Angela Jackson — Youth Athlete Consultant Physiotherapist

About Angela

Raising the standard of care for the developing athlete

Angela is a chartered physiotherapist with over 35 years' experience, and the founder of Kids Back 2 Sport — an education-led initiative supporting clinicians to deliver safer, evidence-based care for sporty children and youth athletes.

She is an experienced Youth Athlete Consultant physiotherapist, having worked with national teams, Premier League football clubs and county cricket, and has helped thousands of children return safely to sport following injury.

“Children do not finish skeletal maturation until they are aged over 20 — yet most MSK clinicians were never formally trained to recognise what that means for diagnosis and return to play.”

For nearly two decades Angela has consulted for the Cheshire Cricket Board, developing Ready 4 Cricket, an online injury prevention programme, and she authored the chapter on the prevention of lumbar stress fractures in Cricket Sports Medicine. She lectures internationally, teaching clinicians how to close the gap between adult and adolescent musculoskeletal care.

Ways to work together

Four ways to draw on Angela's expertise

Whether you're an individual clinician, a clinic building a youth athlete offering, or an organisation planning an event, there's a way to bring this knowledge into your work.

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Self-paced

Online course

A comprehensive, video-led course taking clinicians step by step through youth athlete assessment, diagnosis and return to play — learn at your own pace, wherever you are.

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In person

In-person courses

Highly practical one and two-day courses covering baseline capacity, neurocognitive rehabilitation and return-to-play decision making, hosted at venues worldwide.

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Ongoing

Mentorship

Structured mentorship for clinicians who want an experienced sounding board for complex paediatric MSK presentations, available on application.

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Bespoke

Speaking & consultancy

Conference talks, clinic training days and consultancy for organisations that want to build genuine expertise in youth athlete care.

The flagship course

Kids Back 2 Sport: Assessment, Diagnosis and Return to Play in Youth Athletes

Built for busy clinicians who want to learn where, when and at the pace that suits them — many modules apply equally well to adult patients. What you'll learn:

Adolescent anatomy & pathology
Bone stress injuries
Growth and maturation assessment
Communication strategies and motivation in adolescents
Establishing baseline capacity
Neurocognitive rehabilitation
Safe return-to-play decision making, based on structured frameworks
Modules to educate the athlete themselves

Format: ~21 hours of video-led learning, self-paced, with a full video library and comprehensive handouts and resources.

Online, on your schedule

A full video library with comprehensive handouts and resources, taught step by step.

~21 hrsvideo-led learning

Self-pacedlearn anywhere

“An excellent course delivered by someone who clearly has not only passion but a huge amount of knowledge to share with delegates.” — Course delegate

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In-person: the two-day course

A highly practical two days covering how to assess baseline capacity to plan return-to-play strategies, and how to integrate neurocognitive rehabilitation so that skills learned in the treatment room transfer to the chaos of the school playground and sports field.

Held at venues worldwide throughout the year. Interested in hosting a course at your clinic?

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Mentorship for complex cases

For clinicians who want to keep developing after the course — a structured mentorship route to talk through complex presentations with an experienced Youth Athlete Consultant physiotherapist.

Available on application.

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Upcoming course dates

Cambridge 2 Day In Person Course 3–4 October 2026 · Physioteq, Cambridge
Slovenia 2 day In Person Course 5–6 December 2026 · Ljubljana, Slovenia
Helsingborg, Sweden 20–21 March 2027 · Helsingborg, Sweden

What clinicians say

About the online course

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I cannot praise Angela highly enough for this course. The content was extensive, yet it flowed seamlessly from one topic to the next — her ability to explain adolescent musculoskeletal health simply and accessibly is truly her trademark. As a physiotherapist with many years of experience, I learned more from this course than from many others in recent years.

Catriona Hopkins

Physiotherapist

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Most traditional physiotherapy education focuses heavily on adults, leaving a major knowledge gap when it comes to managing younger bodies. This course directly addresses that need. The growth and spinal modules were standout highlights, and have directly elevated how our whole team assesses and rehabilitates paediatric and adolescent injuries.

Niamh McGowan

Spinal Specialist Physiotherapist & Clinic Owner

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I completed the course over a year ago, and I still use what I learned regularly. Since then I've felt far more confident assessing and managing children, and I've built many of the principles into my day-to-day practice. Practical, easy to follow, and one of the most valuable courses I've done.

Ellie Dillon

Sports Rehabilitator

What clinicians say

About the two-day in-person course

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Angela Jackson is a great teacher and source of expertise in paeds MSK. I really enjoyed both the theory and practical elements of this course. I consider myself to be an experienced clinician but I came away from the day having learnt a lot!

Candice Sutcliffe

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Angie has created a thoroughly enjoyable and informative course on the paediatric athlete. It's really interactive, with a wealth of resources and online learning consolidated by the face-to-face teaching. Potentially the best paediatric course I've completed to date, and it has improved my clinical practice.

Jacob Kelly

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Angie is a brilliant teacher and a fountain of knowledge, happy to share her own successes and learning experiences alike. Her passion for seeking out the best available literature to improve outcomes for young athletes is both inspiring and motivational. A must-do for anyone working with young people.

Suzanne Williams

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I have just completed Angie Jackson's two-day in-person course in Liverpool. It was a jam-packed weekend with lots of interaction and practical learning. My new knowledge will help me assess and manage children and young adults, and spot the specific pathologies that occur in this population group.

Abi Okell

Physiotherapist

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Angela is the queen of MSK paediatrics. Her up-to-date knowledge is exceptional, she is flexible with her teaching, and she answers questions fully.

Graham Brown

Speaking & consultancy

For conferences, clinics and sporting organisations

Angela lectures internationally at conferences and workshops, and consults directly with sporting organisations on injury prevention and youth athlete pathways.

Angela is the author of Kids Back 2 Sport: Assessment, Diagnosis and Return to Play in Youth Athletes, and authored the chapter on the prevention of lumbar stress fractures in Cricket Sports Medicine. She has consulted for nearly two decades with the Cheshire Cricket Board, developing Ready 4 Cricket, a dedicated online injury prevention programme.

If you're organising a conference, running a clinic team-training day, or building a youth athlete pathway within a sporting organisation, Angela is available to discuss what would be most useful for your audience.

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