Matt Phillips
Communication Skills and Running Injury Specialist,
Host of the STA Clinician Podcast
Matt Phillips is an educator, podcaster, and neurodiversity advocate whose work centres on communication, behaviour change, and inclusive musculoskeletal (MSK) practice. His early career in Strength & Conditioning and Sports Therapy informs his current focus on education, communication training, and evidence informed professional development across healthcare and Further Education.
In Further Education, Matt supports learners whose neurodivergent needs were not recognised or accommodated in mainstream schooling. His work prioritises communication confidence and strengths based learning within environments responsive to diverse cognitive and sensory profiles. This practice directly informs his clinician facing teaching, particularly around accessibility, psychological safety, and the relational foundations of effective communication.
Matt delivers two CPD programmes: Communication Skills for MSK Clinicians, integrating contemporary communication science with neurodiversity affirming practice, and Gait Analysis for Runners: A Modern Approach, presenting a modern, evidence based framework for movement assessment.
He founded the Neurodivergent MSK Clinicians Facebook Community to create psychologically safe, non hierarchical spaces where neurodivergent clinicians can share experiences, reduce isolation, and collectively challenge structural barriers within healthcare.
Matt also hosts the weekly STA Clinician Podcast, now in its sixth year, promoting accessible, evidence informed MSK practice.
Sessions
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26-Nov-2026Clinical Skills LabChanging the room, not the person: neurodiversity and MSK clinical practice