Sports Therapy team. She joined Hartpury University in February 2021. Merilin is a lecturer in sports therapy, who has background in philosophy and ethics, contributing to academic debate about moral and ethical issues in physical therapies and evidence based practice.
Her professional work started in financial corporations, moving to project management in local authorities. This included project management of setting up and running large infrastructural projects, as well as small community projects. Merilin has also worked in emergency services and been a successful entrepreneur. Her unique background endables her to succeed in project management and academia, making a link between industry and research.
Research interests:
- Ethical issues in sports and physical therapies, including evidence based practice
- Language use in physical therapies
- Optimal exercise load for health benefit in general population
- Embedding counselling skills into physical therapy framework
- Effect of touch on biochemcial indicators and neurobiology of affective touch
Teaching:
- Functional Anatomy and Biomechanics for Sports Therapists
- Sports and Exercise Professional
- Introduction to Functional Anatomy & Biomechanics
- Applied Skills for Sports Therapists (Electrotherapy modalities)
- Sports Conditioning and Return to Play
- Screening and Prevention
- Undergraduate Dissertation
Sports Therapy, MSc, High hamstring tendinopathy management on female triathlete, University of Gloucestershire
2015 → 2017
Award Date: 4 Oct 2021
Philosophy and Political Science, BA (Hons), Feminism and Feminist Philosophy: Perspectives on Peace and War, University of Tartu
2001 → 2005
Award Date: 6 Jun 2005
Lecturer in Sports Therapy, University of Gloucestershire
Sept 2019 → Feb 2021
Sports Therapist, Airbus FC
2018 → 2019
Physical Fitness Adviser, North Wales Fire and Rescue Service
Sept 2015 → May 2017
Business Owner, Merilin Sikk: Sports & Movement Therapy
May 2013 → Mar 2022
Soft tissue and rehabilitation therapist, RGC1404, Welsh Rugby Union (WRU)
Oct 2012 → Oct 2015
Project officer, Conwy County Borough Council
Aug 2008 → Jun 2015
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Merilin Sikk (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation at Conference
Merilin Sikk (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Merilin Sikk (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Merilin Sikk (Member)
Activity: Membership types › Membership of learned societies or subject associations