The Functional Care Clinic

Hello, I’m Nicola, the face behind The Functional Care Clinic 🤍

My rehabilitation journey began in 2017, with experience across NHS older-adult, outpatient and community services. I hold a BSc (Hons) in Rehabilitation & Injury Management, a Level 3 qualification in holistic therapies, and I’m an FHT member.

I support children, young people and adults with rehabilitation, prehabilitation, sports massage and holistic therapies. You don’t need to be sporty to benefit, your care starts with listening to you and understanding your goals.

📍 Connah’s Quay, Flintshire
💬 Unsure what to book? Enquire about a free, pre-booked 10-minute phone or video discovery call via my website in bio.
🌐 functionalcareclinic.co.uk

Feel free to explore my Highlights and read my client reviews 🤍

Please read before booking 🤍

This post brings together my cancellation arrangements, terms and conditions and important clinic policies including illness and rescheduling, payments, consent, chaperones, confidentiality and arrival information.

After your enquiry, I’ll send you the full terms and policies to read and sign before confirming your appointment. Please ask me about anything unclear.

All aged under 18 appointments require a parent or legal guardian to remain present throughout. Please also note that the clinic has no waiting room or client toilet facilities.

These slides are a summary. The complete policies are available at functionalcareclinic.co.uk.

Thank you for respecting my time, my clinic and the care of other clients 🤍

A little time to pause, unwind and care for yourself 🤍

Explore my updated holistic therapies menu, including Swedish and aromatherapy massage, reflexology, head and scalp massage, holistic facials and more.

Swipe for treatment lengths, individual prices and packages including the Cycle Comfort Ritual, combining a relaxing massage with the Freshen Up Facial.

Every appointment starts with a discussion about your preferences, comfort and treatment suitability.

📍 Connah’s Quay, Flintshire
🌐 functionalcareclinic.co.uk
💬 Message me on my website in bio to enquire or discuss which treatment might suit you.

Your updated rehabilitation, prehabilitation and sports injury price list.

From everyday aches and injuries to returning to activity, preparing for surgery or building strength and confidence; the service you receive is tailored to you. You don’t need to be an athlete to benefit.

Swipe for clinic and online rehabilitation, sports massage, young-person care, Movement MOT, falls prevention and optional packages.

Rehabilitation includes a digital home exercise plan. Initial assessments are booked separately, with follow-ups recommended according to your needs.

Unsure where to start? Enquire though my website in my bio about a free, pre-booked 10-minute phone or video discovery call.

📍 Connah’s Quay, Flintshire
🌐 functionalcareclinic.co.uk
💬 Use link in bio to enquire. Appointments are booked directly with me.

✨ Appointments Available Next Week ✨

If you’ve previously messaged me about booking an appointment, are waiting to arrange one or have won one of my competitions, I’d be really grateful if you could complete my enquiry form using the link below (or the link in my bio) and mention it on the form so I can get you booked in as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, with messages coming through Facebook, Instagram, emails and message requests, I’ve realised some enquiries have ended up in different folders or gone into message requests without me being notified, or simply just lost 👎🏼 I never want anyone to think I’ve ignored them, so from now on all enquiries will go through one simple form. This means every enquiry comes straight to me in one place and nobody gets missed.

Thank you so much for your patience and continued support – it genuinely means so much to me. ❤️

Appointments are available next week.

Opening Hours
📍 Home Clinic
• Monday–Wednesday: 10:00am–2:30pm
• Thursday: 10:00am–7:00pm
• Friday: 10:00am–1:00pm

💻 Online Rehabilitation
Later evening appointments are also available Monday to Wednesday, making it easier to fit treatment around work and family life.

🔗 Enquiry Form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/131h0hP-Ii7NrWxh2xXhDWw_rZj9zmlMnejv7ySd8_Jc/edit?usp=drivesdk

🙅🏻‍♀️ Couldn’t be me 🧚🏼

Things you’ll never catch me doing as your MSK Clinician — and exactly why.

…Because MSK rehab is about more than the spot that hurts. Pain is complex — it’s influenced by stress, sleep, load and everything life throws at you. My job isn’t to promise you a pain-free life, it’s to help you understand what’s driving it. That means looking beyond where it hurts and building strength progressively through the right plan for you. And that plan needs to fit your actual life. We’re all time-poor — between work, family and everything else, the last thing you need is an overwhelming list of exercises that kills your motivation before you’ve even started. A small number of well-chosen movements done consistently is where real adaptation happens. Your body needs repeated, progressive exposure to a stimulus to adapt — that’s how tissue strengthens and load tolerance builds. Constantly switching things up before that process has had chance to happen means you never give your body the signal it needs to change.

No two people heal at the same rate, and that’s not a flaw in the process — it’s biology. Someone with the same injury as you might respond completely differently, and for good reason. Your age, sleep, stress levels, nutrition, activity history and overall health all influence how your body heals. That’s why cookie-cutter rehab doesn’t work. You are individual, and your plan should reflect that.

📍 Connah’s Quay | Chester | Wirral
🔗 Book via the link in bio​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

I first learned about the Female Athlete Triad at university — and it’s something that has stayed with me ever since.
Exercise is one of the best things a woman can do for her physical and mental health. This post isn’t about discouraging that — not even slightly. It’s about making sure that when you train, your body has everything it needs to keep up with you. Because sometimes, without even realising it, it doesn’t.
We now call it REDs — Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport. And it affects far more women than people realise.

Dancers, gymnasts, runners, gym-goers, busy mums who train — all at risk. It’s not always about eating disorders. Sometimes life is just busy and fuelling slips.

We live in a culture that tells women to be smaller. To eat less. To look a certain way to be accepted. When that message is amplified by influencers pushing extreme diets and dangerous cuts, it opens a door to disordered eating and eating disorders that deserve to be taken seriously and supported with proper care.

As healthcare professionals, we have a responsibility to talk about this. Loudly. Clearly. Without shame.

Swipe through to learn what REDs is, how to spot it and why recovery always needs qualified professional support.

If any of this resonates, the first step is your GP. They can carry out the relevant checks and refer you to the right people.

If you’d like to discuss how MSK rehabilitation and sports therapy can support your recovery alongside your medical care, I’d love to hear from you.

🔗 Link in bio to book.
📍 Connah’s Quay | Chester | Wirral
📞 07539 287323

Your booking link is live. Head to the link in bio to secure your appointment at The Functional Care Clinic. I can’t wait to work with you. 🤍

Happy Easter! 🐣 Hoping your weekend is exactly what you need — chocolate included 🍫🤍

Happy Easter everyone 🐣

Hope you’re all having a lovely weekend filled with chocolate & good company 🍫🤍